Triple
T21386174
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | McMechen, West Virginia |
E527503
|
entity |
| Predicate | namedFor |
P63
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
William McMechen
William McMechen was an early settler and prominent local figure after whom the city of McMechen, West Virginia, was named.
|
E1482040
|
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: William McMechen | Statement: [McMechen, West Virginia, namedFor, William McMechen]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: William McMechen Context triple: [McMechen, West Virginia, namedFor, William McMechen]
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A.
Michael Waddell
Michael Waddell is a sports executive best known for serving as president of the Orlando Apollos in the Alliance of American Football.
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B.
Hugh H. Hurd
Hugh H. Hurd was an American actor and civil rights activist best known for his lead role in the 1959 film "Shadows" and his work advocating for Black performers in the entertainment industry.
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C.
Robert Bolling
Robert Bolling was a prominent 17th-century Virginia planter and politician, known as an early member of the colonial Bolling family that became influential in Southern aristocratic society.
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D.
Chris Latta
Chris Latta was an American voice actor best known for his iconic villain roles in 1980s animated series, including Cobra Commander in G.I. Joe and Starscream in The Transformers.
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E.
Don D. Scott
Don D. Scott is an American screenwriter best known for writing the hit comedy film "Barbershop" and its sequel.
- 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: William McMechen Triple: [McMechen, West Virginia, namedFor, William McMechen]
Generated description
William McMechen was an early settler and prominent local figure after whom the city of McMechen, West Virginia, was named.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: William McMechen Target entity description: William McMechen was an early settler and prominent local figure after whom the city of McMechen, West Virginia, was named.
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A.
Michael Waddell
Michael Waddell is a sports executive best known for serving as president of the Orlando Apollos in the Alliance of American Football.
-
B.
Hugh H. Hurd
Hugh H. Hurd was an American actor and civil rights activist best known for his lead role in the 1959 film "Shadows" and his work advocating for Black performers in the entertainment industry.
-
C.
Robert Bolling
Robert Bolling was a prominent 17th-century Virginia planter and politician, known as an early member of the colonial Bolling family that became influential in Southern aristocratic society.
-
D.
Chris Latta
Chris Latta was an American voice actor best known for his iconic villain roles in 1980s animated series, including Cobra Commander in G.I. Joe and Starscream in The Transformers.
-
E.
Don D. Scott
Don D. Scott is an American screenwriter best known for writing the hit comedy film "Barbershop" and its sequel.
- 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_69e0b51f363c8190944000ab5523b02b |
completed | April 16, 2026, 10:08 a.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69e8b0f3d37c8190b43ec77cdb1904c8 |
completed | April 22, 2026, 11:28 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_6a09bb4448948190badaf0ae9c03ffc4 |
completed | May 17, 2026, 12:57 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_6a09bea2b9788190b41d3da0b5f3329e |
completed | May 17, 2026, 1:12 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_6a09bf3466848190b2a5793f5f51efd7 |
completed | May 17, 2026, 1:14 p.m. |
Created at: April 16, 2026, 5:12 p.m.