Triple

T12786253
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Skakel family E305635 entity
Predicate hasNotableMember P304 FINISHED
Object Thomas Skakel
Thomas Skakel is a member of the prominent Skakel family, a wealthy American clan historically linked to the Kennedy family and known for its social and political connections.
 E1034793 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: Thomas Skakel | Statement: [Skakel family, hasNotableMember, Thomas Skakel]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Thomas Skakel
Context triple: [Skakel family, hasNotableMember, Thomas Skakel]
  • A. David Skakel
    David Skakel is a member of the prominent Skakel family, a wealthy American clan historically linked to the Great Lakes Carbon Corporation and socially connected to the Kennedy family.
  • B. George Skakel
    George Skakel was an American industrialist and coal magnate, best known as the wealthy founder of the Great Lakes Carbon Corporation and the father of Ethel Kennedy.
  • C. George Skakel Jr.
    George Skakel Jr. was a member of the wealthy and influential Skakel family, known for its ties to the Kennedy family and prominence in American business and social circles.
  • D. John Skakel
    John Skakel is a member of the prominent Skakel family, known for its public profile and connections to American social and political circles.
  • E. Stephen Skakel
    Stephen Skakel is a member of the prominent Skakel family, a wealthy American clan historically linked to the Kennedy family and known for its public prominence and controversy.
  • 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: Thomas Skakel
Triple: [Skakel family, hasNotableMember, Thomas Skakel]
Generated description
Thomas Skakel is a member of the prominent Skakel family, a wealthy American clan historically linked to the Kennedy family and known for its social and political connections.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Thomas Skakel
Target entity description: Thomas Skakel is a member of the prominent Skakel family, a wealthy American clan historically linked to the Kennedy family and known for its social and political connections.
  • A. David Skakel
    David Skakel is a member of the prominent Skakel family, a wealthy American clan historically linked to the Great Lakes Carbon Corporation and socially connected to the Kennedy family.
  • B. George Skakel
    George Skakel was an American industrialist and coal magnate, best known as the wealthy founder of the Great Lakes Carbon Corporation and the father of Ethel Kennedy.
  • C. George Skakel Jr.
    George Skakel Jr. was a member of the wealthy and influential Skakel family, known for its ties to the Kennedy family and prominence in American business and social circles.
  • D. John Skakel
    John Skakel is a member of the prominent Skakel family, known for its public profile and connections to American social and political circles.
  • E. Stephen Skakel
    Stephen Skakel is a member of the prominent Skakel family, a wealthy American clan historically linked to the Kennedy family and known for its public prominence and controversy.
  • 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_69d7bdf2b43c819098ae5aa68e61ea58 completed April 9, 2026, 2:55 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69d96e5dbdb88190a1b06721ada51627 completed April 10, 2026, 9:40 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69f71f0a5a58819082111550a65a04b9 completed May 3, 2026, 10:10 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69f720861728819088bc43753d19bef8 completed May 3, 2026, 10:16 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69f7212ca3f48190915d73f987ec60d2 completed May 3, 2026, 10:19 a.m.
Created at: April 9, 2026, 5:29 p.m.