Triple
T18622559
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | William McDermott |
E455191
|
entity |
| Predicate | isAmbiguousWith |
P2289
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Will McDermott
Will McDermott is a name shared by multiple individuals, including professionals in fields such as sports, business, and the arts, rather than referring to a single well-known person.
|
E1366762
|
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: Will McDermott | Statement: [William McDermott, isAmbiguousWith, Will McDermott]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Will McDermott Context triple: [William McDermott, isAmbiguousWith, Will McDermott]
-
A.
Will McDonough
Will McDonough is an American sports journalist best known for his long tenure as an NFL reporter and columnist for The Boston Globe and as a pioneering football analyst on national television.
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B.
Michael Waddell
Michael Waddell is a sports executive best known for serving as president of the Orlando Apollos in the Alliance of American Football.
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C.
Jon A. McBride
Jon A. McBride is a former NASA astronaut and U.S. Navy captain who piloted the Space Shuttle Challenger on the STS-41-G mission.
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D.
David Huddleston
David Huddleston was an American character actor best known for his memorable supporting roles in film and television, including the title role in the cult classic comedy "The Big Lebowski."
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E.
Bill DeMott
Bill DeMott is a retired American professional wrestler and wrestling trainer best known for his work in World Championship Wrestling (WCW) and WWE, including a controversial tenure as head trainer for WWE’s developmental system.
- 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: Will McDermott Triple: [William McDermott, isAmbiguousWith, Will McDermott]
Generated description
Will McDermott is a name shared by multiple individuals, including professionals in fields such as sports, business, and the arts, rather than referring to a single well-known person.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Will McDermott Target entity description: Will McDermott is a name shared by multiple individuals, including professionals in fields such as sports, business, and the arts, rather than referring to a single well-known person.
-
A.
Will McDonough
Will McDonough is an American sports journalist best known for his long tenure as an NFL reporter and columnist for The Boston Globe and as a pioneering football analyst on national television.
-
B.
Michael Waddell
Michael Waddell is a sports executive best known for serving as president of the Orlando Apollos in the Alliance of American Football.
-
C.
Jon A. McBride
Jon A. McBride is a former NASA astronaut and U.S. Navy captain who piloted the Space Shuttle Challenger on the STS-41-G mission.
-
D.
David Huddleston
David Huddleston was an American character actor best known for his memorable supporting roles in film and television, including the title role in the cult classic comedy "The Big Lebowski."
-
E.
Bill DeMott
Bill DeMott is a retired American professional wrestler and wrestling trainer best known for his work in World Championship Wrestling (WCW) and WWE, including a controversial tenure as head trainer for WWE’s developmental system.
- 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_6a0705bb08188190b811f03908906732 |
completed | May 15, 2026, 11:38 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_6a07063f12948190909bb5582b8aca5e |
completed | May 15, 2026, 11:40 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_6a0706af26a8819092a88bc386af0dbe |
completed | May 15, 2026, 11:42 a.m. |
Created at: April 10, 2026, 11:46 a.m.