Triple

T14387143
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Troy Trojans football E356753 entity
Predicate notableAlumnus P304 FINISHED
Object Sherrod Martin
Sherrod Martin is a former American football safety who played in the NFL, most notably for the Carolina Panthers.
 E1100564 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: Sherrod Martin | Statement: [Troy Trojans football, notableAlumnus, Sherrod Martin]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Sherrod Martin
Context triple: [Troy Trojans football, notableAlumnus, Sherrod Martin]
  • A. Sherrod Campbell Brown
    Sherrod Campbell Brown is a long-serving Democratic U.S. Senator from Ohio known for his progressive economic positions and advocacy for workers’ rights.
  • B. Navin R. Johnson
    Navin R. Johnson is the naive, bumbling protagonist of the 1979 comedy film "The Jerk," famously portrayed by Steve Martin.
  • C. Ed Steele
    Ed Steele was a professional baseball player in the Negro Leagues, best known as an outfielder for the Birmingham Black Barons.
  • D. Marshall James Strickland
    Marshall James Strickland is the strict, no-nonsense marshal of Hill Valley in "Back to the Future Part III," known for enforcing law and order in the Old West.
  • E. Lance Briggs
    Lance Briggs is a former NFL linebacker best known for his long, Pro Bowl–caliber career with the Chicago Bears.
  • 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: Sherrod Martin
Triple: [Troy Trojans football, notableAlumnus, Sherrod Martin]
Generated description
Sherrod Martin is a former American football safety who played in the NFL, most notably for the Carolina Panthers.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Sherrod Martin
Target entity description: Sherrod Martin is a former American football safety who played in the NFL, most notably for the Carolina Panthers.
  • A. Sherrod Campbell Brown
    Sherrod Campbell Brown is a long-serving Democratic U.S. Senator from Ohio known for his progressive economic positions and advocacy for workers’ rights.
  • B. Navin R. Johnson
    Navin R. Johnson is the naive, bumbling protagonist of the 1979 comedy film "The Jerk," famously portrayed by Steve Martin.
  • C. Ed Steele
    Ed Steele was a professional baseball player in the Negro Leagues, best known as an outfielder for the Birmingham Black Barons.
  • D. Marshall James Strickland
    Marshall James Strickland is the strict, no-nonsense marshal of Hill Valley in "Back to the Future Part III," known for enforcing law and order in the Old West.
  • E. Lance Briggs
    Lance Briggs is a former NFL linebacker best known for his long, Pro Bowl–caliber career with the Chicago Bears.
  • 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_69d827927c988190ad98bb0360981783 completed April 9, 2026, 10:26 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69de90283b9c8190b50d30ad58bfe085 completed April 14, 2026, 7:06 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69fd648409f48190b099cd137879487e completed May 8, 2026, 4:20 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69fd656083dc8190a3581239d46fa800 completed May 8, 2026, 4:24 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69fd65ec59b48190b2bba9ca10d9abbb completed May 8, 2026, 4:26 a.m.
Created at: April 10, 2026, 1:16 a.m.