Triple

T12810904
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Brent Spiner E306266 entity
Predicate notableCharacter P1481 FINISHED
Object B-4
B-4 is an early, less advanced Soong-type android and "brother" of Data in the Star Trek universe, portrayed by Brent Spiner.
 E1005051 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: B-4 | Statement: [Brent Spiner, notableCharacter, B-4]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: B-4
Context triple: [Brent Spiner, notableCharacter, B-4]
  • A. B4
    B4 is the internal designation for the fourth-generation Volkswagen Passat, produced in the mid-1990s with updated styling and engineering over its predecessor.
  • B. B-32
    B-32 is an alias of Birdman, the American rapper, record executive, and co-founder of Cash Money Records.
  • C. A-4
    A-4 is the station code assigned to the Imielin metro station in the Warsaw Metro system.
  • D. B47
    B47 is a New York City bus route that connects the Mill Basin neighborhood in Brooklyn with other parts of the borough.
  • E. B-Red
    B-Red is a Nigerian Afropop singer and songwriter known for his melodic hooks and collaborations within the HKN and DMW music circles.
  • 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: B-4
Triple: [Brent Spiner, notableCharacter, B-4]
Generated description
B-4 is an early, less advanced Soong-type android and "brother" of Data in the Star Trek universe, portrayed by Brent Spiner.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: B-4
Target entity description: B-4 is an early, less advanced Soong-type android and "brother" of Data in the Star Trek universe, portrayed by Brent Spiner.
  • A. B4
    B4 is the internal designation for the fourth-generation Volkswagen Passat, produced in the mid-1990s with updated styling and engineering over its predecessor.
  • B. B-32
    B-32 is an alias of Birdman, the American rapper, record executive, and co-founder of Cash Money Records.
  • C. A-4
    A-4 is the station code assigned to the Imielin metro station in the Warsaw Metro system.
  • D. B47
    B47 is a New York City bus route that connects the Mill Basin neighborhood in Brooklyn with other parts of the borough.
  • E. B-Red
    B-Red is a Nigerian Afropop singer and songwriter known for his melodic hooks and collaborations within the HKN and DMW music circles.
  • 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_69d7bdf46c448190b1faa55aaacb6317 completed April 9, 2026, 2:55 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69d96e817598819080fdd61e9d61236e completed April 10, 2026, 9:41 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69f68ec89eb081909915af6e2216e0a2 completed May 2, 2026, 11:54 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69f68fb6790881908c1d6f53b54906a2 completed May 2, 2026, 11:58 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69f690c0bd208190bd1f04a9640ad1ce completed May 3, 2026, 12:03 a.m.
Created at: April 9, 2026, 5:31 p.m.