Triple

T2081306
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Sam Shepard E45248 entity
Predicate fullName P16 FINISHED
Object Samuel Shepard Rogers III
Samuel Shepard Rogers III, better known as Sam Shepard, was an American playwright, actor, and director renowned for his innovative, psychologically intense dramas exploring the American family and myth.
E231449 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: Samuel Shepard Rogers III | Statement: [Sam Shepard, fullName, Samuel Shepard Rogers III]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Samuel Shepard Rogers III
Context triple: [Sam Shepard, fullName, Samuel Shepard Rogers III]
  • A. James Rogers
    James Rogers is a common personal name shared by numerous individuals across various fields, including politics, academia, sports, and the arts.
  • B. William D. Moseley
    William D. Moseley was an American politician who became the first governor of the U.S. state of Florida after it achieved statehood in 1845.
  • C. R. Rex Parris
    R. Rex Parris is an American attorney and politician best known for serving as the long-time mayor of Lancaster, California, where he has promoted aggressive environmental and public safety initiatives.
  • D. Thomas Sampson
    Thomas Sampson was a 16th-century English Puritan theologian and churchman known for his role in the early English Reformation and involvement with the Geneva Bible.
  • E. Grant Withers
    Grant Withers was an American film actor known for his prolific work in Hollywood from the silent era through the 1950s, often appearing in Westerns and crime dramas.
  • 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: Samuel Shepard Rogers III
Triple: [Sam Shepard, fullName, Samuel Shepard Rogers III]
Generated description
Samuel Shepard Rogers III, better known as Sam Shepard, was an American playwright, actor, and director renowned for his innovative, psychologically intense dramas exploring the American family and myth.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Samuel Shepard Rogers III
Target entity description: Samuel Shepard Rogers III, better known as Sam Shepard, was an American playwright, actor, and director renowned for his innovative, psychologically intense dramas exploring the American family and myth.
  • A. James Rogers
    James Rogers is a common personal name shared by numerous individuals across various fields, including politics, academia, sports, and the arts.
  • B. William D. Moseley
    William D. Moseley was an American politician who became the first governor of the U.S. state of Florida after it achieved statehood in 1845.
  • C. R. Rex Parris
    R. Rex Parris is an American attorney and politician best known for serving as the long-time mayor of Lancaster, California, where he has promoted aggressive environmental and public safety initiatives.
  • D. Thomas Sampson
    Thomas Sampson was a 16th-century English Puritan theologian and churchman known for his role in the early English Reformation and involvement with the Geneva Bible.
  • E. Grant Withers
    Grant Withers was an American film actor known for his prolific work in Hollywood from the silent era through the 1950s, often appearing in Westerns and crime dramas.
  • 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_69a8891869c88190a02643e3bb746f59 completed March 4, 2026, 7:33 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69abba35c2588190933dba882f52dd17 completed March 7, 2026, 5:40 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69ae273ad87c8190a7b1407868692202 completed March 9, 2026, 1:49 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69ae27b2c9d08190b1950abd8d41d3b3 completed March 9, 2026, 1:51 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69ae2817ce3c81908e48170760cf98ef completed March 9, 2026, 1:53 a.m.
Created at: March 4, 2026, 7:41 p.m.