Triple

T13398516
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Sara Shane E319765 entity
Predicate birthName P65 FINISHED
Object Elaine Sterling
Elaine Sterling, better known by her stage name Sara Shane, was an American film and television actress active primarily in the 1950s and 1960s.
E1069396 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: Elaine Sterling | Statement: [Sara Shane, birthName, Elaine Sterling]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Elaine Sterling
Context triple: [Sara Shane, birthName, Elaine Sterling]
  • A. Elaine Cassidy
    Elaine Cassidy is an Irish actress known for her versatile performances in film and television, including prominent roles in works such as "The Others," "Disco Pigs," and various British and Irish dramas.
  • B. Diane Sterling
    Diane Sterling is a recurring character in the TV series "NCIS," known as one of Leroy Jethro Gibbs' ex-wives and for her sharp, contentious yet humorous dynamic with him.
  • C. Elaine Lively
    Elaine Lively is an American talent manager and actress best known as the mother of actress Blake Lively.
  • D. Marilyn Pearson
    Marilyn Pearson is a fictional character from the television drama "This Is Us," known as the mother of Jack Pearson.
  • E. Elaine Collins
    Elaine Collins is a Scottish actress and television producer known for her work on crime dramas such as "Vera" and "Shetland."
  • 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: Elaine Sterling
Triple: [Sara Shane, birthName, Elaine Sterling]
Generated description
Elaine Sterling, better known by her stage name Sara Shane, was an American film and television actress active primarily in the 1950s and 1960s.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Elaine Sterling
Target entity description: Elaine Sterling, better known by her stage name Sara Shane, was an American film and television actress active primarily in the 1950s and 1960s.
  • A. Elaine Cassidy
    Elaine Cassidy is an Irish actress known for her versatile performances in film and television, including prominent roles in works such as "The Others," "Disco Pigs," and various British and Irish dramas.
  • B. Diane Sterling
    Diane Sterling is a recurring character in the TV series "NCIS," known as one of Leroy Jethro Gibbs' ex-wives and for her sharp, contentious yet humorous dynamic with him.
  • C. Elaine Lively
    Elaine Lively is an American talent manager and actress best known as the mother of actress Blake Lively.
  • D. Marilyn Pearson
    Marilyn Pearson is a fictional character from the television drama "This Is Us," known as the mother of Jack Pearson.
  • E. Elaine Collins
    Elaine Collins is a Scottish actress and television producer known for her work on crime dramas such as "Vera" and "Shetland."
  • 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_69d806b943cc8190b6af624d385d7e12 completed April 9, 2026, 8:06 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69dba0d9e7348190844e11dd6cbd13b0 completed April 12, 2026, 1:40 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69f7ce5ecad88190b7c8236969d9abc7 completed May 3, 2026, 10:38 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69f7cef1ec7c8190aabca09b8bf92202 completed May 3, 2026, 10:40 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69f7cf4bbb308190943a1a06715ff0a0 completed May 3, 2026, 10:42 p.m.
Created at: April 9, 2026, 9:34 p.m.