Triple

T14900254
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Jack Shephard E359984 entity
Predicate father P120 FINISHED
Object Christian Shephard
Christian Shephard is a central character in the television series "Lost," portrayed as a troubled and authoritative surgeon whose complex relationship with his son Jack deeply influences the show's narrative.
E1134514 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: Christian Shephard | Statement: [Jack Shephard, father, Christian Shephard]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Christian Shephard
Context triple: [Jack Shephard, father, Christian Shephard]
  • A. Richard Sibson
    Richard Sibson is a distinguished geologist recognized for his influential work on fault mechanics and earthquake processes.
  • B. Geoffrey Smith
    Geoffrey Smith is an Australian Anglican archbishop who serves as the national leader (Primate) of the Anglican Church of Australia.
  • C. Rob Humphreys
    Rob Humphreys is a musician best known for his past role as a member of the California-based rock band Animal Liberation Orchestra (ALO).
  • D. Fergus Sheppard
    Fergus Sheppard was a New Zealand government architect best known for his role in designing Wellington’s distinctive Beehive executive wing of Parliament.
  • E. Andrew Shepherd
    Andrew Shepherd is the fictional widowed U.S. President portrayed by Michael Douglas in the romantic political film "The American President."
  • 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: Christian Shephard
Triple: [Jack Shephard, father, Christian Shephard]
Generated description
Christian Shephard is a central character in the television series "Lost," portrayed as a troubled and authoritative surgeon whose complex relationship with his son Jack deeply influences the show's narrative.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Christian Shephard
Target entity description: Christian Shephard is a central character in the television series "Lost," portrayed as a troubled and authoritative surgeon whose complex relationship with his son Jack deeply influences the show's narrative.
  • A. Richard Sibson
    Richard Sibson is a distinguished geologist recognized for his influential work on fault mechanics and earthquake processes.
  • B. Geoffrey Smith
    Geoffrey Smith is an Australian Anglican archbishop who serves as the national leader (Primate) of the Anglican Church of Australia.
  • C. Rob Humphreys
    Rob Humphreys is a musician best known for his past role as a member of the California-based rock band Animal Liberation Orchestra (ALO).
  • D. Fergus Sheppard
    Fergus Sheppard was a New Zealand government architect best known for his role in designing Wellington’s distinctive Beehive executive wing of Parliament.
  • E. Andrew Shepherd
    Andrew Shepherd is the fictional widowed U.S. President portrayed by Michael Douglas in the romantic political film "The American President."
  • 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_69d827980cbc8190a0c569ae3940a1d9 completed April 9, 2026, 10:26 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69ded609bf68819099ca3aa3fe1acadc completed April 15, 2026, 12:04 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69fea5a6135481908b0d49b0f4060c98 completed May 9, 2026, 3:10 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69fea694090c8190a449725dcdd3a37b completed May 9, 2026, 3:14 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69fea76e2ff8819099acea30c49bd5ed completed May 9, 2026, 3:18 a.m.
Created at: April 10, 2026, 2:11 a.m.