Triple

T18337425
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Secondhand Lions E439307 entity
Predicate mainCharacter P1183 FINISHED
Object Hub McCann
Hub McCann is a gruff, eccentric former adventurer and retired soldier who, alongside his brother, becomes an unlikely mentor and guardian to a young boy in the film "Secondhand Lions."
E1318127 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: Hub McCann | Statement: [Secondhand Lions, mainCharacter, Hub McCann]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Hub McCann
Context triple: [Secondhand Lions, mainCharacter, Hub McCann]
  • A. McCann Erickson
    McCann Erickson is a global advertising agency network known for creating major international marketing campaigns for leading brands.
  • B. Ogilvy & Mather
    Ogilvy & Mather is a major global advertising agency known for its influential marketing campaigns and brand-building work for leading companies worldwide.
  • C. Young & Rubicam
    Young & Rubicam is a major global advertising agency known for its influential marketing campaigns and long-standing presence in the advertising industry.
  • D. J. Walter Thompson Worldwide
    J. Walter Thompson Worldwide is one of the oldest and most influential global advertising agencies, known for pioneering many modern advertising practices and campaigns.
  • E. Wunderman
    Wunderman is a global marketing and advertising agency known for its data-driven, digital-first campaigns and customer relationship management services.
  • 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: Hub McCann
Triple: [Secondhand Lions, mainCharacter, Hub McCann]
Generated description
Hub McCann is a gruff, eccentric former adventurer and retired soldier who, alongside his brother, becomes an unlikely mentor and guardian to a young boy in the film "Secondhand Lions."
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Hub McCann
Target entity description: Hub McCann is a gruff, eccentric former adventurer and retired soldier who, alongside his brother, becomes an unlikely mentor and guardian to a young boy in the film "Secondhand Lions."
  • A. McCann Erickson
    McCann Erickson is a global advertising agency network known for creating major international marketing campaigns for leading brands.
  • B. Ogilvy & Mather
    Ogilvy & Mather is a major global advertising agency known for its influential marketing campaigns and brand-building work for leading companies worldwide.
  • C. Young & Rubicam
    Young & Rubicam is a major global advertising agency known for its influential marketing campaigns and long-standing presence in the advertising industry.
  • D. J. Walter Thompson Worldwide
    J. Walter Thompson Worldwide is one of the oldest and most influential global advertising agencies, known for pioneering many modern advertising practices and campaigns.
  • E. Wunderman
    Wunderman is a global marketing and advertising agency known for its data-driven, digital-first campaigns and customer relationship management services.
  • 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_69d8b9175fec8190af865699b4e64d8c completed April 10, 2026, 8:47 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69e50ece387881909a5da0aa4370489c completed April 19, 2026, 5:20 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_6a03c4d4bcb08190ae701be702c0c743 completed May 13, 2026, 12:24 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_6a03c592f7d0819082d600901da2c2f6 completed May 13, 2026, 12:28 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_6a03c63ec8c48190bad47d423ab2cfe7 completed May 13, 2026, 12:30 a.m.
Created at: April 10, 2026, 10:37 a.m.