Triple
T12372178
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Elston Howard |
E295029
|
entity |
| Predicate | fullName |
P16
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Elston Gene Howard
Elston Gene Howard was an American Major League Baseball catcher and the first African American player on the New York Yankees, known for his All-Star career and 1963 American League MVP award.
|
E978148
|
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: Elston Gene Howard | Statement: [Elston Howard, fullName, Elston Gene Howard]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Elston Gene Howard Context triple: [Elston Howard, fullName, Elston Gene Howard]
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A.
George Stillman
George Stillman was a notable individual significant enough to have the Stillman Trail named in his honor, likely for his contributions to the local area or to outdoor recreation.
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B.
Wendell Burton
Wendell Burton was an American actor best known for his breakout role opposite Liza Minnelli in the 1969 film "The Sterile Cuckoo."
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C.
Clifton McNeely
Clifton McNeely was an American basketball player and coach known for being the first overall pick in the inaugural 1947 BAA (now NBA) draft.
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D.
Lloyd Haynes
Lloyd Haynes was an American actor best known for his television work in the 1960s and 1970s, particularly for his role as a schoolteacher on the series "Room 222."
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E.
Russ Hodges
Russ Hodges was a prominent American sportscaster best known as the longtime radio and television voice of the New York and San Francisco Giants and for his iconic call of Bobby Thomson’s 1951 “Shot Heard ’Round the World.”
- 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: Elston Gene Howard Triple: [Elston Howard, fullName, Elston Gene Howard]
Generated description
Elston Gene Howard was an American Major League Baseball catcher and the first African American player on the New York Yankees, known for his All-Star career and 1963 American League MVP award.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Elston Gene Howard Target entity description: Elston Gene Howard was an American Major League Baseball catcher and the first African American player on the New York Yankees, known for his All-Star career and 1963 American League MVP award.
-
A.
George Stillman
George Stillman was a notable individual significant enough to have the Stillman Trail named in his honor, likely for his contributions to the local area or to outdoor recreation.
-
B.
Wendell Burton
Wendell Burton was an American actor best known for his breakout role opposite Liza Minnelli in the 1969 film "The Sterile Cuckoo."
-
C.
Clifton McNeely
Clifton McNeely was an American basketball player and coach known for being the first overall pick in the inaugural 1947 BAA (now NBA) draft.
-
D.
Lloyd Haynes
Lloyd Haynes was an American actor best known for his television work in the 1960s and 1970s, particularly for his role as a schoolteacher on the series "Room 222."
-
E.
Russ Hodges
Russ Hodges was a prominent American sportscaster best known as the longtime radio and television voice of the New York and San Francisco Giants and for his iconic call of Bobby Thomson’s 1951 “Shot Heard ’Round the World.”
- 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_69d6ab6d8a4081908636601e69ddf262 |
completed | April 8, 2026, 7:24 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69d93fa7c9ec81908c685612994543e3 |
completed | April 10, 2026, 6:21 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69f62abfd9c081909803691d3fc4f149 |
completed | May 2, 2026, 4:48 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69f62be4de888190aac94d441748d295 |
completed | May 2, 2026, 4:52 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69f62d4d0b8881908aa6b67db7d14609 |
completed | May 2, 2026, 4:58 p.m. |
Created at: April 8, 2026, 9:54 p.m.