Triple

T17377842
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Cambridge Antibody Technology E422486 entity
Predicate hasKeyPerson P256 FINISHED
Object John McCafferty
John McCafferty is a British scientist and biotechnology entrepreneur best known as a co-inventor of antibody phage display technology and a co-founder of Cambridge Antibody Technology.
 E1362102 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: John McCafferty | Statement: [Cambridge Antibody Technology, hasKeyPerson, John McCafferty]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: John McCafferty
Context triple: [Cambridge Antibody Technology, hasKeyPerson, John McCafferty]
  • A. John McCafferty
    John McCafferty is an editor and scholar known for his work on the book "Lilies of the Field."
  • B. John McSherry
    John McSherry was a longtime Major League Baseball umpire known for his work in numerous postseason games and his sudden on-field death during a 1996 Opening Day game.
  • C. Frank Fitzpatrick
    Frank Fitzpatrick is a composer and music producer best known for his work on film soundtracks, including the score for the 1995 comedy "Friday."
  • D. John Doherty
    John Doherty is known as the husband of American actress Michael Learned, famed for her role as Olivia Walton on the television series "The Waltons."
  • E. Hugh McDermott
    Hugh McDermott was a Scottish actor known for his supporting roles in British films of the 1930s and 1940s.
  • 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: John McCafferty
Triple: [Cambridge Antibody Technology, hasKeyPerson, John McCafferty]
Generated description
John McCafferty is a British scientist and biotechnology entrepreneur best known as a co-inventor of antibody phage display technology and a co-founder of Cambridge Antibody Technology.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: John McCafferty
Target entity description: John McCafferty is a British scientist and biotechnology entrepreneur best known as a co-inventor of antibody phage display technology and a co-founder of Cambridge Antibody Technology.
  • A. John McCafferty
    John McCafferty is an editor and scholar known for his work on the book "Lilies of the Field."
  • B. John McSherry
    John McSherry was a longtime Major League Baseball umpire known for his work in numerous postseason games and his sudden on-field death during a 1996 Opening Day game.
  • C. Frank Fitzpatrick
    Frank Fitzpatrick is a composer and music producer best known for his work on film soundtracks, including the score for the 1995 comedy "Friday."
  • D. John Doherty
    John Doherty is known as the husband of American actress Michael Learned, famed for her role as Olivia Walton on the television series "The Waltons."
  • E. Hugh McDermott
    Hugh McDermott was a Scottish actor known for his supporting roles in British films of the 1930s and 1940s.
  • 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_69d889d6535c81908be333c01deaec4e completed April 10, 2026, 5:25 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69e43a6ea56c8190b56d966ccf2c91f7 completed April 19, 2026, 2:14 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_6a06f89123f0819086f3aeef4c309f63 completed May 15, 2026, 10:42 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_6a06f9666b2081908c02f7e0d63345d1 completed May 15, 2026, 10:45 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_6a06f9efad4c81908415dc4b56a38ddc completed May 15, 2026, 10:48 a.m.
Created at: April 10, 2026, 5:45 a.m.