Triple

T16147887
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Jeff Hephner E391834 entity
Predicate familyName P18 FINISHED
Object Hephner
Hephner is a surname most notably associated with American actor Jeff Hephner.
E1196988 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: Hephner | Statement: [Jeff Hephner, familyName, Hephner]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Hephner
Context triple: [Jeff Hephner, familyName, Hephner]
  • A. Hinson
    Hinson is a surname most notably associated with former professional basketball player Roy Hinson.
  • B. Ketcham
    Ketcham is a supporting character in the 1970 Western film "Rio Lobo," which stars John Wayne.
  • C. Ebersole
    Ebersole is a surname most notably associated with American actress and singer Christine Ebersole.
  • D. Yafford
    Yafford is a small hamlet on the Isle of Wight in England.
  • E. Hixon
    Hixon is a village and the civil parish within Stafford Borough in Staffordshire, England.
  • 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: Hephner
Triple: [Jeff Hephner, familyName, Hephner]
Generated description
Hephner is a surname most notably associated with American actor Jeff Hephner.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Hephner
Target entity description: Hephner is a surname most notably associated with American actor Jeff Hephner.
  • A. Hinson
    Hinson is a surname most notably associated with former professional basketball player Roy Hinson.
  • B. Ketcham
    Ketcham is a supporting character in the 1970 Western film "Rio Lobo," which stars John Wayne.
  • C. Ebersole
    Ebersole is a surname most notably associated with American actress and singer Christine Ebersole.
  • D. Yafford
    Yafford is a small hamlet on the Isle of Wight in England.
  • E. Hixon
    Hixon is a village and the civil parish within Stafford Borough in Staffordshire, England.
  • 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_69d87f1c65e48190aa2b4c472e9bafc4 completed April 10, 2026, 4:39 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69e21d9551e081908391061b092ff31b completed April 17, 2026, 11:46 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69fff7a7dc3481909f933acd72d6feff completed May 10, 2026, 3:12 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69fff81bb0008190947eeff64dc8eb88 completed May 10, 2026, 3:14 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69fff8905ce48190b99f8cc3504efba2 completed May 10, 2026, 3:16 a.m.
Created at: April 10, 2026, 5:01 a.m.