Triple
T17738657
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | James McCain |
E442791
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entity |
| Predicate | siblingOf |
P363
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FINISHED |
| Object |
Sidney McCain
Sidney McCain is a member of the McCain family, known primarily as a sibling of James McCain within the prominent American political McCain lineage.
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E1284938
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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: Sidney McCain | Statement: [James McCain, siblingOf, Sidney McCain]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Sidney McCain Context triple: [James McCain, siblingOf, Sidney McCain]
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A.
Franklin McCain
Franklin McCain was a civil rights activist best known as one of the Greensboro Four who helped launch the sit-in movement against racial segregation in the United States.
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B.
Philip Jennings
Philip Jennings is a Soviet KGB officer living undercover as an American travel agent and family man in the Cold War espionage drama series "The Americans."
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C.
Hugh Baird
Hugh Baird was a Scottish civil engineer best known for his major role in early 19th-century canal design and construction.
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D.
Cyrus Foss Chamberlain
Cyrus Foss Chamberlain was an American World War I aviator honored for his service and sacrifice, commemorated by having an airfield named after him.
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E.
Neil Hosler McElroy
Neil Hosler McElroy was an American businessman and politician who served as U.S. Secretary of Defense under President Dwight D. Eisenhower.
- 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: Sidney McCain Triple: [James McCain, siblingOf, Sidney McCain]
Generated description
Sidney McCain is a member of the McCain family, known primarily as a sibling of James McCain within the prominent American political McCain lineage.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Sidney McCain Target entity description: Sidney McCain is a member of the McCain family, known primarily as a sibling of James McCain within the prominent American political McCain lineage.
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A.
Franklin McCain
Franklin McCain was a civil rights activist best known as one of the Greensboro Four who helped launch the sit-in movement against racial segregation in the United States.
-
B.
Philip Jennings
Philip Jennings is a Soviet KGB officer living undercover as an American travel agent and family man in the Cold War espionage drama series "The Americans."
-
C.
Hugh Baird
Hugh Baird was a Scottish civil engineer best known for his major role in early 19th-century canal design and construction.
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D.
Cyrus Foss Chamberlain
Cyrus Foss Chamberlain was an American World War I aviator honored for his service and sacrifice, commemorated by having an airfield named after him.
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E.
Neil Hosler McElroy
Neil Hosler McElroy was an American businessman and politician who served as U.S. Secretary of Defense under President Dwight D. Eisenhower.
- 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_69d8b9ed3a2081909b2ec0d4dd2f4c37 |
completed | April 10, 2026, 8:50 a.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69e47acb05848190a4b7edb98f15b8c6 |
completed | April 19, 2026, 6:48 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_6a0242fb5e7c819096b611fe936f4ce0 |
completed | May 11, 2026, 8:58 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_6a0244f53f2c81909ee3dc16ff3e512e |
completed | May 11, 2026, 9:07 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_6a02459d9ab48190b8b28b75f412c64e |
completed | May 11, 2026, 9:09 p.m. |
Created at: April 10, 2026, 10:09 a.m.