Triple

T14191896
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Kings (2009 TV series) E351731 entity
Predicate mainCharacter P1183 FINISHED
Object David Shepherd
David Shepherd is the fictional protagonist of the 2009 television series "Kings," a modern reimagining of the biblical David who rises from humble soldier to political and spiritual leader in a contemporary monarchy.
 E1086585 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: David Shepherd | Statement: [Kings (2009 TV series), mainCharacter, David Shepherd]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: David Shepherd
Context triple: [Kings (2009 TV series), mainCharacter, David Shepherd]
  • A. Jamie Oddie
    Jamie Oddie is best known as the husband of Australian actress Claudia Black, recognized for her roles in science fiction television and film.
  • B. Mark Carwardine
    Mark Carwardine is a British zoologist, conservationist, and wildlife photographer best known for his popular wildlife books and documentaries, including collaborations with Douglas Adams.
  • C. Alastair Fothergill
    Alastair Fothergill is a British wildlife documentary producer and filmmaker best known for leading landmark BBC nature series such as "The Blue Planet," "Planet Earth," and "Frozen Planet."
  • D. Peter Scott
    Peter Scott was a British conservationist, ornithologist, and painter who played a key role in global wildlife preservation efforts and co-founded the World Wildlife Fund.
  • E. Stephen Fitzpatrick
    Stephen Fitzpatrick is a British entrepreneur best known as the founder and CEO of the UK-based energy supplier OVO Energy.
  • 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: David Shepherd
Triple: [Kings (2009 TV series), mainCharacter, David Shepherd]
Generated description
David Shepherd is the fictional protagonist of the 2009 television series "Kings," a modern reimagining of the biblical David who rises from humble soldier to political and spiritual leader in a contemporary monarchy.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: David Shepherd
Target entity description: David Shepherd is the fictional protagonist of the 2009 television series "Kings," a modern reimagining of the biblical David who rises from humble soldier to political and spiritual leader in a contemporary monarchy.
  • A. Jamie Oddie
    Jamie Oddie is best known as the husband of Australian actress Claudia Black, recognized for her roles in science fiction television and film.
  • B. Mark Carwardine
    Mark Carwardine is a British zoologist, conservationist, and wildlife photographer best known for his popular wildlife books and documentaries, including collaborations with Douglas Adams.
  • C. Alastair Fothergill
    Alastair Fothergill is a British wildlife documentary producer and filmmaker best known for leading landmark BBC nature series such as "The Blue Planet," "Planet Earth," and "Frozen Planet."
  • D. Peter Scott
    Peter Scott was a British conservationist, ornithologist, and painter who played a key role in global wildlife preservation efforts and co-founded the World Wildlife Fund.
  • E. Stephen Fitzpatrick
    Stephen Fitzpatrick is a British entrepreneur best known as the founder and CEO of the UK-based energy supplier OVO Energy.
  • 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_69d827894ac0819097803e57f3227b23 completed April 9, 2026, 10:26 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69de61e0a52081908213aa6e548d4418 completed April 14, 2026, 3:48 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69fd1946eb68819096adf3c16a39818d completed May 7, 2026, 10:59 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69fd1eed1008819088635be43fbb1439 completed May 7, 2026, 11:23 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69fd1f7c5d208190bab5d57e931fd082 completed May 7, 2026, 11:25 p.m.
Created at: April 10, 2026, 1:04 a.m.