Triple

T14294420
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Shirley Ballas E354400 entity
Predicate birthName P65 FINISHED
Object Shirley Annette Rich
Shirley Annette Rich, better known as Shirley Ballas, is a renowned British ballroom dancer, dance teacher, and television personality, widely recognized as the head judge on the BBC show Strictly Come Dancing.
E1162743 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: Shirley Annette Rich | Statement: [Shirley Ballas, birthName, Shirley Annette Rich]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Shirley Annette Rich
Context triple: [Shirley Ballas, birthName, Shirley Annette Rich]
  • A. Lillian Rich
    Lillian Rich was a British-born silent film actress prominent in the 1920s, known for her leading roles in Hollywood melodramas and dramas.
  • B. Doris Rich
    Doris Rich was the wife of American character actor John Carradine, known primarily for her marriage to the prolific film and stage performer.
  • C. Karen Richards
    Karen Richards is a central character in the musical "Applause," serving as a young, idealistic writer whose relationship with aging star Margo Channing drives much of the show's dramatic tension.
  • D. Karen Richards
    Karen Richards is a fictional character from the 1949 play "Aged in Wood," likely serving as a central figure in its dramatic narrative.
  • E. Karen Richards
    Karen Richards is a key character in the classic film "All About Eve," a theater insider whose friendship and decisions help drive the story’s backstage drama and betrayal.
  • 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: Shirley Annette Rich
Triple: [Shirley Ballas, birthName, Shirley Annette Rich]
Generated description
Shirley Annette Rich, better known as Shirley Ballas, is a renowned British ballroom dancer, dance teacher, and television personality, widely recognized as the head judge on the BBC show Strictly Come Dancing.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Shirley Annette Rich
Target entity description: Shirley Annette Rich, better known as Shirley Ballas, is a renowned British ballroom dancer, dance teacher, and television personality, widely recognized as the head judge on the BBC show Strictly Come Dancing.
  • A. Lillian Rich
    Lillian Rich was a British-born silent film actress prominent in the 1920s, known for her leading roles in Hollywood melodramas and dramas.
  • B. Doris Rich
    Doris Rich was the wife of American character actor John Carradine, known primarily for her marriage to the prolific film and stage performer.
  • C. Karen Richards
    Karen Richards is a central character in the musical "Applause," serving as a young, idealistic writer whose relationship with aging star Margo Channing drives much of the show's dramatic tension.
  • D. Karen Richards
    Karen Richards is a fictional character from the 1949 play "Aged in Wood," likely serving as a central figure in its dramatic narrative.
  • E. Karen Richards
    Karen Richards is a key character in the classic film "All About Eve," a theater insider whose friendship and decisions help drive the story’s backstage drama and betrayal.
  • 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_69d8278e17088190b328c5a9d4be74ff completed April 9, 2026, 10:26 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69de717b35ec81908968994e65737c66 completed April 14, 2026, 4:55 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69ff3d379bc881908b7954c633787165 completed May 9, 2026, 1:57 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69ff419dbffc8190bab9ae378e2f6858 completed May 9, 2026, 2:15 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69ff41e95bf08190965a870acb72edb6 completed May 9, 2026, 2:17 p.m.
Created at: April 10, 2026, 1:11 a.m.