Triple
T1348278
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Spike Lee |
E28820
|
entity |
| Predicate | birthName |
P65
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Shelton Jackson Lee
Shelton Jackson Lee, better known as Spike Lee, is an influential American filmmaker, producer, and actor renowned for his provocative, socially conscious films exploring race, politics, and urban life.
|
E181786
|
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: Shelton Jackson Lee | Statement: [Spike Lee, birthName, Shelton Jackson Lee]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Shelton Jackson Lee Context triple: [Spike Lee, birthName, Shelton Jackson Lee]
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A.
Leonidas Polk
Leonidas Polk was a Confederate general in the American Civil War who was also an Episcopal bishop, earning him the nickname "the Fighting Bishop."
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B.
James Hicks Stone
James Hicks Stone was the brother of prominent American architect Edward Durell Stone and a member of the Stone family noted for its contributions to architecture and the arts.
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C.
William L. Cabell
William L. Cabell was a Confederate general in the American Civil War who later became a prominent political figure and mayor of Dallas, Texas.
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D.
Thomas Fairfax
Thomas Fairfax was a prominent 17th-century English general who led Parliament’s New Model Army to key victories during the English Civil War.
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E.
Philip Barton Key II
Philip Barton Key II was a 19th-century American lawyer and U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia, best known for his scandalous affair with Teresa Bagioli Sickles and his subsequent murder by her husband, Congressman Daniel Sickles.
- 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: Shelton Jackson Lee Triple: [Spike Lee, birthName, Shelton Jackson Lee]
Generated description
Shelton Jackson Lee, better known as Spike Lee, is an influential American filmmaker, producer, and actor renowned for his provocative, socially conscious films exploring race, politics, and urban life.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Shelton Jackson Lee Target entity description: Shelton Jackson Lee, better known as Spike Lee, is an influential American filmmaker, producer, and actor renowned for his provocative, socially conscious films exploring race, politics, and urban life.
-
A.
Leonidas Polk
Leonidas Polk was a Confederate general in the American Civil War who was also an Episcopal bishop, earning him the nickname "the Fighting Bishop."
-
B.
James Hicks Stone
James Hicks Stone was the brother of prominent American architect Edward Durell Stone and a member of the Stone family noted for its contributions to architecture and the arts.
-
C.
William L. Cabell
William L. Cabell was a Confederate general in the American Civil War who later became a prominent political figure and mayor of Dallas, Texas.
-
D.
Thomas Fairfax
Thomas Fairfax was a prominent 17th-century English general who led Parliament’s New Model Army to key victories during the English Civil War.
-
E.
Philip Barton Key II
Philip Barton Key II was a 19th-century American lawyer and U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia, best known for his scandalous affair with Teresa Bagioli Sickles and his subsequent murder by her husband, Congressman Daniel Sickles.
- 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_69a498571d248190a0ac9eb02d97097f |
completed | March 1, 2026, 7:49 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69a4c2418e38819094683d6e1efc6e56 |
completed | March 1, 2026, 10:48 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69ad4684f09081909775a9967c1cc09f |
completed | March 8, 2026, 9:51 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69ad4a9e2ad88190a1512be1cc5bf22c |
completed | March 8, 2026, 10:08 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69ad4e92dc9881909b0d93a94a54547e |
completed | March 8, 2026, 10:25 a.m. |
Created at: March 1, 2026, 7:56 p.m.