Triple

T9150189
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject David McCallum E219564 entity
Predicate father P120 FINISHED
Object David McCallum Sr.
David McCallum Sr. was a prominent Scottish violinist and orchestral leader, best known as the concertmaster of the London Philharmonic Orchestra in the mid-20th century.
E783171 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: David McCallum Sr. | Statement: [David McCallum, father, David McCallum Sr.]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: David McCallum Sr.
Context triple: [David McCallum, father, David McCallum Sr.]
  • A. David McCallum
    David McCallum was a Scottish actor best known for his roles as medical examiner Dr. Donald "Ducky" Mallard on NCIS and secret agent Illya Kuryakin on the 1960s television series The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
  • B. Clive Merrison
    Clive Merrison is a Welsh actor known for his extensive work in British film, television, and radio, including his acclaimed portrayal of Sherlock Holmes for BBC Radio.
  • C. Hugh Fraser
    Hugh Fraser was a British Conservative politician and long-serving Member of Parliament who held several ministerial posts in the mid-20th century.
  • D. Nicholas Courtney
    Nicholas Courtney was a British actor best known for his long-running role as Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart in the classic science fiction television series Doctor Who.
  • E. Sir Robert Morley
    Sir Robert Morley was a 14th-century English naval commander and nobleman who played a prominent role in Edward III’s early campaigns during the Hundred Years’ War.
  • 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: David McCallum Sr.
Triple: [David McCallum, father, David McCallum Sr.]
Generated description
David McCallum Sr. was a prominent Scottish violinist and orchestral leader, best known as the concertmaster of the London Philharmonic Orchestra in the mid-20th century.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: David McCallum Sr.
Target entity description: David McCallum Sr. was a prominent Scottish violinist and orchestral leader, best known as the concertmaster of the London Philharmonic Orchestra in the mid-20th century.
  • A. David McCallum
    David McCallum was a Scottish actor best known for his roles as medical examiner Dr. Donald "Ducky" Mallard on NCIS and secret agent Illya Kuryakin on the 1960s television series The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
  • B. Clive Merrison
    Clive Merrison is a Welsh actor known for his extensive work in British film, television, and radio, including his acclaimed portrayal of Sherlock Holmes for BBC Radio.
  • C. Hugh Fraser
    Hugh Fraser was a British Conservative politician and long-serving Member of Parliament who held several ministerial posts in the mid-20th century.
  • D. Nicholas Courtney
    Nicholas Courtney was a British actor best known for his long-running role as Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart in the classic science fiction television series Doctor Who.
  • E. Sir Robert Morley
    Sir Robert Morley was a 14th-century English naval commander and nobleman who played a prominent role in Edward III’s early campaigns during the Hundred Years’ War.
  • 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_69ca83e121dc81909912bd66953081c5 completed March 30, 2026, 2:08 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69cca96908d88190a1d12517f6d1aece completed April 1, 2026, 5:13 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69d05bfe53808190ac4cb24823b886d3 completed April 4, 2026, 12:31 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69d05d858f7481908151d87e1a33016a completed April 4, 2026, 12:38 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69d05e11d3e481908a7a25d8c18b3008 completed April 4, 2026, 12:40 a.m.
Created at: March 30, 2026, 7:20 p.m.