Triple
T17334838
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | MacDermid |
E420910
|
entity |
| Predicate | hasNotableBearer |
P458
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Robert MacDermid
Robert MacDermid is a Canadian political scientist known for his research on elections, political finance, and democratic reform.
|
E1267127
|
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: Robert MacDermid | Statement: [MacDermid, hasNotableBearer, Robert MacDermid]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Robert MacDermid Context triple: [MacDermid, hasNotableBearer, Robert MacDermid]
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A.
Richard McGinn
Richard McGinn is an American business executive best known for serving as chairman and CEO of Lucent Technologies during the late 1990s.
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B.
Robert MacLean
Robert MacLean is known primarily as the husband of sociologist Annie Marion MacLean, who was a prominent figure in early American sociology.
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C.
Robert McCallister
Robert McCallister is a fictional U.S. senator and presidential hopeful on the television drama "Brothers & Sisters," known for his complex political career and relationship with Kitty Walker.
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D.
David MacQueen
David MacQueen is a computer scientist known for his influential work on the design and formal definition of the Standard ML programming language.
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E.
Richard McKenna
Richard McKenna was an American author and former U.S. Navy sailor best known for his novel "The Sand Pebbles," which drew on his naval experiences in China.
- 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: Robert MacDermid Triple: [MacDermid, hasNotableBearer, Robert MacDermid]
Generated description
Robert MacDermid is a Canadian political scientist known for his research on elections, political finance, and democratic reform.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Robert MacDermid Target entity description: Robert MacDermid is a Canadian political scientist known for his research on elections, political finance, and democratic reform.
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A.
Richard McGinn
Richard McGinn is an American business executive best known for serving as chairman and CEO of Lucent Technologies during the late 1990s.
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B.
Robert MacLean
Robert MacLean is known primarily as the husband of sociologist Annie Marion MacLean, who was a prominent figure in early American sociology.
-
C.
Robert McCallister
Robert McCallister is a fictional U.S. senator and presidential hopeful on the television drama "Brothers & Sisters," known for his complex political career and relationship with Kitty Walker.
-
D.
David MacQueen
David MacQueen is a computer scientist known for his influential work on the design and formal definition of the Standard ML programming language.
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E.
Richard McKenna
Richard McKenna was an American author and former U.S. Navy sailor best known for his novel "The Sand Pebbles," which drew on his naval experiences in China.
- 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_69d889d3adc881909319f1edb8d2a956 |
completed | April 10, 2026, 5:25 a.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69e43a1125d88190b67243b30d93ce1c |
completed | April 19, 2026, 2:12 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_6a01a7e9aafc8190b87fa6e1d8e33213 |
completed | May 11, 2026, 9:56 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_6a01a93ebd2c8190980a136f960dbbb7 |
completed | May 11, 2026, 10:02 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_6a01a996e2e0819082056d3fb880e4cb |
completed | May 11, 2026, 10:04 a.m. |
Created at: April 10, 2026, 5:43 a.m.