Triple

T6693877
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject McKean E152696 entity
Predicate hasVariant P455 FINISHED
Object McKeen
McKeen is a surname that functions as a variant spelling of the name McKean, commonly of Irish or Scottish origin.
 E611743 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: McKeen | Statement: [McKean, hasVariant, McKeen]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: McKeen
Context triple: [McKean, hasVariant, McKeen]
  • A. Widnall
    Widnall is the surname of Sheila Widnall, an American aerospace engineer and former Secretary of the U.S. Air Force.
  • B. Spruance
    Spruance is a surname most notably associated with U.S. Admiral Raymond A. Spruance, a key naval commander in the Pacific during World War II.
  • C. Merrill
    Merrill is a surname most notably associated with American actor Gary Merrill, known for his work in mid-20th-century film and television.
  • D. Merrill
    Merrill is the wealth management and brokerage division of Bank of America, offering investment advice, financial planning, and related services to individual and institutional clients.
  • E. Forrestal
    Forrestal is a surname most notably associated with James V. Forrestal, the first United States Secretary of Defense.
  • 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: McKeen
Triple: [McKean, hasVariant, McKeen]
Generated description
McKeen is a surname that functions as a variant spelling of the name McKean, commonly of Irish or Scottish origin.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: McKeen
Target entity description: McKeen is a surname that functions as a variant spelling of the name McKean, commonly of Irish or Scottish origin.
  • A. Widnall
    Widnall is the surname of Sheila Widnall, an American aerospace engineer and former Secretary of the U.S. Air Force.
  • B. Spruance
    Spruance is a surname most notably associated with U.S. Admiral Raymond A. Spruance, a key naval commander in the Pacific during World War II.
  • C. Merrill
    Merrill is a surname most notably associated with American actor Gary Merrill, known for his work in mid-20th-century film and television.
  • D. Merrill
    Merrill is the wealth management and brokerage division of Bank of America, offering investment advice, financial planning, and related services to individual and institutional clients.
  • E. Forrestal
    Forrestal is a surname most notably associated with James V. Forrestal, the first United States Secretary of Defense.
  • 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_69c6880687b08190805278b504d1c92c completed March 27, 2026, 1:37 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69c6b1955e448190adbfed7dc28f8c52 completed March 27, 2026, 4:34 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69c6f7b97210819086e88624c476fa24 completed March 27, 2026, 9:33 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69c6f8955748819092b0e51cff6cab69 completed March 27, 2026, 9:37 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69c6f9441d74819098f0639a29fdeb5e completed March 27, 2026, 9:40 p.m.
Created at: March 27, 2026, 2:05 p.m.