Triple

T1348279
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Spike Lee E28820 entity
Predicate givenName P17 FINISHED
Object Shelton
Shelton is the birth name of acclaimed American filmmaker and director Spike Lee, known for his influential works exploring race and social justice.
E154878 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 | Statement: [Spike Lee, givenName, Shelton]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Shelton
Context triple: [Spike Lee, givenName, Shelton]
  • A. Strahan
    Strahan is a surname most prominently associated with Michael Strahan, the former NFL star and television personality.
  • B. Collin
    Collin is a masculine given name, often considered a variant of Colin, used in English-speaking countries.
  • C. Hayes
    Hayes is a suburban district in southeast London, England, known for its residential character and green spaces within the London Borough of Bromley.
  • D. Grayson
    Grayson is an unincorporated community located in Stanislaus County, California.
  • E. Wendell
    Wendell is a masculine given name of English origin that gained prominence in the United States, notably borne by figures such as abolitionist orator Wendell Phillips.
  • 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
Triple: [Spike Lee, givenName, Shelton]
Generated description
Shelton is the birth name of acclaimed American filmmaker and director Spike Lee, known for his influential works exploring race and social justice.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Shelton
Target entity description: Shelton is the birth name of acclaimed American filmmaker and director Spike Lee, known for his influential works exploring race and social justice.
  • A. Strahan
    Strahan is a surname most prominently associated with Michael Strahan, the former NFL star and television personality.
  • B. Collin
    Collin is a masculine given name, often considered a variant of Colin, used in English-speaking countries.
  • C. Hayes
    Hayes is a suburban district in southeast London, England, known for its residential character and green spaces within the London Borough of Bromley.
  • D. Grayson
    Grayson is an unincorporated community located in Stanislaus County, California.
  • E. Wendell
    Wendell is a masculine given name of English origin that gained prominence in the United States, notably borne by figures such as abolitionist orator Wendell Phillips.
  • 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_69acc63c3764819094cc02e6e2332a6b completed March 8, 2026, 12:43 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69acca1b067481909d2ed51a6f1faae6 completed March 8, 2026, 1 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69acca84efac8190a8f88e0c86b14a39 completed March 8, 2026, 1:01 a.m.
Created at: March 1, 2026, 7:56 p.m.