Triple

T16456972
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject K-PAX E399707 entity
Predicate castMember P1668 FINISHED
Object Saul Williams
Saul Williams is an American poet, musician, and actor known for his influential work in slam poetry and his genre-blending hip-hop and spoken word albums.
E1215007 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: Saul Williams | Statement: [K-PAX, castMember, Saul Williams]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Saul Williams
Context triple: [K-PAX, castMember, Saul Williams]
  • A. Tariq "Black Thought" Trotter
    Tariq "Black Thought" Trotter is an American rapper, lyricist, and actor best known as the lead MC of the hip hop band The Roots and for his intricate, socially conscious wordplay.
  • B. W. Kamau Bell
    W. Kamau Bell is an American stand-up comedian, television host, and sociopolitical commentator known for exploring race and social justice issues, notably as the host of the CNN series "United Shades of America."
  • C. Samora Pinderhughes
    Samora Pinderhughes is an American pianist, composer, and interdisciplinary artist known for politically charged, socially conscious music that blends jazz, classical, and spoken word.
  • D. Nasheet Waits
    Nasheet Waits is an American jazz drummer known for his inventive, dynamic playing and collaborations with leading contemporary jazz artists.
  • E. Michael Harper
    Michael Harper is the harried, sarcastic father and central figure of the British sitcom "My Family," around whose domestic misadventures the show revolves.
  • 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: Saul Williams
Triple: [K-PAX, castMember, Saul Williams]
Generated description
Saul Williams is an American poet, musician, and actor known for his influential work in slam poetry and his genre-blending hip-hop and spoken word albums.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Saul Williams
Target entity description: Saul Williams is an American poet, musician, and actor known for his influential work in slam poetry and his genre-blending hip-hop and spoken word albums.
  • A. Tariq "Black Thought" Trotter
    Tariq "Black Thought" Trotter is an American rapper, lyricist, and actor best known as the lead MC of the hip hop band The Roots and for his intricate, socially conscious wordplay.
  • B. W. Kamau Bell
    W. Kamau Bell is an American stand-up comedian, television host, and sociopolitical commentator known for exploring race and social justice issues, notably as the host of the CNN series "United Shades of America."
  • C. Samora Pinderhughes
    Samora Pinderhughes is an American pianist, composer, and interdisciplinary artist known for politically charged, socially conscious music that blends jazz, classical, and spoken word.
  • D. Nasheet Waits
    Nasheet Waits is an American jazz drummer known for his inventive, dynamic playing and collaborations with leading contemporary jazz artists.
  • E. Michael Harper
    Michael Harper is the harried, sarcastic father and central figure of the British sitcom "My Family," around whose domestic misadventures the show revolves.
  • 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_69d87f2dac988190b74d6e185fa88ba4 completed April 10, 2026, 4:40 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69e32d7dfd188190b03e9b4151a4d3d8 completed April 18, 2026, 7:06 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_6a004f5015a881908447b64b699feb1a completed May 10, 2026, 9:26 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_6a0051491fc88190ab4098f1177d2715 completed May 10, 2026, 9:35 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_6a0051c61ea0819090d588df72c1041b completed May 10, 2026, 9:37 a.m.
Created at: April 10, 2026, 5:10 a.m.