Triple

T18403458
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Penobscot Expedition E450055 entity
Predicate commander P1061 FINISHED
Object Francis McLean
Francis McLean was a British Army officer best known for leading the successful defense of Fort George during the failed American Penobscot Expedition in the American Revolutionary War.
 E1343432 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: Francis McLean | Statement: [Penobscot Expedition, commander, Francis McLean]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Francis McLean
Context triple: [Penobscot Expedition, commander, Francis McLean]
  • A. Edmund MacDonald
    Edmund MacDonald was an American character actor active in the 1930s and 1940s, known for his supporting roles in crime, mystery, and adventure films.
  • B. Francis Johnston
    Francis Johnston was a prominent early 19th-century Irish architect known for his influential public and ecclesiastical buildings in Dublin and across Ireland.
  • C. Charles McCallum
    Charles McCallum is an actor known for his role in the film "The Devil's Playground."
  • D. Arthur Dignam
    Arthur Dignam was an Australian actor known for his distinctive character roles in film, television, and theatre.
  • E. John MacDougall
    John MacDougall was a Scottish Labour politician who served as a Member of Parliament representing a constituency including Glenrothes.
  • 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: Francis McLean
Triple: [Penobscot Expedition, commander, Francis McLean]
Generated description
Francis McLean was a British Army officer best known for leading the successful defense of Fort George during the failed American Penobscot Expedition in the American Revolutionary War.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Francis McLean
Target entity description: Francis McLean was a British Army officer best known for leading the successful defense of Fort George during the failed American Penobscot Expedition in the American Revolutionary War.
  • A. Edmund MacDonald
    Edmund MacDonald was an American character actor active in the 1930s and 1940s, known for his supporting roles in crime, mystery, and adventure films.
  • B. Francis Johnston
    Francis Johnston was a prominent early 19th-century Irish architect known for his influential public and ecclesiastical buildings in Dublin and across Ireland.
  • C. Charles McCallum
    Charles McCallum is an actor known for his role in the film "The Devil's Playground."
  • D. Arthur Dignam
    Arthur Dignam was an Australian actor known for his distinctive character roles in film, television, and theatre.
  • E. John MacDougall
    John MacDougall was a Scottish Labour politician who served as a Member of Parliament representing a constituency including Glenrothes.
  • 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_69d8b9fab8a8819086a9ddc0871715e0 completed April 10, 2026, 8:51 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69e5195509cc8190bd4e91adb9b4a0ce completed April 19, 2026, 6:05 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_6a0546fff34c8190bc9b021cd270e7e7 completed May 14, 2026, 3:52 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_6a054b7038b8819091039d37cd04bed8 completed May 14, 2026, 4:11 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_6a054bce6bf48190879b6fd7adb1cd39 completed May 14, 2026, 4:13 a.m.
Created at: April 10, 2026, 10:46 a.m.