Triple

T12684257
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Lester William Polsfuss E303025 entity
Predicate givenName P17 FINISHED
Object Lester
Lester is a masculine given name of English origin, famously borne by guitarist and inventor Lester William Polsfuss, better known as Les Paul.
 E997282 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: Lester | Statement: [Lester William Polsfuss, givenName, Lester]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Lester
Context triple: [Lester William Polsfuss, givenName, Lester]
  • A. Lester
    Lester is a small town located in Raleigh County in the southern part of West Virginia, United States.
  • B. Lester
    Lester is a surname of Irish origin borne by various notable individuals, including the diplomat Seán Lester.
  • C. Lester
    Lester is the central character in the 2016 puzzle-platform video game "Mekazoo" (also known as "Makers" in some regions), around whom the game's story and gameplay revolve.
  • D. Lester
    Lester is the given name of Lester B. Pearson, the Canadian diplomat, Nobel Peace Prize laureate, and 14th prime minister of Canada.
  • E. Lester
    Lester is the given first name of American actor, musician, and comedian Smiley Burnette, known for his roles in Western films and as Gene Autry’s sidekick.
  • 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: Lester
Triple: [Lester William Polsfuss, givenName, Lester]
Generated description
Lester is a masculine given name of English origin, famously borne by guitarist and inventor Lester William Polsfuss, better known as Les Paul.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Lester
Target entity description: Lester is a masculine given name of English origin, famously borne by guitarist and inventor Lester William Polsfuss, better known as Les Paul.
  • A. Lester
    Lester is the given name of Lester B. Pearson, the Canadian diplomat, Nobel Peace Prize laureate, and 14th prime minister of Canada.
  • B. Lester
    Lester is a surname of Irish origin borne by various notable individuals, including the diplomat Seán Lester.
  • C. Lester
    Lester is the central character in the 2016 puzzle-platform video game "Mekazoo" (also known as "Makers" in some regions), around whom the game's story and gameplay revolve.
  • D. Lester
    Lester is a small town located in Raleigh County in the southern part of West Virginia, United States.
  • E. Lester
    Lester is the given first name of American actor, musician, and comedian Smiley Burnette, known for his roles in Western films and as Gene Autry’s sidekick.
  • 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_69d7bdee64a08190801c6d470aefd723 completed April 9, 2026, 2:55 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69d961d68358819095bdaab8adf1dcf0 completed April 10, 2026, 8:47 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69f671a733a48190b55d296573c86eaf completed May 2, 2026, 9:50 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69f67286f1b8819081db3da2f5c16daf completed May 2, 2026, 9:54 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69f67323a724819092425cdb3a070b96 completed May 2, 2026, 9:56 p.m.
Created at: April 9, 2026, 5:21 p.m.