Triple

T12486634
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Michael Shishman E298448 entity
Predicate successor P78 FINISHED
Object Ivan Stephen
Ivan Stephen was a medieval Bulgarian ruler who briefly held the throne of the Second Bulgarian Empire in the early 14th century.
 E983848 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: Ivan Stephen | Statement: [Michael Shishman, successor, Ivan Stephen]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Ivan Stephen
Context triple: [Michael Shishman, successor, Ivan Stephen]
  • A. Ivan Julian
    Ivan Julian is an American guitarist, songwriter, and producer best known as a founding member of the influential New York punk band Richard Hell and the Voidoids.
  • B. Ivan Howard
    Ivan Howard is an American indie rock musician best known as the frontman of The Rosebuds and a contributor to various collaborative projects.
  • C. Ivan Vaughan
    Ivan Vaughan was an English schoolmate of John Lennon and Paul McCartney who famously introduced the two future Beatles to each other.
  • D. Ivan Dixon
    Ivan Dixon is an Australian animator and director known for his distinctive, often socially conscious animated music videos and short films.
  • E. Ivan Dixon
    Ivan Dixon was an American actor, director, and producer best known for his role as Sergeant James "Kinch" Kinchloe on the television series "Hogan's Heroes."
  • 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: Ivan Stephen
Triple: [Michael Shishman, successor, Ivan Stephen]
Generated description
Ivan Stephen was a medieval Bulgarian ruler who briefly held the throne of the Second Bulgarian Empire in the early 14th century.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Ivan Stephen
Target entity description: Ivan Stephen was a medieval Bulgarian ruler who briefly held the throne of the Second Bulgarian Empire in the early 14th century.
  • A. Ivan Julian
    Ivan Julian is an American guitarist, songwriter, and producer best known as a founding member of the influential New York punk band Richard Hell and the Voidoids.
  • B. Ivan Howard
    Ivan Howard is an American indie rock musician best known as the frontman of The Rosebuds and a contributor to various collaborative projects.
  • C. Ivan Vaughan
    Ivan Vaughan was an English schoolmate of John Lennon and Paul McCartney who famously introduced the two future Beatles to each other.
  • D. Ivan Dixon
    Ivan Dixon is an Australian animator and director known for his distinctive, often socially conscious animated music videos and short films.
  • E. Ivan Dixon
    Ivan Dixon was an American actor, director, and producer best known for his role as Sergeant James "Kinch" Kinchloe on the television series "Hogan's Heroes."
  • 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_69d6ada377208190a36011199a4d8558 completed April 8, 2026, 7:33 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69d94de077bc81908b5ff057a1bf2b4f completed April 10, 2026, 7:22 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69f63f2b5ed481909ead4f5b96d44064 completed May 2, 2026, 6:15 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69f6401199408190ad2657802afd93c9 completed May 2, 2026, 6:18 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69f64168d23881908daee7d7cba2160d completed May 2, 2026, 6:24 p.m.
Created at: April 8, 2026, 9:56 p.m.