Triple

T9808235
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject MDA E238204 entity
Predicate foundedBy P104 FINISHED
Object John MacDonald
John MacDonald is a business founder and entrepreneur best known for establishing the company MDA.
 E822838 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 MacDonald | Statement: [MDA, foundedBy, John MacDonald]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: John MacDonald
Context triple: [MDA, foundedBy, John MacDonald]
  • A. Æneas MacKenzie
    Æneas MacKenzie was a Scottish-born Hollywood screenwriter known for crafting grand historical and biblical epics, including contributing to the screenplay of Cecil B. DeMille’s 1956 film "The Ten Commandments."
  • B. William Mackenzie
    William Mackenzie is a Canadian businessman best known as a co-founder of the global alternative asset management firm Brookfield Asset Management.
  • C. William Mackenzie
    William Mackenzie was a prominent Canadian railway entrepreneur and financier best known for co-founding and expanding the Canadian Northern Railway in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
  • D. John MacLeod
    John MacLeod was an American basketball coach best known for leading the Phoenix Suns to multiple playoff appearances, including a trip to the 1976 NBA Finals.
  • E. John MacLeod
    John MacLeod is known as the husband of Prudence Murdoch, the eldest daughter of media magnate Rupert Murdoch.
  • 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 MacDonald
Triple: [MDA, foundedBy, John MacDonald]
Generated description
John MacDonald is a business founder and entrepreneur best known for establishing the company MDA.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: John MacDonald
Target entity description: John MacDonald is a business founder and entrepreneur best known for establishing the company MDA.
  • A. Æneas MacKenzie
    Æneas MacKenzie was a Scottish-born Hollywood screenwriter known for crafting grand historical and biblical epics, including contributing to the screenplay of Cecil B. DeMille’s 1956 film "The Ten Commandments."
  • B. William Mackenzie
    William Mackenzie is a Canadian businessman best known as a co-founder of the global alternative asset management firm Brookfield Asset Management.
  • C. William Mackenzie
    William Mackenzie was a prominent Canadian railway entrepreneur and financier best known for co-founding and expanding the Canadian Northern Railway in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
  • D. John MacLeod
    John MacLeod was an American basketball coach best known for leading the Phoenix Suns to multiple playoff appearances, including a trip to the 1976 NBA Finals.
  • E. John MacLeod
    John MacLeod is known as the husband of Prudence Murdoch, the eldest daughter of media magnate Rupert Murdoch.
  • 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_69ca84defac48190abc1148804f184c1 completed March 30, 2026, 2:12 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69cdab7ddaac8190a5584a5c863fbaa3 completed April 1, 2026, 11:34 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69d1cc5b4dd8819088c86946b4eb8a39 completed April 5, 2026, 2:43 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69d1cd7f41448190b387109235dbc7f5 completed April 5, 2026, 2:48 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69d1cdefca5c8190a673caca42aaa7d0 completed April 5, 2026, 2:50 a.m.
Created at: March 30, 2026, 8:29 p.m.