Triple

T18863611
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Mount Washington Observatory E461375 entity
Predicate foundedBy P104 FINISHED
Object Alex McKenzie
Alex McKenzie is a meteorologist and founder associated with the establishment of the Mount Washington Observatory in New Hampshire.
E1347453 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: Alex McKenzie | Statement: [Mount Washington Observatory, foundedBy, Alex McKenzie]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Alex McKenzie
Context triple: [Mount Washington Observatory, foundedBy, Alex McKenzie]
  • A. Alex Mackie
    Alex Mackie is a film editor known for his work on the period drama "Copying Beethoven."
  • B. Jack McCallister
    Jack McCallister is a central fictional character from the television series "Jack & Bobby," depicted as the charismatic older brother whose life profoundly shapes his sibling’s future path to the U.S. presidency.
  • C. Alexander McDonald
    Alexander McDonald was the individual after whom the borough of McDonald, Pennsylvania, was named, likely a prominent local landowner or early settler associated with the town’s founding.
  • D. Alexander McDonald
    Alexander McDonald is the father of Scottish actor David Tennant.
  • E. Ian McGill
    Ian McGill is a notable individual associated with the surname McGill, recognized enough to be specifically cited as a bearer of the name.
  • 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: Alex McKenzie
Triple: [Mount Washington Observatory, foundedBy, Alex McKenzie]
Generated description
Alex McKenzie is a meteorologist and founder associated with the establishment of the Mount Washington Observatory in New Hampshire.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Alex McKenzie
Target entity description: Alex McKenzie is a meteorologist and founder associated with the establishment of the Mount Washington Observatory in New Hampshire.
  • A. Alex Mackie
    Alex Mackie is a film editor known for his work on the period drama "Copying Beethoven."
  • B. Jack McCallister
    Jack McCallister is a central fictional character from the television series "Jack & Bobby," depicted as the charismatic older brother whose life profoundly shapes his sibling’s future path to the U.S. presidency.
  • C. Alexander McDonald
    Alexander McDonald was the individual after whom the borough of McDonald, Pennsylvania, was named, likely a prominent local landowner or early settler associated with the town’s founding.
  • D. Alexander McDonald
    Alexander McDonald is the father of Scottish actor David Tennant.
  • E. Ian McGill
    Ian McGill is a notable individual associated with the surname McGill, recognized enough to be specifically cited as a bearer of the name.
  • 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_69d8dcfb7b9c8190854e7b171b98ea2e completed April 10, 2026, 11:20 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69e5c2a304d4819092f14b7932d01afe completed April 20, 2026, 6:07 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_6a0575b902ec8190bcda2ab33b87bea4 completed May 14, 2026, 7:11 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_6a057927ddd881908809c9c27e1ae5a2 completed May 14, 2026, 7:26 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_6a0579982b4c8190a7cff4d2946bc15d completed May 14, 2026, 7:28 a.m.
Created at: April 10, 2026, 11:57 a.m.