Triple

T12609861
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject McKay E301083 entity
Predicate hasNotableBearer P458 FINISHED
Object Donald McKay
Donald McKay was a renowned 19th-century Canadian-American shipbuilder best known for designing some of the fastest and most celebrated clipper ships, including the Flying Cloud.
E992784 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: Donald McKay | Statement: [McKay, hasNotableBearer, Donald McKay]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Donald McKay
Context triple: [McKay, hasNotableBearer, Donald McKay]
  • A. John Ericson
    John Ericson was a German-born American actor known for his roles in mid-20th-century films and television, often appearing in Westerns and dramas.
  • B. Alan B. Whiting
    Alan B. Whiting is an astronomer known for his work on dwarf spheroidal galaxies, including the discovery of the Andromeda VI satellite galaxy of Andromeda.
  • C. William McDermott
    William McDermott is a personal name shared by multiple individuals, including various professionals and public figures, rather than referring to a single widely recognized person.
  • D. Edward L. Hedden
    Edward L. Hedden was a 19th-century American customs official best known for serving as Collector of the Port of New York and for his role in the landmark Supreme Court case Nix v. Hedden.
  • E. Clarence H. Mackay
    Clarence H. Mackay was an American financier and philanthropist, known for his leadership in the postal and telegraph industry and for his significant charitable contributions.
  • 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: Donald McKay
Triple: [McKay, hasNotableBearer, Donald McKay]
Generated description
Donald McKay was a renowned 19th-century Canadian-American shipbuilder best known for designing some of the fastest and most celebrated clipper ships, including the Flying Cloud.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Donald McKay
Target entity description: Donald McKay was a renowned 19th-century Canadian-American shipbuilder best known for designing some of the fastest and most celebrated clipper ships, including the Flying Cloud.
  • A. John Ericson
    John Ericson was a German-born American actor known for his roles in mid-20th-century films and television, often appearing in Westerns and dramas.
  • B. Alan B. Whiting
    Alan B. Whiting is an astronomer known for his work on dwarf spheroidal galaxies, including the discovery of the Andromeda VI satellite galaxy of Andromeda.
  • C. William McDermott
    William McDermott is a personal name shared by multiple individuals, including various professionals and public figures, rather than referring to a single widely recognized person.
  • D. Edward L. Hedden
    Edward L. Hedden was a 19th-century American customs official best known for serving as Collector of the Port of New York and for his role in the landmark Supreme Court case Nix v. Hedden.
  • E. Clarence H. Mackay
    Clarence H. Mackay was an American financier and philanthropist, known for his leadership in the postal and telegraph industry and for his significant charitable contributions.
  • 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_69d7bdea2ca881908f379526c13b1145 completed April 9, 2026, 2:55 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69d954ea1d748190a848e8a7873e2ea5 completed April 10, 2026, 7:52 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69f65ecf3e248190868c1eb864191f8b completed May 2, 2026, 8:30 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69f66088890c8190b67a958d7f0822a6 completed May 2, 2026, 8:37 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69f6613ce1108190851cf8491fe666c8 completed May 2, 2026, 8:40 p.m.
Created at: April 9, 2026, 5:11 p.m.