Triple

T19671293
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject AJ McLean E472339 entity
Predicate birthName P65 FINISHED
Object Alexander James McLean
Alexander James McLean is an American singer, dancer, and member of the pop vocal group Backstreet Boys.
E1390618 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: Alexander James McLean | Statement: [AJ McLean, birthName, Alexander James McLean]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Alexander James McLean
Context triple: [AJ McLean, birthName, Alexander James McLean]
  • A. Alexander McDougall
    Alexander McDougall was a Scottish-born American merchant, political leader, and Revolutionary War officer who became a prominent patriot voice in New York before and during the American Revolution.
  • B. Alexander Macmillan
    Alexander Macmillan was a 19th-century British publisher who co-founded the influential Macmillan publishing house, which became one of the leading literary and educational publishers in the English-speaking world.
  • C. Richard Macdonald
    Richard Macdonald was a British production designer and art director known for his distinctive visual work on films including the 1991 movie "The Addams Family."
  • D. Charles Maclaren
    Charles Maclaren was a 19th-century Scottish journalist and editor best known as a co-founder and long-time editor of the influential newspaper The Scotsman.
  • E. John Alexander McGeoch
    John Alexander McGeoch was a highly influential Scottish guitarist best known for his innovative work with post-punk bands such as Magazine, Siouxsie and the Banshees, and Public Image Ltd.
  • 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: Alexander James McLean
Triple: [AJ McLean, birthName, Alexander James McLean]
Generated description
Alexander James McLean is an American singer, dancer, and member of the pop vocal group Backstreet Boys.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Alexander James McLean
Target entity description: Alexander James McLean is an American singer, dancer, and member of the pop vocal group Backstreet Boys.
  • A. Alexander McDougall
    Alexander McDougall was a Scottish-born American merchant, political leader, and Revolutionary War officer who became a prominent patriot voice in New York before and during the American Revolution.
  • B. Alexander Macmillan
    Alexander Macmillan was a 19th-century British publisher who co-founded the influential Macmillan publishing house, which became one of the leading literary and educational publishers in the English-speaking world.
  • C. Richard Macdonald
    Richard Macdonald was a British production designer and art director known for his distinctive visual work on films including the 1991 movie "The Addams Family."
  • D. Charles Maclaren
    Charles Maclaren was a 19th-century Scottish journalist and editor best known as a co-founder and long-time editor of the influential newspaper The Scotsman.
  • E. John Alexander McGeoch
    John Alexander McGeoch was a highly influential Scottish guitarist best known for his innovative work with post-punk bands such as Magazine, Siouxsie and the Banshees, and Public Image Ltd.
  • 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_69d8e514f2e08190ba70a4449519d218 completed April 10, 2026, 11:55 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69e6416cb0bc8190ab27dd28eebb50e7 completed April 20, 2026, 3:08 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_6a07ab8a020081909a37f2df4385d7af completed May 15, 2026, 11:26 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_6a07ac61ea288190916dd5c1bfccf353 completed May 15, 2026, 11:29 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_6a07acacf1688190a10e683dd17c2834 completed May 15, 2026, 11:30 p.m.
Created at: April 10, 2026, 1:45 p.m.