Triple

T20397817
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject The Lost Missile E500254 entity
Predicate screenwriter P2831 FINISHED
Object John McPartland
John McPartland was an American novelist and screenwriter known for his hardboiled crime fiction and work in mid-20th-century genre films.
 E1431062 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: John McPartland | Statement: [The Lost Missile, screenwriter, John McPartland]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: John McPartland
Context triple: [The Lost Missile, screenwriter, John McPartland]
  • A. Don MacMillan
    Don MacMillan was a Canadian middle-distance runner known for his competitive performances in the 1950s, including appearances in high-profile mile races.
  • B. Robert McMillan
    Robert McMillan was a historical figure known as the original owner of the ship Balclutha, a notable sailing vessel from the late 19th century.
  • C. Gordon McIlwham
    Gordon McIlwham is a former Scottish rugby union player, best known for his role as a prop and for representing Scotland at international level.
  • D. Gordon MacDonald
    Gordon MacDonald is an American actor known for his work in film, television, and theater, as well as his long-term relationship with actress Holly Hunter.
  • E. John Macdougall
    John Macdougall was a 19th-century Scottish distiller best known for establishing the Ardbeg whisky distillery on the island of Islay.
  • 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: John McPartland
Triple: [The Lost Missile, screenwriter, John McPartland]
Generated description
John McPartland was an American novelist and screenwriter known for his hardboiled crime fiction and work in mid-20th-century genre films.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: John McPartland
Target entity description: John McPartland was an American novelist and screenwriter known for his hardboiled crime fiction and work in mid-20th-century genre films.
  • A. Don MacMillan
    Don MacMillan was a Canadian middle-distance runner known for his competitive performances in the 1950s, including appearances in high-profile mile races.
  • B. Robert McMillan
    Robert McMillan was a historical figure known as the original owner of the ship Balclutha, a notable sailing vessel from the late 19th century.
  • C. Gordon McIlwham
    Gordon McIlwham is a former Scottish rugby union player, best known for his role as a prop and for representing Scotland at international level.
  • D. Gordon MacDonald
    Gordon MacDonald is an American actor known for his work in film, television, and theater, as well as his long-term relationship with actress Holly Hunter.
  • E. John Macdougall
    John Macdougall was a 19th-century Scottish distiller best known for establishing the Ardbeg whisky distillery on the island of Islay.
  • 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_69e0b4a81bec8190b69adfdc1336a015 completed April 16, 2026, 10:06 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69e6798c2b28819092fab93f01218cde completed April 20, 2026, 7:07 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_6a0883ec6b8c8190aeb3ef7443a64330 completed May 16, 2026, 2:49 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_6a08857a27f881908a7dab5ef4506a17 completed May 16, 2026, 2:55 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_6a0885f9e7d88190b3085f68add016d1 completed May 16, 2026, 2:58 p.m.
Created at: April 16, 2026, 11:29 a.m.