Triple

T12171059
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Shelden Williams E289965 entity
Predicate givenName P17 FINISHED
Object Shelden
Shelden is the given name of former NBA and Duke University basketball player Shelden Williams.
 E967194 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: Shelden | Statement: [Shelden Williams, givenName, Shelden]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Shelden
Context triple: [Shelden Williams, givenName, Shelden]
  • A. Shafroth
    Shafroth is a surname most notably associated with John F. Shafroth, an American politician who served as a U.S. Representative, Senator, and Governor of Colorado in the early 20th century.
  • B. Shon
    Shon is a given name that functions as an alternative spelling of the more common name Shaun (or Sean).
  • C. Sharman
    Sharman is a surname most notably associated with Helen Sharman, the first British astronaut and the first Western European woman in space.
  • D. Shuler
    Shuler is a surname most notably associated with Heath Shuler, a former NFL quarterback and U.S. Congressman from North Carolina.
  • E. Shanly
    Shanly is a small rural community located within the Township of South Dundas in eastern Ontario, Canada.
  • 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: Shelden
Triple: [Shelden Williams, givenName, Shelden]
Generated description
Shelden is the given name of former NBA and Duke University basketball player Shelden Williams.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Shelden
Target entity description: Shelden is the given name of former NBA and Duke University basketball player Shelden Williams.
  • A. Shafroth
    Shafroth is a surname most notably associated with John F. Shafroth, an American politician who served as a U.S. Representative, Senator, and Governor of Colorado in the early 20th century.
  • B. Shon
    Shon is a given name that functions as an alternative spelling of the more common name Shaun (or Sean).
  • C. Sharman
    Sharman is a surname most notably associated with Helen Sharman, the first British astronaut and the first Western European woman in space.
  • D. Shuler
    Shuler is a surname most notably associated with Heath Shuler, a former NFL quarterback and U.S. Congressman from North Carolina.
  • E. Shanly
    Shanly is a small rural community located within the Township of South Dundas in eastern Ontario, Canada.
  • 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_69d6ab4d6c00819095a9a7c35de83cfb completed April 8, 2026, 7:23 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69d915d9659481909c75b12aa836bbf3 completed April 10, 2026, 3:23 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69f5f6a6de3081908e5e0030c081d5a4 completed May 2, 2026, 1:05 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69f603b639208190a284fcd7e88e9d54 completed May 2, 2026, 2:01 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69f60491eaec8190a16472fd37740ea0 completed May 2, 2026, 2:05 p.m.
Created at: April 8, 2026, 9:50 p.m.