Triple

T833172
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Hunger strikes of 1981 E18011 entity
Predicate notableParticipant P6467 FINISHED
Object Brendan McFarlane
Brendan McFarlane is a former Provisional IRA member from Belfast, best known for his leadership role in the 1981 Irish hunger strikes and his involvement in high-profile republican operations during the Troubles.
E154199 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: Brendan McFarlane | Statement: [Hunger strikes of 1981, notableParticipant, Brendan McFarlane]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Brendan McFarlane
Context triple: [Hunger strikes of 1981, notableParticipant, Brendan McFarlane]
  • A. James McCann
    James McCann is a business executive best known for serving as chairman of the global insurance brokerage and risk management firm Willis Group Holdings.
  • B. Graeme Ferguson
    Graeme Ferguson was a Canadian filmmaker and co-founder of the IMAX large-format cinema technology.
  • C. Brendan Donohue
    Brendan Donohue is a sports executive best known for serving as the inaugural commissioner of the NBA 2K League, the NBA’s professional esports league.
  • D. Brendan O'Brien
    Brendan O'Brien is a renowned American record producer and mixer known for his work with major rock bands such as Pearl Jam, Bruce Springsteen, and Stone Temple Pilots.
  • E. Andrew Duggan
    Andrew Duggan was an American character actor known for his prolific work in film and television from the 1950s through the 1980s.
  • 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: Brendan McFarlane
Triple: [Hunger strikes of 1981, notableParticipant, Brendan McFarlane]
Generated description
Brendan McFarlane is a former Provisional IRA member from Belfast, best known for his leadership role in the 1981 Irish hunger strikes and his involvement in high-profile republican operations during the Troubles.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Brendan McFarlane
Target entity description: Brendan McFarlane is a former Provisional IRA member from Belfast, best known for his leadership role in the 1981 Irish hunger strikes and his involvement in high-profile republican operations during the Troubles.
  • A. James McCann
    James McCann is a business executive best known for serving as chairman of the global insurance brokerage and risk management firm Willis Group Holdings.
  • B. Graeme Ferguson
    Graeme Ferguson was a Canadian filmmaker and co-founder of the IMAX large-format cinema technology.
  • C. Brendan Donohue
    Brendan Donohue is a sports executive best known for serving as the inaugural commissioner of the NBA 2K League, the NBA’s professional esports league.
  • D. Brendan O'Brien
    Brendan O'Brien is a renowned American record producer and mixer known for his work with major rock bands such as Pearl Jam, Bruce Springsteen, and Stone Temple Pilots.
  • E. Andrew Duggan
    Andrew Duggan was an American character actor known for his prolific work in film and television from the 1950s through the 1980s.
  • 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_69a49389f44881909a608fb27d89f247 completed March 1, 2026, 7:29 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69a4abb84fe081909b8f4b4202845860 completed March 1, 2026, 9:12 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69acc5f8bc2081908f7d2435ce43fdc4 completed March 8, 2026, 12:42 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69acc6dbd80881908d640ee204ce9a12 completed March 8, 2026, 12:46 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69acc8199f508190a86c18ad9085d341 completed March 8, 2026, 12:51 a.m.
Created at: March 1, 2026, 7:38 p.m.