Triple

T15740805
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject The Lame Shall Enter First E381595 entity
Predicate mainCharacter P1183 FINISHED
Object Sheppard
Sheppard is the rational, well-meaning but emotionally blind protagonist of Flannery O’Connor’s short story “The Lame Shall Enter First,” whose attempts at charitable reform reveal his deep moral and spiritual shortcomings.
 E1173830 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: Sheppard | Statement: [The Lame Shall Enter First, mainCharacter, Sheppard]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Sheppard
Context triple: [The Lame Shall Enter First, mainCharacter, Sheppard]
  • A. Sheppard
    Sheppard is a surname most famously associated with Kate Sheppard, a leading figure in the New Zealand women's suffrage movement.
  • B. Sheed
    Sheed is the popular nickname of Rasheed Wallace, a former NBA All-Star forward known for his fiery competitiveness, three-point shooting, and key role in the Detroit Pistons’ 2004 championship.
  • C. Shay
    Shay is the stage name of Shay Haley, an American musician and member of the band N.E.R.D.
  • D. Eligh
    Eligh is an American underground hip hop artist and producer best known as a member of the Living Legends collective and for his prolific solo and collaborative work.
  • E. Seacrest
    Seacrest is the surname of American media personality and television host Ryan Seacrest, best known for hosting "American Idol" and numerous radio and TV programs.
  • 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: Sheppard
Triple: [The Lame Shall Enter First, mainCharacter, Sheppard]
Generated description
Sheppard is the rational, well-meaning but emotionally blind protagonist of Flannery O’Connor’s short story “The Lame Shall Enter First,” whose attempts at charitable reform reveal his deep moral and spiritual shortcomings.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Sheppard
Target entity description: Sheppard is the rational, well-meaning but emotionally blind protagonist of Flannery O’Connor’s short story “The Lame Shall Enter First,” whose attempts at charitable reform reveal his deep moral and spiritual shortcomings.
  • A. Sheppard
    Sheppard is a surname most famously associated with Kate Sheppard, a leading figure in the New Zealand women's suffrage movement.
  • B. Sheed
    Sheed is the popular nickname of Rasheed Wallace, a former NBA All-Star forward known for his fiery competitiveness, three-point shooting, and key role in the Detroit Pistons’ 2004 championship.
  • C. Shay
    Shay is the stage name of Shay Haley, an American musician and member of the band N.E.R.D.
  • D. Eligh
    Eligh is an American underground hip hop artist and producer best known as a member of the Living Legends collective and for his prolific solo and collaborative work.
  • E. Seacrest
    Seacrest is the surname of American media personality and television host Ryan Seacrest, best known for hosting "American Idol" and numerous radio and TV programs.
  • 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_69d86d9cdb648190bf3171be0bd7d872 completed April 10, 2026, 3:25 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69e04fd816308190a297986ee7e5554c completed April 16, 2026, 2:56 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69ff83056aa0819098b757ed125e61fe completed May 9, 2026, 6:55 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69ff83ca33d08190816130bf2ea735df completed May 9, 2026, 6:58 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69ff8469354c819080b8cfddb7c66be5 completed May 9, 2026, 7 p.m.
Created at: April 10, 2026, 4:46 a.m.