Triple
T3032458
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Lester Holt |
E82928
|
entity |
| Predicate | fullName |
P16
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Lester Don Holt Jr.
Lester Don Holt Jr. is an American television journalist best known as the anchor of NBC Nightly News and a prominent figure in broadcast news.
|
E319807
|
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: Lester Don Holt Jr. | Statement: [Lester Holt, fullName, Lester Don Holt Jr.]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Lester Don Holt Jr. Context triple: [Lester Holt, fullName, Lester Don Holt Jr.]
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A.
Robert Calvin Bland
Robert Calvin Bland was an influential American blues and soul singer known for his smooth vocal style and a string of hits in the 1950s and 1960s.
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B.
Larry Blanford
Larry Blanford is a professional cinematographer known for his work on feature films such as the romantic comedy "Think Like a Man."
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C.
Robert Lee Huff
Robert Lee Huff, better known as Sam Huff, was a Hall of Fame American football linebacker who starred for the New York Giants and Washington Redskins in the 1950s and 1960s.
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D.
Greg Stillson
Greg Stillson is the ambitious, populist politician and primary antagonist in Stephen King’s novel "The Dead Zone," whose rise to power is foreseen to lead to catastrophic consequences.
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E.
Charles Neblett
Charles Neblett is an American civil rights activist and singer best known as a founding member of the SNCC Freedom Singers, who used music to support and advance the 1960s Civil Rights Movement.
- 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: Lester Don Holt Jr. Triple: [Lester Holt, fullName, Lester Don Holt Jr.]
Generated description
Lester Don Holt Jr. is an American television journalist best known as the anchor of NBC Nightly News and a prominent figure in broadcast news.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Lester Don Holt Jr. Target entity description: Lester Don Holt Jr. is an American television journalist best known as the anchor of NBC Nightly News and a prominent figure in broadcast news.
-
A.
Robert Calvin Bland
Robert Calvin Bland was an influential American blues and soul singer known for his smooth vocal style and a string of hits in the 1950s and 1960s.
-
B.
Larry Blanford
Larry Blanford is a professional cinematographer known for his work on feature films such as the romantic comedy "Think Like a Man."
-
C.
Robert Lee Huff
Robert Lee Huff, better known as Sam Huff, was a Hall of Fame American football linebacker who starred for the New York Giants and Washington Redskins in the 1950s and 1960s.
-
D.
Greg Stillson
Greg Stillson is the ambitious, populist politician and primary antagonist in Stephen King’s novel "The Dead Zone," whose rise to power is foreseen to lead to catastrophic consequences.
-
E.
Charles Neblett
Charles Neblett is an American civil rights activist and singer best known as a founding member of the SNCC Freedom Singers, who used music to support and advance the 1960s Civil Rights Movement.
- 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_69ad8b21a62881908ec5dd4fba4a187c |
completed | March 8, 2026, 2:43 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69ad9aefc2dc8190ad9b349ca45b7e30 |
completed | March 8, 2026, 3:51 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69b1debfa51881909e41c55774bbccf9 |
completed | March 11, 2026, 9:29 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69b1df29c6e48190bd95c9e5c091d6d5 |
completed | March 11, 2026, 9:31 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69b1df8705fc8190827d1d131a6f274a |
completed | March 11, 2026, 9:32 p.m. |
Created at: March 8, 2026, 3:01 p.m.