Triple

T15391789
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Shepard’s citation service E368061 entity
Predicate namedAfter P63 FINISHED
Object Frank Shepard
Frank Shepard was an American legal publisher and innovator best known for developing the Shepard's Citations system used to track the subsequent history and treatment of legal cases.
E1155352 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: Frank Shepard | Statement: [Shepard’s citation service, namedAfter, Frank Shepard]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Frank Shepard
Context triple: [Shepard’s citation service, namedAfter, Frank Shepard]
  • A. Kurt Farquhar
    Kurt Farquhar is an American television and film composer known for scoring numerous popular series, particularly in comedy and drama.
  • B. John Laurie
    John Laurie was a Scottish actor best known for his roles in classic British films and for playing Private Frazer in the television series "Dad's Army."
  • C. John Sheldon
    John Sheldon was a colonial militia leader from Deerfield, Massachusetts, known for his role in defending the town during the 1704 Deerfield Massacre and later diplomatic missions to negotiate the release of captives.
  • D. Carl Ellsworth
    Carl Ellsworth is an American screenwriter known for writing suspense and thriller films such as "Red Eye" and "Disturbia."
  • E. John Dossett
    John Dossett is an American stage actor known for his prominent roles in Broadway musicals and plays.
  • 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: Frank Shepard
Triple: [Shepard’s citation service, namedAfter, Frank Shepard]
Generated description
Frank Shepard was an American legal publisher and innovator best known for developing the Shepard's Citations system used to track the subsequent history and treatment of legal cases.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Frank Shepard
Target entity description: Frank Shepard was an American legal publisher and innovator best known for developing the Shepard's Citations system used to track the subsequent history and treatment of legal cases.
  • A. Kurt Farquhar
    Kurt Farquhar is an American television and film composer known for scoring numerous popular series, particularly in comedy and drama.
  • B. John Laurie
    John Laurie was a Scottish actor best known for his roles in classic British films and for playing Private Frazer in the television series "Dad's Army."
  • C. John Sheldon
    John Sheldon was a colonial militia leader from Deerfield, Massachusetts, known for his role in defending the town during the 1704 Deerfield Massacre and later diplomatic missions to negotiate the release of captives.
  • D. Carl Ellsworth
    Carl Ellsworth is an American screenwriter known for writing suspense and thriller films such as "Red Eye" and "Disturbia."
  • E. John Dossett
    John Dossett is an American stage actor known for his prominent roles in Broadway musicals and plays.
  • 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_69d85a1551a08190ba2caea7cd51c639 completed April 10, 2026, 2:01 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69e03e7838b48190862b43c6c8620692 completed April 16, 2026, 1:42 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69ff1350699c8190acf7830d88455851 completed May 9, 2026, 10:58 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69ff17c6837c8190a2b6fa1ac9c3de01 completed May 9, 2026, 11:17 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69ff184d63e88190906689e14cfc8933 completed May 9, 2026, 11:19 a.m.
Created at: April 10, 2026, 3:19 a.m.