Triple

T9320764
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject John B. McDonald E224248 entity
Predicate name P16 FINISHED
Object John B. McDonald E224248 NE FINISHED

How this triple was built (2 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: John B. McDonald | Statement: [John B. McDonald, name, John B. McDonald]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: John B. McDonald
Context triple: [John B. McDonald, name, John B. McDonald]
  • A. John B. McDonald chosen
    John B. McDonald was an American civil engineer best known for overseeing the construction of New York City's first subway system.
  • B. James R. Browning
    James R. Browning was a prominent American judge who served on the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, including a long tenure as its chief judge.
  • C. John H. Ferguson
    John H. Ferguson was the Louisiana judge whose ruling upholding racial segregation in the Plessy v. Ferguson case led to the U.S. Supreme Court’s landmark “separate but equal” decision.
  • D. John W. Thompson
    John W. Thompson was a notable individual interred at Glenwood Cemetery in Washington, D.C., recognized for his historical significance.
  • E. John W. Thompson
    John W. Thompson is an American technology executive best known for serving as chairman of Microsoft and former CEO of Symantec.
  • F. None of above.
  • G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

Provenance (3 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_69ca8426d48481909596360f7791c7dd completed March 30, 2026, 2:09 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69cd358dcb4c81909e00bfb58a6dda3f completed April 1, 2026, 3:11 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69d0c7cc71e48190afdc3f1120ce5e02 completed April 4, 2026, 8:11 a.m.
Created at: March 30, 2026, 7:38 p.m.