Triple

T1407266
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Sanaa Lathan E31721 entity
Predicate parent P120 FINISHED
Object Stan Lathan
Stan Lathan is an American television and film director and producer known for his influential work in comedy and urban-themed programming, including directing numerous specials for comedians like Dave Chappelle.
E176468 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: Stan Lathan | Statement: [Sanaa Lathan, parent, Stan Lathan]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Stan Lathan
Context triple: [Sanaa Lathan, parent, Stan Lathan]
  • A. John Ferrell
    John Ferrell was a photographer for the U.S. Farm Security Administration, contributing documentary images of American life during the Great Depression and World War II era.
  • B. Jeffrey Dean
    Jeffrey Dean is a prominent American computer scientist and software engineer best known for his influential work on large-scale distributed systems and infrastructure at Google.
  • C. Ronald N. Perlman
    Ronald N. Perlman is an American actor best known for his distinctive deep voice and leading roles in works such as the "Hellboy" films and the television series "Beauty and the Beast."
  • D. Warren Spady
    Warren Spady is a designer best known for creating the trophy awarded in the historic Oregon–Oregon State college football rivalry.
  • E. Mike Henry
    Mike Henry is an American actor, comedian, and writer best known for voicing characters such as Cleveland Brown on the animated television series Family Guy and its spin-off The Cleveland Show.
  • 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: Stan Lathan
Triple: [Sanaa Lathan, parent, Stan Lathan]
Generated description
Stan Lathan is an American television and film director and producer known for his influential work in comedy and urban-themed programming, including directing numerous specials for comedians like Dave Chappelle.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Stan Lathan
Target entity description: Stan Lathan is an American television and film director and producer known for his influential work in comedy and urban-themed programming, including directing numerous specials for comedians like Dave Chappelle.
  • A. John Ferrell
    John Ferrell was a photographer for the U.S. Farm Security Administration, contributing documentary images of American life during the Great Depression and World War II era.
  • B. Jeffrey Dean
    Jeffrey Dean is a prominent American computer scientist and software engineer best known for his influential work on large-scale distributed systems and infrastructure at Google.
  • C. Ronald N. Perlman
    Ronald N. Perlman is an American actor best known for his distinctive deep voice and leading roles in works such as the "Hellboy" films and the television series "Beauty and the Beast."
  • D. Warren Spady
    Warren Spady is a designer best known for creating the trophy awarded in the historic Oregon–Oregon State college football rivalry.
  • E. Mike Henry
    Mike Henry is an American actor, comedian, and writer best known for voicing characters such as Cleveland Brown on the animated television series Family Guy and its spin-off The Cleveland Show.
  • 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_69a49918e1f88190ba610f9dc8114578 completed March 1, 2026, 7:52 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69a4c3be10348190ade8a73780d2c008 completed March 1, 2026, 10:54 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69ad3085a058819080508b3466f2a1d5 completed March 8, 2026, 8:17 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69ad31167b748190bbb73d7369570ada completed March 8, 2026, 8:19 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69ad31b5ce308190ba34123a4c8b8188 completed March 8, 2026, 8:22 a.m.
Created at: March 1, 2026, 7:59 p.m.