Triple

T2081308
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Sam Shepard E45248 entity
Predicate familyName P18 FINISHED
Object Shepard
Shepard is a surname most famously associated with Sam Shepard, the American playwright, actor, and director known for his influential works in contemporary theater and film.
 E231450 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: Shepard | Statement: [Sam Shepard, familyName, Shepard]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Shepard
Context triple: [Sam Shepard, familyName, Shepard]
  • A. Shepard
    Shepard is the middle name of William S. Benson, a notable figure whose full identity includes this given name.
  • B. Zarya
    Zarya is the first module of the International Space Station, providing initial power, propulsion, and guidance functions for the orbiting laboratory.
  • C. Scotty
    Scotty is the nickname of Scotty Bowman, the legendary National Hockey League coach widely regarded as one of the greatest in the sport’s history.
  • D. Kai Dugan
    Kai Dugan is the son of American actress Jennifer Connelly, known primarily for his connection to his famous mother.
  • E. Jonathan Archer
    Jonathan Archer is the pioneering Starfleet captain of the starship Enterprise NX-01 in the Star Trek universe, known for leading humanity’s earliest deep-space exploration missions.
  • 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: Shepard
Triple: [Sam Shepard, familyName, Shepard]
Generated description
Shepard is a surname most famously associated with Sam Shepard, the American playwright, actor, and director known for his influential works in contemporary theater and film.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Shepard
Target entity description: Shepard is a surname most famously associated with Sam Shepard, the American playwright, actor, and director known for his influential works in contemporary theater and film.
  • A. Shepard
    Shepard is the middle name of William S. Benson, a notable figure whose full identity includes this given name.
  • B. Zarya
    Zarya is the first module of the International Space Station, providing initial power, propulsion, and guidance functions for the orbiting laboratory.
  • C. Scotty
    Scotty is the nickname of Scotty Bowman, the legendary National Hockey League coach widely regarded as one of the greatest in the sport’s history.
  • D. Kai Dugan
    Kai Dugan is the son of American actress Jennifer Connelly, known primarily for his connection to his famous mother.
  • E. Jonathan Archer
    Jonathan Archer is the pioneering Starfleet captain of the starship Enterprise NX-01 in the Star Trek universe, known for leading humanity’s earliest deep-space exploration missions.
  • 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.