Triple

T14535773
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject William Steig E341039 entity
Predicate familyName P18 FINISHED
Object Steig
Steig is a surname most notably associated with American cartoonist and children's book author William Steig, creator of "Shrek!".
 E1104427 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: Steig | Statement: [William Steig, familyName, Steig]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Steig
Context triple: [William Steig, familyName, Steig]
  • A. Starker
    Starker is a surname most notably associated with János Starker, the renowned Hungarian-American cellist.
  • B. Stevie
    Stevie is a biographical film about British poet and playwright Stevie Smith, adapted from Hugh Whitemore’s play and starring Glenda Jackson in the title role.
  • C. Stevie
    Stevie is a common diminutive or nickname for the given name Stephen.
  • D. Stevie
    Stevie is a compassionate yet troubled supporting character in the psychological thriller film "The Machinist," who becomes emotionally entangled with the insomniac protagonist Trevor Reznik.
  • E. Stalle
    Stalle is a neighborhood within the municipality of Uccle in the Brussels-Capital Region of Belgium.
  • 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: Steig
Triple: [William Steig, familyName, Steig]
Generated description
Steig is a surname most notably associated with American cartoonist and children's book author William Steig, creator of "Shrek!".
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Steig
Target entity description: Steig is a surname most notably associated with American cartoonist and children's book author William Steig, creator of "Shrek!".
  • A. Starker
    Starker is a surname most notably associated with János Starker, the renowned Hungarian-American cellist.
  • B. Stevie
    Stevie is a biographical film about British poet and playwright Stevie Smith, adapted from Hugh Whitemore’s play and starring Glenda Jackson in the title role.
  • C. Stevie
    Stevie is a common diminutive or nickname for the given name Stephen.
  • D. Stevie
    Stevie is a compassionate yet troubled supporting character in the psychological thriller film "The Machinist," who becomes emotionally entangled with the insomniac protagonist Trevor Reznik.
  • E. Stalle
    Stalle is a neighborhood within the municipality of Uccle in the Brussels-Capital Region of Belgium.
  • 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_69d822dac79c8190a84a073f3cbaced5 completed April 9, 2026, 10:06 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69deb1b9d39881908c7a3a5b17d432af completed April 14, 2026, 9:29 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69fd7a5ae04881909e7eb766fca33066 completed May 8, 2026, 5:53 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69fd7b0160a08190ae181eb7acb3b6bc completed May 8, 2026, 5:56 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69fd7be778dc81908b0602bab944330a completed May 8, 2026, 6 a.m.
Created at: April 10, 2026, 1:22 a.m.