Triple

T16870491
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Shirley M. Tilghman E421153 entity
Predicate familyName P18 FINISHED
Object Tilghman
Tilghman is a surname most notably associated with Shirley M. Tilghman, a prominent molecular biologist and former president of Princeton University.
 E1238428 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: Tilghman | Statement: [Shirley M. Tilghman, familyName, Tilghman]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Tilghman
Context triple: [Shirley M. Tilghman, familyName, Tilghman]
  • A. Tilghman
    Tilghman is a masculine given name of English origin that has been borne by various notable American figures, including politicians and military officers.
  • B. Tolan
    Tolan is a surname most notably associated with American television producer, writer, and director Peter Tolan.
  • C. Ketcham
    Ketcham is a supporting character in the 1970 Western film "Rio Lobo," which stars John Wayne.
  • D. Tilton
    Tilton is a locality in the United Kingdom notable for lending its name to the territorial designation of the peerage title Baron Keynes of Tilton.
  • E. Peniston
    Peniston is a masculine given name of English origin, historically borne by several members of the British aristocracy.
  • 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: Tilghman
Triple: [Shirley M. Tilghman, familyName, Tilghman]
Generated description
Tilghman is a surname most notably associated with Shirley M. Tilghman, a prominent molecular biologist and former president of Princeton University.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Tilghman
Target entity description: Tilghman is a surname most notably associated with Shirley M. Tilghman, a prominent molecular biologist and former president of Princeton University.
  • A. Tilghman
    Tilghman is a masculine given name of English origin that has been borne by various notable American figures, including politicians and military officers.
  • B. Tolan
    Tolan is a surname most notably associated with American television producer, writer, and director Peter Tolan.
  • C. Ketcham
    Ketcham is a supporting character in the 1970 Western film "Rio Lobo," which stars John Wayne.
  • D. Tilton
    Tilton is a locality in the United Kingdom notable for lending its name to the territorial designation of the peerage title Baron Keynes of Tilton.
  • E. Peniston
    Peniston is a masculine given name of English origin, historically borne by several members of the British aristocracy.
  • 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_69d889d470fc8190b4aec199636c0c56 completed April 10, 2026, 5:25 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69e3b7f1fe5881909b18438d771814e9 completed April 18, 2026, 4:57 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_6a00c2aeb9908190964a9403402186fb completed May 10, 2026, 5:38 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_6a00c3c25e9481908327bb6646212368 completed May 10, 2026, 5:43 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_6a00c44e37b48190a62b315ddbbd4ec4 completed May 10, 2026, 5:45 p.m.
Created at: April 10, 2026, 5:29 a.m.