Triple

T2261236
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Pierre Matisse E50042 entity
Predicate representedArtist P24741 FINISHED
Object Reg Butler
Reg Butler was a British sculptor known for his expressive, often skeletal metal figures and his prominence in postwar European modernist sculpture.
 E270156 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: Reg Butler | Statement: [Pierre Matisse, representedArtist, Reg Butler]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Reg Butler
Context triple: [Pierre Matisse, representedArtist, Reg Butler]
  • A. Peter Butler
    Peter Butler is an English football manager and former player known for coaching various national and club teams, including the Liberia national football team.
  • B. Larry Butler
    Larry Butler was an American country music producer and songwriter best known for his influential work with artists like Kenny Rogers.
  • C. Bill Butler
    Bill Butler was an acclaimed American cinematographer best known for his influential work on landmark films of the 1970s and 1980s.
  • D. Roy McGivern
    Roy McGivern is a Northern Irish football administrator best known for serving as chairman of Linfield FC, one of the country’s most successful and historic clubs.
  • E. Bill Peet
    Bill Peet was an American children’s book author and longtime Disney story artist known for his influential work on many classic animated films.
  • 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: Reg Butler
Triple: [Pierre Matisse, representedArtist, Reg Butler]
Generated description
Reg Butler was a British sculptor known for his expressive, often skeletal metal figures and his prominence in postwar European modernist sculpture.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Reg Butler
Target entity description: Reg Butler was a British sculptor known for his expressive, often skeletal metal figures and his prominence in postwar European modernist sculpture.
  • A. Peter Butler
    Peter Butler is an English football manager and former player known for coaching various national and club teams, including the Liberia national football team.
  • B. Larry Butler
    Larry Butler was an American country music producer and songwriter best known for his influential work with artists like Kenny Rogers.
  • C. Bill Butler
    Bill Butler was an acclaimed American cinematographer best known for his influential work on landmark films of the 1970s and 1980s.
  • D. Roy McGivern
    Roy McGivern is a Northern Irish football administrator best known for serving as chairman of Linfield FC, one of the country’s most successful and historic clubs.
  • E. Bill Peet
    Bill Peet was an American children’s book author and longtime Disney story artist known for his influential work on many classic animated films.
  • 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_69a88b01e0048190ba96431b5f990ba9 completed March 4, 2026, 7:41 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69abc5b262488190b6455d1d28d2306d completed March 7, 2026, 6:29 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69af17695e6481908bb7e4848a5ffc09 completed March 9, 2026, 6:54 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69af1a0749148190bb23911440a8ee1e completed March 9, 2026, 7:05 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69af1a6c684481909458c26e18f0cf3a completed March 9, 2026, 7:07 p.m.
Created at: March 4, 2026, 7:48 p.m.