Triple
T7675774
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | McDonald’s |
E173856
|
entity |
| Predicate | foundedBy |
P104
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Richard McDonald
Richard McDonald was an American entrepreneur who, with his brother Maurice, created the original McDonald’s restaurant concept that evolved into the global fast-food chain.
|
E681569
|
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: Richard McDonald | Statement: [McDonald’s, foundedBy, Richard McDonald]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Richard McDonald Context triple: [McDonald’s, foundedBy, Richard McDonald]
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A.
William Lundigan
William Lundigan was an American film and television actor active from the 1930s through the 1960s, known for roles in dramas, war films, and early TV series.
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B.
Dave Thomas
Dave Thomas is a prominent software developer and author best known as a co-author of "The Pragmatic Programmer" and an original signatory of the Agile Manifesto.
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C.
James Ritz
James Ritz is a screenwriter best known for co-writing the 1977 action-comedy film "Grand Theft Auto," one of Ron Howard’s early directing projects.
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D.
Ray Kroc
Ray Kroc was an American businessman best known for turning McDonald's into a global fast-food empire through aggressive franchising and standardization.
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E.
Patrick McDonald
Patrick McDonald is a relatively common personal name shared by multiple individuals across fields such as sports, politics, and the arts, rather than referring to a single widely recognized public figure.
- 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: Richard McDonald Triple: [McDonald’s, foundedBy, Richard McDonald]
Generated description
Richard McDonald was an American entrepreneur who, with his brother Maurice, created the original McDonald’s restaurant concept that evolved into the global fast-food chain.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Richard McDonald Target entity description: Richard McDonald was an American entrepreneur who, with his brother Maurice, created the original McDonald’s restaurant concept that evolved into the global fast-food chain.
-
A.
William Lundigan
William Lundigan was an American film and television actor active from the 1930s through the 1960s, known for roles in dramas, war films, and early TV series.
-
B.
Dave Thomas
Dave Thomas is a prominent software developer and author best known as a co-author of "The Pragmatic Programmer" and an original signatory of the Agile Manifesto.
-
C.
James Ritz
James Ritz is a screenwriter best known for co-writing the 1977 action-comedy film "Grand Theft Auto," one of Ron Howard’s early directing projects.
-
D.
Ray Kroc
Ray Kroc was an American businessman best known for turning McDonald's into a global fast-food empire through aggressive franchising and standardization.
-
E.
Patrick McDonald
Patrick McDonald is a relatively common personal name shared by multiple individuals across fields such as sports, politics, and the arts, rather than referring to a single widely recognized public figure.
- 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_69c6995703e0819081de77361b602e78 |
completed | March 27, 2026, 2:51 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69c701e333f08190a9ee87080c6d0118 |
completed | March 27, 2026, 10:17 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69c8a23ba62881908fcdcf2ffcf6d41d |
completed | March 29, 2026, 3:53 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69c8a49262ec81908f3b45031994d128 |
completed | March 29, 2026, 4:03 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69c8a50df2a88190b5f7db0afea96fc3 |
completed | March 29, 2026, 4:05 a.m. |
Created at: March 27, 2026, 4:01 p.m.