Triple

T13984945
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Sims E336413 entity
Predicate hasNotableBearer P458 FINISHED
Object Michael Sims
Michael Sims is an American author and essayist known for his works on nature, science, and cultural history.
E1076248 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: Michael Sims | Statement: [Sims, hasNotableBearer, Michael Sims]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Michael Sims
Context triple: [Sims, hasNotableBearer, Michael Sims]
  • A. Jay Simms
    Jay Simms was an American screenwriter best known for his work on mid-20th-century science fiction and genre films.
  • B. Brian Sims
    Brian Sims is an American civil rights attorney, LGBTQ+ activist, and former Pennsylvania state legislator known for being the first openly gay elected state representative in Pennsylvania.
  • C. Jack Simms
    Jack Simms was the discoverer of Mark Twain Cave, a famous show cave in Missouri associated with author Mark Twain and his writings.
  • D. David Simas
    David Simas is an American political strategist and former Obama White House official who serves as a top executive leader at the Obama Foundation.
  • E. John Simmons
    John Simmons was a 19th-century American clothing manufacturer and philanthropist whose endowment led to the creation of Simmons University in Boston.
  • 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: Michael Sims
Triple: [Sims, hasNotableBearer, Michael Sims]
Generated description
Michael Sims is an American author and essayist known for his works on nature, science, and cultural history.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Michael Sims
Target entity description: Michael Sims is an American author and essayist known for his works on nature, science, and cultural history.
  • A. Jay Simms
    Jay Simms was an American screenwriter best known for his work on mid-20th-century science fiction and genre films.
  • B. Brian Sims
    Brian Sims is an American civil rights attorney, LGBTQ+ activist, and former Pennsylvania state legislator known for being the first openly gay elected state representative in Pennsylvania.
  • C. Jack Simms
    Jack Simms was the discoverer of Mark Twain Cave, a famous show cave in Missouri associated with author Mark Twain and his writings.
  • D. David Simas
    David Simas is an American political strategist and former Obama White House official who serves as a top executive leader at the Obama Foundation.
  • E. John Simmons
    John Simmons was an American statesman who represented South Carolina as a delegate to the Continental Congress during the Revolutionary era.
  • 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_69d81c639e808190a0e4b4f3d31c6a59 completed April 9, 2026, 9:38 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69de2ea3e5a081908ed8ead108139252 completed April 14, 2026, 12:10 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69fbc32593e08190a1fe8466705c7fe8 completed May 6, 2026, 10:39 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69fc4348617881908262390a447ad7af completed May 7, 2026, 7:46 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69fc446397988190bb0e415680312ac0 completed May 7, 2026, 7:50 a.m.
Created at: April 9, 2026, 10:18 p.m.