Triple

T16461754
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Jon Sopel E399822 entity
Predicate familyName P18 FINISHED
Object Sopel
Sopel is a surname most notably associated with Jon Sopel, a British journalist and former BBC news presenter.
 E1215218 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: Sopel | Statement: [Jon Sopel, familyName, Sopel]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Sopel
Context triple: [Jon Sopel, familyName, Sopel]
  • A. Mostel
    Mostel is a surname most famously associated with Zero Mostel, the American actor and comedian known for his work on stage and screen.
  • B. Speegle
    Speegle is the maiden surname of American character actress Jean Speegle Howard, mother of filmmaker Ron Howard.
  • C. Saphrax
    Saphrax was a Gothic military leader who played a prominent role in the late 4th-century conflicts between the Goths and the Eastern Roman Empire.
  • D. Pemphredo
    Pemphredo is one of the three Graeae sisters from Greek mythology, ancient sea deities who shared a single eye and tooth among them.
  • E. Zepho
    Zepho is a minor biblical figure mentioned in the Hebrew Bible as a descendant within the Edomite lineage.
  • 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: Sopel
Triple: [Jon Sopel, familyName, Sopel]
Generated description
Sopel is a surname most notably associated with Jon Sopel, a British journalist and former BBC news presenter.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Sopel
Target entity description: Sopel is a surname most notably associated with Jon Sopel, a British journalist and former BBC news presenter.
  • A. Mostel
    Mostel is a surname most famously associated with Zero Mostel, the American actor and comedian known for his work on stage and screen.
  • B. Speegle
    Speegle is the maiden surname of American character actress Jean Speegle Howard, mother of filmmaker Ron Howard.
  • C. Saphrax
    Saphrax was a Gothic military leader who played a prominent role in the late 4th-century conflicts between the Goths and the Eastern Roman Empire.
  • D. Pemphredo
    Pemphredo is one of the three Graeae sisters from Greek mythology, ancient sea deities who shared a single eye and tooth among them.
  • E. Zepho
    Zepho is a minor biblical figure mentioned in the Hebrew Bible as a descendant within the Edomite lineage.
  • 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_69e32d819d548190bc76a0ec2e223437 completed April 18, 2026, 7:06 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_6a004f555f6081908b1f0d524b6fb9a7 completed May 10, 2026, 9:26 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_6a0050c5d4548190a674c1c19f08a9fd completed May 10, 2026, 9:32 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_6a0051a7ae208190b33d42cc8d4bb21f completed May 10, 2026, 9:36 a.m.
Created at: April 10, 2026, 5:10 a.m.