Triple

T18164782
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Tommy Makem E434863 entity
Predicate birthName P65 FINISHED
Object Thomas Makem
Thomas Makem was an influential Irish folk musician, singer, and songwriter, best known for his work with The Clancy Brothers and his role in popularizing Irish folk music internationally.
E1309446 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: Thomas Makem | Statement: [Tommy Makem, birthName, Thomas Makem]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Thomas Makem
Context triple: [Tommy Makem, birthName, Thomas Makem]
  • A. Roger Whittaker
    Roger Whittaker was a Kenyan-born British singer-songwriter and whistler known for his smooth baritone voice and easy-listening folk and pop songs such as "Durham Town" and "The Last Farewell."
  • B. Henry Durie
    Henry Durie is a central figure in Robert Louis Stevenson’s novel "The Master of Ballantrae," portrayed as the dutiful and morally upright brother whose life is overshadowed by his charismatic and unscrupulous sibling.
  • C. Carl Leick
    Carl Leick was a German-born American architect known for designing durable and distinctive lighthouses and other coastal structures in the Pacific Northwest.
  • D. Paul McQuistan
    Paul McQuistan is a former American football offensive lineman who played in the NFL, notably winning a Super Bowl with the Seattle Seahawks.
  • E. Eben Macconochie
    Eben Macconochie is a fictional character from Robert Louis Stevenson’s novel "Catriona" (also known as "David Balfour"), the sequel to "Kidnapped."
  • 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: Thomas Makem
Triple: [Tommy Makem, birthName, Thomas Makem]
Generated description
Thomas Makem was an influential Irish folk musician, singer, and songwriter, best known for his work with The Clancy Brothers and his role in popularizing Irish folk music internationally.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Thomas Makem
Target entity description: Thomas Makem was an influential Irish folk musician, singer, and songwriter, best known for his work with The Clancy Brothers and his role in popularizing Irish folk music internationally.
  • A. Roger Whittaker
    Roger Whittaker was a Kenyan-born British singer-songwriter and whistler known for his smooth baritone voice and easy-listening folk and pop songs such as "Durham Town" and "The Last Farewell."
  • B. Henry Durie
    Henry Durie is a central figure in Robert Louis Stevenson’s novel "The Master of Ballantrae," portrayed as the dutiful and morally upright brother whose life is overshadowed by his charismatic and unscrupulous sibling.
  • C. Carl Leick
    Carl Leick was a German-born American architect known for designing durable and distinctive lighthouses and other coastal structures in the Pacific Northwest.
  • D. Paul McQuistan
    Paul McQuistan is a former American football offensive lineman who played in the NFL, notably winning a Super Bowl with the Seattle Seahawks.
  • E. Eben Macconochie
    Eben Macconochie is a fictional character from Robert Louis Stevenson’s novel "Catriona" (also known as "David Balfour"), the sequel to "Kidnapped."
  • 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_69d8b90b7a188190b3fc7b8d4a6cd20a completed April 10, 2026, 8:47 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69e4dec55a088190868ee0b0a310fefb completed April 19, 2026, 1:55 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_6a038fc25f248190a9ac02acf968069f completed May 12, 2026, 8:38 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_6a03908bd80081909f993408c7d2c96b completed May 12, 2026, 8:41 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_6a0390ebaed08190aea8a646e07cb1c4 completed May 12, 2026, 8:43 p.m.
Created at: April 10, 2026, 10:30 a.m.