Triple

T13948155
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Barney Stinson E335443 entity
Predicate hasHalfBrother P47687 FINISHED
Object James Stinson
James Stinson is a recurring character on the TV sitcom "How I Met Your Mother," known as Barney Stinson’s openly gay brother who often contrasts Barney’s personality and lifestyle.
E1071798 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: James Stinson | Statement: [Barney Stinson, hasHalfBrother, James Stinson]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: James Stinson
Context triple: [Barney Stinson, hasHalfBrother, James Stinson]
  • A. Paul Bransom
    Paul Bransom was an American illustrator and wildlife artist best known for his detailed animal drawings in early 20th-century books and magazines.
  • B. Steuart Pittman
    Steuart Pittman is a Maryland politician who serves as the county executive of Anne Arundel County, focusing on issues such as responsible development, environmental protection, and public services.
  • C. Glenn Talbot
    Glenn Talbot is a high-ranking U.S. military officer in Marvel Comics, best known as a persistent adversary of the Hulk and romantic rival to Betty Ross.
  • D. Jesse Chisholm
    Jesse Chisholm was a 19th-century trader, guide, and interpreter of Scottish-Cherokee descent best known for the cattle trail that later bore his name.
  • E. James Staniford
    James Staniford is a central character in William Dean Howells’s novel "The Lady of the Aroostook," serving as the intelligent, somewhat skeptical American gentleman whose evolving feelings toward the heroine drive much of the story’s romantic and social drama.
  • 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: James Stinson
Triple: [Barney Stinson, hasHalfBrother, James Stinson]
Generated description
James Stinson is a recurring character on the TV sitcom "How I Met Your Mother," known as Barney Stinson’s openly gay brother who often contrasts Barney’s personality and lifestyle.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: James Stinson
Target entity description: James Stinson is a recurring character on the TV sitcom "How I Met Your Mother," known as Barney Stinson’s openly gay brother who often contrasts Barney’s personality and lifestyle.
  • A. Paul Bransom
    Paul Bransom was an American illustrator and wildlife artist best known for his detailed animal drawings in early 20th-century books and magazines.
  • B. Steuart Pittman
    Steuart Pittman is a Maryland politician who serves as the county executive of Anne Arundel County, focusing on issues such as responsible development, environmental protection, and public services.
  • C. Glenn Talbot
    Glenn Talbot is a high-ranking U.S. military officer in Marvel Comics, best known as a persistent adversary of the Hulk and romantic rival to Betty Ross.
  • D. Jesse Chisholm
    Jesse Chisholm was a 19th-century trader, guide, and interpreter of Scottish-Cherokee descent best known for the cattle trail that later bore his name.
  • E. James Staniford
    James Staniford is a central character in William Dean Howells’s novel "The Lady of the Aroostook," serving as the intelligent, somewhat skeptical American gentleman whose evolving feelings toward the heroine drive much of the story’s romantic and social drama.
  • 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_69d81c6081b88190b53e317c3370c8fe completed April 9, 2026, 9:38 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69de2e12171c8190b95746bdd4845def completed April 14, 2026, 12:07 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69fba1ca49a881909e77b5a2ae13265f completed May 6, 2026, 8:17 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69fba6e596a081909843ea5173e60af4 completed May 6, 2026, 8:39 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69fba74fe350819080eee658bca7eaf0 completed May 6, 2026, 8:40 p.m.
Created at: April 9, 2026, 10:17 p.m.