Triple

T17238098
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject McCarthy Building Companies E418415 entity
Predicate foundedBy P104 FINISHED
Object Timothy McCarthy
Timothy McCarthy is an American businessman and construction industry leader best known as the founder of McCarthy Building Companies, one of the oldest and largest commercial construction firms in the United States.
E1303186 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: Timothy McCarthy | Statement: [McCarthy Building Companies, foundedBy, Timothy McCarthy]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Timothy McCarthy
Context triple: [McCarthy Building Companies, foundedBy, Timothy McCarthy]
  • A. Timothy Corrigan
    Timothy Corrigan is a prominent American interior designer and author known for his elegant, European-influenced style and high-profile residential projects worldwide.
  • B. Michael McCusker
    Michael McCusker is an American film editor known for his work on major Hollywood productions, including the thriller "The Girl on the Train" (2016).
  • C. Timothy O'Leary
    Timothy O'Leary is a relatively obscure individual whose name is notably shared with the more widely recognized cultural figure Timothy Leary, though specific distinguishing details about him are not well documented.
  • D. Michael O’Rourke
    Michael O’Rourke is best known as the father of the late child actress Heather O’Rourke, who starred in the "Poltergeist" film series.
  • E. Michael O’Rourke
    Michael O’Rourke is an Irish media entrepreneur best known as a co-founder of the international sports television network Setanta Sports.
  • 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: Timothy McCarthy
Triple: [McCarthy Building Companies, foundedBy, Timothy McCarthy]
Generated description
Timothy McCarthy is an American businessman and construction industry leader best known as the founder of McCarthy Building Companies, one of the oldest and largest commercial construction firms in the United States.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Timothy McCarthy
Target entity description: Timothy McCarthy is an American businessman and construction industry leader best known as the founder of McCarthy Building Companies, one of the oldest and largest commercial construction firms in the United States.
  • A. Timothy Corrigan
    Timothy Corrigan is a prominent American interior designer and author known for his elegant, European-influenced style and high-profile residential projects worldwide.
  • B. Michael McCusker
    Michael McCusker is an American film editor known for his work on major Hollywood productions, including the thriller "The Girl on the Train" (2016).
  • C. Timothy O'Leary
    Timothy O'Leary is a relatively obscure individual whose name is notably shared with the more widely recognized cultural figure Timothy Leary, though specific distinguishing details about him are not well documented.
  • D. Michael O’Rourke
    Michael O’Rourke is best known as the father of the late child actress Heather O’Rourke, who starred in the "Poltergeist" film series.
  • E. Michael O’Rourke
    Michael O’Rourke is an Irish media entrepreneur best known as a co-founder of the international sports television network Setanta Sports.
  • 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_69d886d8e96081909870bff6c3d0bf09 completed April 10, 2026, 5:12 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69e42dfcf2608190b6935b79ea2ae946 completed April 19, 2026, 1:21 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_6a034996dbf48190a2615ca0dc242733 completed May 12, 2026, 3:39 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_6a034c04b0a48190bb3996dd1a0872d2 completed May 12, 2026, 3:49 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_6a034ccc5a8081908f388c68ad205374 completed May 12, 2026, 3:52 p.m.
Created at: April 10, 2026, 5:39 a.m.