Triple

T1461806
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Steve Alford E31528 entity
Predicate familyName P18 FINISHED
Object Alford
Alford is a surname of English origin borne by various notable individuals, including American basketball coach and former player Steve Alford.
 E166651 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: Alford | Statement: [Steve Alford, familyName, Alford]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Alford
Context triple: [Steve Alford, familyName, Alford]
  • A. Alford
    Alford is a small rural town in western Massachusetts known for its scenic landscapes and quiet, residential character.
  • B. Hardin
    Hardin is the surname of Lil Hardin Armstrong, a pioneering jazz pianist, composer, and bandleader who was a key figure in early jazz and Louis Armstrong’s second wife.
  • C. Winfield
    Winfield is a masculine given name most notably borne by 19th-century American military leader Winfield Scott.
  • D. Pennington
    Pennington is a small borough in Mercer County, New Jersey, known for its historic character and residential community.
  • E. Tilton
    Tilton is a locality in the United Kingdom notable for lending its name to the territorial designation of the peerage title Baron Keynes of Tilton.
  • 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: Alford
Triple: [Steve Alford, familyName, Alford]
Generated description
Alford is a surname of English origin borne by various notable individuals, including American basketball coach and former player Steve Alford.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Alford
Target entity description: Alford is a surname of English origin borne by various notable individuals, including American basketball coach and former player Steve Alford.
  • A. Alford
    Alford is a small rural town in western Massachusetts known for its scenic landscapes and quiet, residential character.
  • B. Hardin
    Hardin is the surname of Lil Hardin Armstrong, a pioneering jazz pianist, composer, and bandleader who was a key figure in early jazz and Louis Armstrong’s second wife.
  • C. Winfield
    Winfield is a masculine given name most notably borne by 19th-century American military leader Winfield Scott.
  • D. Pennington
    Pennington is a small borough in Mercer County, New Jersey, known for its historic character and residential community.
  • E. Tilton
    Tilton is a locality in the United Kingdom notable for lending its name to the territorial designation of the peerage title Baron Keynes of Tilton.
  • 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_69a49917dfc081909acdbdf5d684f1ef completed March 1, 2026, 7:52 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69a4c59ecb60819082217b034e18381f completed March 1, 2026, 11:02 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69ad0e7ab538819090bc3e3ed1bbff64 completed March 8, 2026, 5:51 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69ad0f5106fc8190ab03c4e5a0287424 completed March 8, 2026, 5:55 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69ad0fa4c7d48190ac84267c16c6eb00 completed March 8, 2026, 5:56 a.m.
Created at: March 1, 2026, 8 p.m.