Triple
T18622555
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | William McDermott |
E455191
|
entity |
| Predicate | hasVariantSpelling |
P457
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
William MacDermott
William MacDermott is an individual whose name is a variant spelling of William McDermott, likely referring to the same person in historical or biographical records.
|
E1374379
|
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: William MacDermott | Statement: [William McDermott, hasVariantSpelling, William MacDermott]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: William MacDermott Context triple: [William McDermott, hasVariantSpelling, William MacDermott]
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A.
Edward McDermott
Edward McDermott is a film editor known for his work on the silent romantic comedy "My Best Girl" (1927) starring Mary Pickford.
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B.
Robert McDermott
Robert McDermott is a personal name shared by multiple individuals, including professionals and public figures in various fields.
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C.
William Drennan
William Drennan was an Irish physician, poet, and political radical best known as a leading advocate of Irish republicanism and civil rights in the late 18th and early 19th centuries.
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D.
James McDermott
James McDermott is a character in Margaret Atwood’s novel *Alias Grace*, depicted as a fellow servant whose murder becomes central to the story’s infamous crime.
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E.
William Demarest
William Demarest was an American character actor best known for his roles in numerous Hollywood films and the television series "My Three Sons."
- 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: William MacDermott Triple: [William McDermott, hasVariantSpelling, William MacDermott]
Generated description
William MacDermott is an individual whose name is a variant spelling of William McDermott, likely referring to the same person in historical or biographical records.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: William MacDermott Target entity description: William MacDermott is an individual whose name is a variant spelling of William McDermott, likely referring to the same person in historical or biographical records.
-
A.
Edward McDermott
Edward McDermott is a film editor known for his work on the silent romantic comedy "My Best Girl" (1927) starring Mary Pickford.
-
B.
Robert McDermott
Robert McDermott is a personal name shared by multiple individuals, including professionals and public figures in various fields.
-
C.
William Drennan
William Drennan was an Irish physician, poet, and political radical best known as a leading advocate of Irish republicanism and civil rights in the late 18th and early 19th centuries.
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D.
James McDermott
James McDermott is a character in Margaret Atwood’s novel *Alias Grace*, depicted as a fellow servant whose murder becomes central to the story’s infamous crime.
-
E.
William Demarest
William Demarest was an American character actor best known for his roles in numerous Hollywood films and the television series "My Three Sons."
- 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_69d8d38cc7948190a55ea64e5638994e |
completed | April 10, 2026, 10:40 a.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69e54f020fa08190bd78d72182496b19 |
completed | April 19, 2026, 9:54 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_6a072b67a3248190b37c04539ecc13a3 |
completed | May 15, 2026, 2:19 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_6a072d8a5e108190916cd22496c048cb |
completed | May 15, 2026, 2:28 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_6a072e3709e881909d70f130a77fc428 |
completed | May 15, 2026, 2:31 p.m. |
Created at: April 10, 2026, 11:46 a.m.