Triple

T6270780
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject McMillan E140527 entity
Predicate usedBy P260 FINISHED
Object Doug McMillan
Doug McMillan is an American business executive best known as the president and chief executive officer of Walmart Inc.
 E595857 NE FINISHED

How this triple was built (4 steps)

Every LLM step that produced this triple, in pipeline order — named-entity classification, the disambiguation choices (the exact options shown, with the pick highlighted), and the generated description. The batch + timestamp of each is in the Provenance table below.

NER Named-entity recognition gpt-5-mini
Instruction
Given a phrase, classify it is english named entity (e.g., persons, organizations, works of art) in Latin script, or not (e.g., literals, dates, URLs, verbose phrases). For disambiguation, the statement where the phrase occurs as object is also given. Please return a JSON object with `phrase` (string, the phrase being analyzed) and `is_ne` (boolean, indicating whether the phrase is a Named Entity).
Input
Phrase: Doug McMillan | Statement: [McMillan, usedBy, Doug McMillan]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Doug McMillan
Context triple: [McMillan, usedBy, Doug McMillan]
  • A. David McMillan
    David McMillan is the son of Nobel Prize–winning American physicist Edwin McMillan.
  • B. Mike McNeil
    Mike McNeil is a software developer best known as the creator of the Sails.js Node.js web framework.
  • C. Tim McClelland
    Tim McClelland is a former Major League Baseball umpire known for his long tenure, distinctive strike zone, and involvement in several high-profile postseason games.
  • D. Ed McCauley
    Ed McCauley is a Canadian academic and research leader who serves as president of the University of Calgary.
  • E. Ray McKinnon
    Ray McKinnon is an American actor, writer, producer, and director known for his character roles in film and television and for creating the acclaimed series "Rectify."
  • F. None of above. chosen
  • G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NEDg Description generation gpt-5.1
Instruction
Generate a one-sentence description of the target entity. 
You are given a context triple in the form (subject, predicate, object), where the object is the target entity. 
# Instructions
Use the triple to infer relevant information about the entity. Describe the entity based on what is most defining, well-known. 
Avoid repeating the information from the triple, unless really essential.
# Response Format
Return only the sentence: "Description: [one-sentence description of the target entity]"
Input
Entity: Doug McMillan
Triple: [McMillan, usedBy, Doug McMillan]
Generated description
Doug McMillan is an American business executive best known as the president and chief executive officer of Walmart Inc.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Doug McMillan
Target entity description: Doug McMillan is an American business executive best known as the president and chief executive officer of Walmart Inc.
  • A. David McMillan
    David McMillan is the son of Nobel Prize–winning American physicist Edwin McMillan.
  • B. Mike McNeil
    Mike McNeil is a software developer best known as the creator of the Sails.js Node.js web framework.
  • C. Tim McClelland
    Tim McClelland is a former Major League Baseball umpire known for his long tenure, distinctive strike zone, and involvement in several high-profile postseason games.
  • D. Ed McCauley
    Ed McCauley is a Canadian academic and research leader who serves as president of the University of Calgary.
  • E. Ray McKinnon
    Ray McKinnon is an American actor, writer, producer, and director known for his character roles in film and television and for creating the acclaimed series "Rectify."
  • F. None of above. chosen

Provenance (5 batches)

The batch behind each pipeline step, in order, with when it ran. Timestamps are batch-level — stages were processed in waves, so the object chain (NER → NED1 → NEDg → NED2) reads in order, but predicate / elicitation batches can sit in a different wave.

Step Stage Batch ID Status When
creating Elicitation batch_69c008cabc4081909723e2547c9d6cc0 completed March 22, 2026, 3:20 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69c063bb340c8190ab81b249cefa91ca completed March 22, 2026, 9:48 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69c6537daf648190b40329e2a5934c09 completed March 27, 2026, 9:53 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69c6547e73c88190be36da6ace9cf345 completed March 27, 2026, 9:57 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69c654d0c2948190a4d586071133d759 completed March 27, 2026, 9:58 a.m.
Created at: March 22, 2026, 4:25 p.m.