Triple

T2257016
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject James Forman E49750 entity
Predicate familyName P18 FINISHED
Object Forman
Forman is a surname of English origin borne by various notable individuals across fields such as politics, arts, and academia.
 E246554 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: Forman | Statement: [James Forman, familyName, Forman]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Forman
Context triple: [James Forman, familyName, Forman]
  • A. Ficker
    Ficker is the birth surname of renowned American ballerina Suzanne Farrell, one of the most celebrated muses of choreographer George Balanchine.
  • B. Foege
    Foege is the surname of William H. Foege, an American epidemiologist renowned for his pivotal role in the global eradication of smallpox.
  • C. Fagan
    Fagan is the family name of legendary American jazz singer Billie Holiday, born Eleanora Fagan.
  • D. Farguson
    Farguson is an alternative spelling of the surname Ferguson, which is of Scottish origin.
  • E. Fuhse
    Fuhse is a river in Lower Saxony, Germany, that flows through several towns before joining the Aller River.
  • 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: Forman
Triple: [James Forman, familyName, Forman]
Generated description
Forman is a surname of English origin borne by various notable individuals across fields such as politics, arts, and academia.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Forman
Target entity description: Forman is a surname of English origin borne by various notable individuals across fields such as politics, arts, and academia.
  • A. Ficker
    Ficker is the birth surname of renowned American ballerina Suzanne Farrell, one of the most celebrated muses of choreographer George Balanchine.
  • B. Foege
    Foege is the surname of William H. Foege, an American epidemiologist renowned for his pivotal role in the global eradication of smallpox.
  • C. Fagan
    Fagan is the family name of legendary American jazz singer Billie Holiday, born Eleanora Fagan.
  • D. Farguson
    Farguson is an alternative spelling of the surname Ferguson, which is of Scottish origin.
  • E. Fuhse
    Fuhse is a river in Lower Saxony, Germany, that flows through several towns before joining the Aller River.
  • 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_69a88aaa9250819095e127d0d77e8a32 completed March 4, 2026, 7:40 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69abc1570dc88190bb2b17ed4c25dbb5 completed March 7, 2026, 6:10 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69ae6b2229288190a7da9025dc394e67 completed March 9, 2026, 6:39 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69ae6b5814f88190b6ff9d586d2b6351 completed March 9, 2026, 6:40 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69ae6befcf4081909e1ee5d18abea357 completed March 9, 2026, 6:42 a.m.
Created at: March 4, 2026, 7:47 p.m.