Triple

T14535804
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject William Steig E341039 entity
Predicate sibling P363 FINISHED
Object Arthur Steig
Arthur Steig was an American artist and illustrator, known for his work in magazines and books and as the brother of cartoonist and author William Steig.
E1104434 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: Arthur Steig | Statement: [William Steig, sibling, Arthur Steig]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Arthur Steig
Context triple: [William Steig, sibling, Arthur Steig]
  • A. Hal Morgenstern
    Hal Morgenstern is an American epidemiologist known for his contributions to cancer epidemiology and methods in observational study design.
  • B. Walter R. Brooks
    Walter R. Brooks was an American author best known for creating the talking horse character Mister Ed and for his humorous children's stories.
  • C. Eric Frank Russell
    Eric Frank Russell was a British science fiction author known for his witty, humanistic stories and influential contributions to mid-20th-century speculative fiction.
  • D. James Norman Hall
    James Norman Hall was an American author and World War I veteran best known for co-writing the classic historical novel "Mutiny on the Bounty" and its sequels.
  • E. Harold Lamb
    Harold Lamb was an American historian, novelist, and screenwriter best known for his popular biographies and adventure stories set in Asian and Middle Eastern historical contexts.
  • 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: Arthur Steig
Triple: [William Steig, sibling, Arthur Steig]
Generated description
Arthur Steig was an American artist and illustrator, known for his work in magazines and books and as the brother of cartoonist and author William Steig.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Arthur Steig
Target entity description: Arthur Steig was an American artist and illustrator, known for his work in magazines and books and as the brother of cartoonist and author William Steig.
  • A. Hal Morgenstern
    Hal Morgenstern is an American epidemiologist known for his contributions to cancer epidemiology and methods in observational study design.
  • B. Walter R. Brooks
    Walter R. Brooks was an American author best known for creating the talking horse character Mister Ed and for his humorous children's stories.
  • C. Eric Frank Russell
    Eric Frank Russell was a British science fiction author known for his witty, humanistic stories and influential contributions to mid-20th-century speculative fiction.
  • D. James Norman Hall
    James Norman Hall was an American author and World War I veteran best known for co-writing the classic historical novel "Mutiny on the Bounty" and its sequels.
  • E. Harold Lamb
    Harold Lamb was an American historian, novelist, and screenwriter best known for his popular biographies and adventure stories set in Asian and Middle Eastern historical contexts.
  • 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.