Triple

T18622560
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject William McDermott E455191 entity
Predicate isAmbiguousWith P2289 FINISHED
Object Billy McDermott
Billy McDermott is a name shared by multiple people, making it an ambiguous reference that can denote more than one individual.
E1334871 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: Billy McDermott | Statement: [William McDermott, isAmbiguousWith, Billy McDermott]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Billy McDermott
Context triple: [William McDermott, isAmbiguousWith, Billy McDermott]
  • A. Billy McBride
    Billy McBride is a washed-up but brilliant defense attorney who becomes an unlikely antihero as he takes on powerful adversaries in the legal drama series "Goliath."
  • B. Mike McAlary
    Mike McAlary was a Pulitzer Prize–winning New York City tabloid columnist known for his hard-hitting crime reporting and controversial coverage of police brutality cases in the 1980s and 1990s.
  • C. Johnny McDaid
    Johnny McDaid is a Northern Irish musician, songwriter, and producer best known as a member of the band Snow Patrol and for his extensive songwriting work with major pop artists.
  • D. Charlie McDermott
    Charlie McDermott is an American actor best known for his role as Axl Heck on the sitcom "The Middle" and for appearances in independent films.
  • E. Ronnie O’Malley
    Ronnie O’Malley is a relative of George O’Malley, a character from the television series "Grey’s Anatomy."
  • 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: Billy McDermott
Triple: [William McDermott, isAmbiguousWith, Billy McDermott]
Generated description
Billy McDermott is a name shared by multiple people, making it an ambiguous reference that can denote more than one individual.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Billy McDermott
Target entity description: Billy McDermott is a name shared by multiple people, making it an ambiguous reference that can denote more than one individual.
  • A. Billy McBride
    Billy McBride is a washed-up but brilliant defense attorney who becomes an unlikely antihero as he takes on powerful adversaries in the legal drama series "Goliath."
  • B. Mike McAlary
    Mike McAlary was a Pulitzer Prize–winning New York City tabloid columnist known for his hard-hitting crime reporting and controversial coverage of police brutality cases in the 1980s and 1990s.
  • C. Johnny McDaid
    Johnny McDaid is a Northern Irish musician, songwriter, and producer best known as a member of the band Snow Patrol and for his extensive songwriting work with major pop artists.
  • D. Charlie McDermott
    Charlie McDermott is an American actor best known for his role as Axl Heck on the sitcom "The Middle" and for appearances in independent films.
  • E. Ronnie O’Malley
    Ronnie O’Malley is a relative of George O’Malley, a character from the television series "Grey’s Anatomy."
  • 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_6a050d765bb081908aab41aa6bb97fe4 completed May 13, 2026, 11:47 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_6a050f6306ac8190aa4d72627345cf55 completed May 13, 2026, 11:55 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_6a050ff68a7c8190bf82d00370f4b1d4 completed May 13, 2026, 11:57 p.m.
Created at: April 10, 2026, 11:46 a.m.