Triple
T18116733
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Roberta McCain |
E433623
|
entity |
| Predicate | motherOf |
P120
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Joseph Pinckney McCain II
Joseph Pinckney McCain II was a United States Navy officer and the younger brother of U.S. Senator and 2008 presidential candidate John McCain.
|
E1306785
|
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: Joseph Pinckney McCain II | Statement: [Roberta McCain, motherOf, Joseph Pinckney McCain II]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Joseph Pinckney McCain II Context triple: [Roberta McCain, motherOf, Joseph Pinckney McCain II]
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A.
John S. McCain Sr.
John S. McCain Sr. was a U.S. Navy admiral and World War II carrier task force commander who played a key role in Pacific theater operations.
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B.
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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C.
William S. McArthur Jr.
William S. McArthur Jr. is a retired U.S. Army colonel and NASA astronaut who flew on multiple Space Shuttle missions and served aboard the International Space Station.
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D.
James McCain
James McCain is one of the children of the late U.S. Senator and 2008 Republican presidential nominee John McCain.
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E.
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.
- 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: Joseph Pinckney McCain II Triple: [Roberta McCain, motherOf, Joseph Pinckney McCain II]
Generated description
Joseph Pinckney McCain II was a United States Navy officer and the younger brother of U.S. Senator and 2008 presidential candidate John McCain.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Joseph Pinckney McCain II Target entity description: Joseph Pinckney McCain II was a United States Navy officer and the younger brother of U.S. Senator and 2008 presidential candidate John McCain.
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A.
John S. McCain Sr.
John S. McCain Sr. was a U.S. Navy admiral and World War II carrier task force commander who played a key role in Pacific theater operations.
-
B.
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.
-
C.
William S. McArthur Jr.
William S. McArthur Jr. is a retired U.S. Army colonel and NASA astronaut who flew on multiple Space Shuttle missions and served aboard the International Space Station.
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D.
James McCain
James McCain is one of the children of the late U.S. Senator and 2008 Republican presidential nominee John McCain.
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E.
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.
- 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_69d8b90916008190a1f110bd7ced5473 |
completed | April 10, 2026, 8:47 a.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69e4ddd67a2481909d27a4a49b095f8c |
completed | April 19, 2026, 1:51 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_6a037c40b66c819095d90006fa7ecc37 |
completed | May 12, 2026, 7:15 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_6a037d8d2bc081908c23325f016e0a3d |
completed | May 12, 2026, 7:20 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_6a037e38eee4819090dc733e4aa7299b |
completed | May 12, 2026, 7:23 p.m. |
Created at: April 10, 2026, 10:28 a.m.