Triple
T12208056
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Robert MacNeil |
E290885
|
entity |
| Predicate | birthName |
P65
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Robert Breckenridge Ware MacNeil |
E290885
|
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: Robert Breckenridge Ware MacNeil | Statement: [Robert MacNeil, birthName, Robert Breckenridge Ware MacNeil]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Robert Breckenridge Ware MacNeil Context triple: [Robert MacNeil, birthName, Robert Breckenridge Ware MacNeil]
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A.
Robert MacNeil
chosen
Robert MacNeil is a Canadian-American journalist and author best known for co-creating and co-anchoring the long-running public television news program that became PBS NewsHour.
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B.
Robert Lister MacNeil
Robert Lister MacNeil was a 20th-century Scottish-American clan chief and preservationist best known for reviving the historic Clan MacNeil seat on the Isle of Barra and promoting Scottish heritage.
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C.
William Shatner
William Shatner is a Canadian actor best known for his iconic role as Captain James T. Kirk in the original Star Trek television series and films.
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D.
Richard Gordon
Richard Gordon is a character in Ernest Hemingway’s novel and its film adaptation "To Have and Have Not," involved in the story’s tense mix of romance, crime, and political intrigue.
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E.
Robert Duncan McNeill
Robert Duncan McNeill is an American actor and director best known for playing Lieutenant Tom Paris on the television series Star Trek: Voyager.
- 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_69d6ab65923081909acfc61b7a612233 |
completed | April 8, 2026, 7:24 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69d91c7d8f5c8190a46e9caa2a920fa9 |
completed | April 10, 2026, 3:51 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69f65e9a155c8190ad6c45dae0632c39 |
completed | May 2, 2026, 8:29 p.m. |
Created at: April 8, 2026, 9:51 p.m.