Triple

T20878002
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Winter Hill Gang E514071 entity
Predicate leader P981 FINISHED
Object James "Buddy" McLean
James "Buddy" McLean was a notorious Boston-area mobster who founded and led the Winter Hill Gang during the mid-20th century.
 E1454711 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: James "Buddy" McLean | Statement: [Winter Hill Gang, leader, James "Buddy" McLean]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: James "Buddy" McLean
Context triple: [Winter Hill Gang, leader, James "Buddy" McLean]
  • A. George McRae
    George McRae was a Scottish-born Australian architect best known for designing prominent public buildings in Sydney, including the Queen Victoria Building.
  • B. Johnny O’Keefe
    Johnny O’Keefe was a pioneering Australian rock and roll singer and television personality, often called “The Wild One” and regarded as one of the country’s first major rock stars.
  • C. Bobby Moffat
    Bobby Moffat is a former professional soccer player best known for his contributions to the Dallas Tornado in the North American Soccer League during the 1970s.
  • D. Mel Sheppard
    Mel Sheppard was an American middle-distance runner and multiple Olympic gold medalist in the early 20th century.
  • E. George McCrae
    George McCrae is an American soul and disco singer best known for his 1974 international hit single "Rock Your Baby."
  • 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: James "Buddy" McLean
Triple: [Winter Hill Gang, leader, James "Buddy" McLean]
Generated description
James "Buddy" McLean was a notorious Boston-area mobster who founded and led the Winter Hill Gang during the mid-20th century.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: James "Buddy" McLean
Target entity description: James "Buddy" McLean was a notorious Boston-area mobster who founded and led the Winter Hill Gang during the mid-20th century.
  • A. George McRae
    George McRae was a Scottish-born Australian architect best known for designing prominent public buildings in Sydney, including the Queen Victoria Building.
  • B. Johnny O’Keefe
    Johnny O’Keefe was a pioneering Australian rock and roll singer and television personality, often called “The Wild One” and regarded as one of the country’s first major rock stars.
  • C. Bobby Moffat
    Bobby Moffat is a former professional soccer player best known for his contributions to the Dallas Tornado in the North American Soccer League during the 1970s.
  • D. Mel Sheppard
    Mel Sheppard was an American middle-distance runner and multiple Olympic gold medalist in the early 20th century.
  • E. George McCrae
    George McCrae is an American soul and disco singer best known for his 1974 international hit single "Rock Your Baby."
  • 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_69e0b4f733f081908a401c0b7beb0b9f completed April 16, 2026, 10:07 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69e6c6775f108190a79cd5e8c31cecf6 completed April 21, 2026, 12:36 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_6a0913a06c208190963a53d5ac5399c5 completed May 17, 2026, 1:02 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_6a09140b17988190ab1e636b65b0e293 completed May 17, 2026, 1:04 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_6a09146d53248190a68602a0804afde7 completed May 17, 2026, 1:05 a.m.
Created at: April 16, 2026, 12:45 p.m.