Triple

T17119656
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject David Koresh E415431 entity
Predicate birthName P65 FINISHED
Object Vernon Wayne Howell
Vernon Wayne Howell, better known as David Koresh, was the controversial leader of the Branch Davidians religious sect involved in the 1993 Waco siege.
 E1250972 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: Vernon Wayne Howell | Statement: [David Koresh, birthName, Vernon Wayne Howell]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Vernon Wayne Howell
Context triple: [David Koresh, birthName, Vernon Wayne Howell]
  • A. Dennis Howell
    Dennis Howell was a British Labour politician best known for serving as the United Kingdom’s first Minister for Sport and later as “Minister for Drought” during the 1976 heatwave.
  • B. Roy Hinson
    Roy Hinson is a former American professional basketball player and standout forward from Rutgers University who played several seasons in the NBA during the 1980s.
  • C. Mahlon Todd Williams
    Mahlon Todd Williams is a cinematographer best known for his work on the animated feature film "PAW Patrol: The Movie."
  • D. DeWayne Turrentine
    DeWayne Turrentine is an American actor, producer, and former model who has appeared in film and television and is also known for his long-term marriage to actress Reagan Gomez-Preston.
  • E. John Howell
    John Howell is a British Conservative politician who has served as the Member of Parliament for the Henley constituency since winning the 2008 by-election.
  • 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: Vernon Wayne Howell
Triple: [David Koresh, birthName, Vernon Wayne Howell]
Generated description
Vernon Wayne Howell, better known as David Koresh, was the controversial leader of the Branch Davidians religious sect involved in the 1993 Waco siege.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Vernon Wayne Howell
Target entity description: Vernon Wayne Howell, better known as David Koresh, was the controversial leader of the Branch Davidians religious sect involved in the 1993 Waco siege.
  • A. Dennis Howell
    Dennis Howell was a British Labour politician best known for serving as the United Kingdom’s first Minister for Sport and later as “Minister for Drought” during the 1976 heatwave.
  • B. Roy Hinson
    Roy Hinson is a former American professional basketball player and standout forward from Rutgers University who played several seasons in the NBA during the 1980s.
  • C. Mahlon Todd Williams
    Mahlon Todd Williams is a cinematographer best known for his work on the animated feature film "PAW Patrol: The Movie."
  • D. DeWayne Turrentine
    DeWayne Turrentine is an American actor, producer, and former model who has appeared in film and television and is also known for his long-term marriage to actress Reagan Gomez-Preston.
  • E. John Howell
    John Howell is a British Conservative politician who has served as the Member of Parliament for the Henley constituency since winning the 2008 by-election.
  • 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_69d886d090cc8190a39cb94992586905 completed April 10, 2026, 5:12 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69e3e8092b548190b45c1695be47edc2 completed April 18, 2026, 8:22 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_6a013a0e11108190bfcf858142aa9ff3 completed May 11, 2026, 2:08 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_6a013b749680819097159f0fdc379f2c completed May 11, 2026, 2:14 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_6a013bf9ef508190aac1155680f33eaf completed May 11, 2026, 2:16 a.m.
Created at: April 10, 2026, 5:36 a.m.