Triple

T11169504
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Karl Malone E264238 entity
Predicate nickname P55 FINISHED
Object The Mailman
The Mailman is the nickname of Karl Malone, a Hall of Fame NBA power forward best known for his prolific scoring career with the Utah Jazz.
E908822 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: The Mailman | Statement: [Karl Malone, nickname, The Mailman]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Mailman
Context triple: [Karl Malone, nickname, The Mailman]
  • A. The Barefoot Mailman
    The Barefoot Mailman is a 1951 adventure-comedy film starring Terry Moore, set in late 19th-century Florida and centered on the perilous coastal mail route once traveled on foot.
  • B. Please, Mister Postman
    "Please, Mister Postman" is a political memoir by British Labour politician Alan Johnson, recounting his early life and experiences working as a postman.
  • C. The Delivery Man
    The Delivery Man is a 2004 roots-rock and Americana-influenced album by Elvis Costello and The Imposters that explores dark, narrative-driven themes.
  • D. Please Mr. Postman
    "Please Mr. Postman" is a popular song famously covered by the Carpenters, whose soft rock rendition became a major international hit in the 1970s.
  • E. Pigeon Post
    Pigeon Post is a children's adventure novel by Arthur Ransome in the Swallows and Amazons series, featuring camping, exploration, and a search for gold in the Lake District.
  • 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: The Mailman
Triple: [Karl Malone, nickname, The Mailman]
Generated description
The Mailman is the nickname of Karl Malone, a Hall of Fame NBA power forward best known for his prolific scoring career with the Utah Jazz.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Mailman
Target entity description: The Mailman is the nickname of Karl Malone, a Hall of Fame NBA power forward best known for his prolific scoring career with the Utah Jazz.
  • A. The Barefoot Mailman
    The Barefoot Mailman is a 1951 adventure-comedy film starring Terry Moore, set in late 19th-century Florida and centered on the perilous coastal mail route once traveled on foot.
  • B. Please, Mister Postman
    "Please, Mister Postman" is a political memoir by British Labour politician Alan Johnson, recounting his early life and experiences working as a postman.
  • C. The Delivery Man
    The Delivery Man is a 2004 roots-rock and Americana-influenced album by Elvis Costello and The Imposters that explores dark, narrative-driven themes.
  • D. Please Mr. Postman
    "Please Mr. Postman" is a popular song famously covered by the Carpenters, whose soft rock rendition became a major international hit in the 1970s.
  • E. Pigeon Post
    Pigeon Post is a children's adventure novel by Arthur Ransome in the Swallows and Amazons series, featuring camping, exploration, and a search for gold in the Lake District.
  • 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_69d6aa9dafac8190bd90d2c74f661aa7 completed April 8, 2026, 7:21 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69d7e8952e248190b0751669e8c960b7 completed April 9, 2026, 5:57 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69e463a2e2fc819086126b681d86e94b completed April 19, 2026, 5:09 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69e46c37efec81908aa709587c37569d completed April 19, 2026, 5:46 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69e47292cdd08190b05c4c8b09f4f918 completed April 19, 2026, 6:13 a.m.
Created at: April 8, 2026, 9:29 p.m.