Triple

T14067375
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Phyllis Coates E338509 entity
Predicate spouse P13 FINISHED
Object Robert Nelms
Robert Nelms is known primarily as the former husband of American actress Phyllis Coates, who famously portrayed Lois Lane in the early 1950s Superman adaptations.
 E1096885 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: Robert Nelms | Statement: [Phyllis Coates, spouse, Robert Nelms]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Robert Nelms
Context triple: [Phyllis Coates, spouse, Robert Nelms]
  • A. Brian Nelson
    Brian Nelson is an American screenwriter best known for his work on the horror film "30 Days of Night" and the thriller "Hard Candy."
  • B. Kent Nelson
    Kent Nelson is the DC Comics sorcerer who becomes Doctor Fate, a powerful mystical hero and longtime member of the Justice Society of America.
  • C. Marc Nelson
    Marc Nelson is an American R&B singer, songwriter, and producer best known as a founding member of Boyz II Men and for his solo and collaborative work in contemporary R&B.
  • D. Ken Nelson
    Ken Nelson is a British record producer best known for his work with Coldplay, including producing their hit song "Fix You."
  • E. Ken Nelson
    Ken Nelson was an influential American record producer best known for his work with country and pop artists at Capitol Records during the mid-20th century.
  • 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: Robert Nelms
Triple: [Phyllis Coates, spouse, Robert Nelms]
Generated description
Robert Nelms is known primarily as the former husband of American actress Phyllis Coates, who famously portrayed Lois Lane in the early 1950s Superman adaptations.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Robert Nelms
Target entity description: Robert Nelms is known primarily as the former husband of American actress Phyllis Coates, who famously portrayed Lois Lane in the early 1950s Superman adaptations.
  • A. Brian Nelson
    Brian Nelson is an American screenwriter best known for his work on the horror film "30 Days of Night" and the thriller "Hard Candy."
  • B. Kent Nelson
    Kent Nelson is the DC Comics sorcerer who becomes Doctor Fate, a powerful mystical hero and longtime member of the Justice Society of America.
  • C. Marc Nelson
    Marc Nelson is an American R&B singer, songwriter, and producer best known as a founding member of Boyz II Men and for his solo and collaborative work in contemporary R&B.
  • D. Ken Nelson
    Ken Nelson was an influential American record producer best known for his work with country and pop artists at Capitol Records during the mid-20th century.
  • E. Ken Nelson
    Ken Nelson is a British record producer best known for his work with Coldplay, including producing their hit song "Fix You."
  • 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_69d81c67ba6c819091935650dfb3b895 completed April 9, 2026, 9:38 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69de568b81f08190a571004261c0e8e4 completed April 14, 2026, 3 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69fd54fa19c081908e6467ee7b79f02a completed May 8, 2026, 3:14 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69fd55fe4e1881909b4a973dc7deb22b completed May 8, 2026, 3:18 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69fd568784788190b6a97c29814b7459 completed May 8, 2026, 3:20 a.m.
Created at: April 9, 2026, 10:21 p.m.