Triple

T17666794
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject John Sidney McCain IV E440403 entity
Predicate memberOf P10 FINISHED
Object McCain family
The McCain family is a prominent American political and military family best known for producing several high-ranking naval officers and U.S. Senator and presidential candidate John McCain.
E1280931 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: McCain family | Statement: [John Sidney McCain IV, memberOf, McCain family]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: McCain family
Context triple: [John Sidney McCain IV, memberOf, McCain family]
  • A. Palin family
    The Palin family is a British family best known for including Michael Palin, the celebrated comedian, actor, writer, and travel documentarian from Monty Python.
  • B. Palin family
    The Palin family is an American political and public figure family best known for former Alaska governor and 2008 Republican vice-presidential nominee Sarah Palin and her relatives, including her husband Todd Palin.
  • C. Goldwater family
    The Goldwater family is an American family historically prominent in Arizona business and politics, notably associated with retail enterprises and figures like Senator Barry Goldwater.
  • D. Clinton family
    The Clinton family is a prominent American political family best known for producing U.S. President Bill Clinton and former Secretary of State and presidential candidate Hillary Clinton.
  • E. Bush family
    The Bush family is a prominent American political dynasty that has produced two U.S. presidents, a state governor, and several influential figures in business and public life.
  • 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: McCain family
Triple: [John Sidney McCain IV, memberOf, McCain family]
Generated description
The McCain family is a prominent American political and military family best known for producing several high-ranking naval officers and U.S. Senator and presidential candidate John McCain.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: McCain family
Target entity description: The McCain family is a prominent American political and military family best known for producing several high-ranking naval officers and U.S. Senator and presidential candidate John McCain.
  • A. Palin family
    The Palin family is a British family best known for including Michael Palin, the celebrated comedian, actor, writer, and travel documentarian from Monty Python.
  • B. Palin family
    The Palin family is an American political and public figure family best known for former Alaska governor and 2008 Republican vice-presidential nominee Sarah Palin and her relatives, including her husband Todd Palin.
  • C. Goldwater family
    The Goldwater family is an American family historically prominent in Arizona business and politics, notably associated with retail enterprises and figures like Senator Barry Goldwater.
  • D. Clinton family
    The Clinton family is a prominent American political family best known for producing U.S. President Bill Clinton and former Secretary of State and presidential candidate Hillary Clinton.
  • E. Bush family
    The Bush family is a prominent American political dynasty that has produced two U.S. presidents, a state governor, and several influential figures in business and public life.
  • 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_69d8b9e87e18819087104a44dc4dc5b1 completed April 10, 2026, 8:50 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69e46ea9d91c81908414ef38c7fb36a4 completed April 19, 2026, 5:56 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_6a02165e842c8190bb28bd8a4b1438ad completed May 11, 2026, 5:48 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_6a021838dae081908bdd74733bb272ee completed May 11, 2026, 5:56 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_6a0218ba7f14819097e07caccdf8ff83 completed May 11, 2026, 5:58 p.m.
Created at: April 10, 2026, 9:57 a.m.