Triple

T6897027
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Irvin McDowell E159395 entity
Predicate familyName P18 FINISHED
Object McDowell
McDowell is a surname of Scottish origin borne by various notable individuals, including American Civil War general Irvin McDowell.
 E627719 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: McDowell | Statement: [Irvin McDowell, familyName, McDowell]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: McDowell
Context triple: [Irvin McDowell, familyName, McDowell]
  • A. Macdowell
    Macdowell is a surname most notably associated with American painter and photographer Susan Macdowell Eakins.
  • B. McCauley
    McCauley is the maiden surname of Rosa Parks, the prominent American civil rights activist known for her pivotal role in the Montgomery bus boycott.
  • C. McDougal
    McDougal is a surname of Scottish origin, commonly considered a spelling variant of MacDougall.
  • D. Tilghman
    Tilghman is a masculine given name of English origin that has been borne by various notable American figures, including politicians and military officers.
  • E. Hayes
    Hayes is a common English surname borne by numerous notable figures in politics, entertainment, sports, and other fields.
  • 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: McDowell
Triple: [Irvin McDowell, familyName, McDowell]
Generated description
McDowell is a surname of Scottish origin borne by various notable individuals, including American Civil War general Irvin McDowell.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: McDowell
Target entity description: McDowell is a surname of Scottish origin borne by various notable individuals, including American Civil War general Irvin McDowell.
  • A. Macdowell
    Macdowell is a surname most notably associated with American painter and photographer Susan Macdowell Eakins.
  • B. McCauley
    McCauley is the maiden surname of Rosa Parks, the prominent American civil rights activist known for her pivotal role in the Montgomery bus boycott.
  • C. McDougal
    McDougal is a surname of Scottish origin, commonly considered a spelling variant of MacDougall.
  • D. Tilghman
    Tilghman is a masculine given name of English origin that has been borne by various notable American figures, including politicians and military officers.
  • E. Hayes
    Hayes is a common English surname borne by numerous notable figures in politics, entertainment, sports, and other fields.
  • 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_69c6883822e0819091e321526f20ae0a completed March 27, 2026, 1:38 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69c6d95c44a48190876d62749411bbb6 completed March 27, 2026, 7:24 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69c748dfd9608190891c8df48b771e20 completed March 28, 2026, 3:20 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69c749d4b088819095f991f976592d04 completed March 28, 2026, 3:24 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69c74aab12988190bd23cfcc06c55cde completed March 28, 2026, 3:27 a.m.
Created at: March 27, 2026, 2:24 p.m.