Triple

T3116137
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Seinfeld E65066 entity
Predicate executiveProducer P7225 FINISHED
Object Howard West
Howard West was a prominent American television producer best known for his longtime collaboration with Jerry Seinfeld and his key role in shaping the hit sitcom "Seinfeld."
E360431 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: Howard West | Statement: [Seinfeld, executiveProducer, Howard West]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Howard West
Context triple: [Seinfeld, executiveProducer, Howard West]
  • A. Henry Aldrich
    Henry Aldrich was a 17th-century English theologian, philosopher, and architect best known for his influential role at Christ Church, Oxford and his contributions to Baroque architecture there.
  • B. Howard Vollum
    Howard Vollum was an American engineer and entrepreneur best known as the co-founder of Tektronix, a pioneering company in oscilloscopes and electronic test equipment.
  • C. Hal Mason
    Hal Mason is a central resistance fighter and the eldest son of Tom Mason in the post-apocalyptic science fiction TV series "Falling Skies."
  • D. David Dodd
    David Dodd was an American economist, Columbia Business School professor, and influential co-author of the classic value investing text "Security Analysis."
  • E. Joseph Howard
    Joseph Howard is the screenwriter best known for writing the hit 1992 comedy film "Sister Act."
  • 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: Howard West
Triple: [Seinfeld, executiveProducer, Howard West]
Generated description
Howard West was a prominent American television producer best known for his longtime collaboration with Jerry Seinfeld and his key role in shaping the hit sitcom "Seinfeld."
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Howard West
Target entity description: Howard West was a prominent American television producer best known for his longtime collaboration with Jerry Seinfeld and his key role in shaping the hit sitcom "Seinfeld."
  • A. Henry Aldrich
    Henry Aldrich was a 17th-century English theologian, philosopher, and architect best known for his influential role at Christ Church, Oxford and his contributions to Baroque architecture there.
  • B. Howard Vollum
    Howard Vollum was an American engineer and entrepreneur best known as the co-founder of Tektronix, a pioneering company in oscilloscopes and electronic test equipment.
  • C. Hal Mason
    Hal Mason is a central resistance fighter and the eldest son of Tom Mason in the post-apocalyptic science fiction TV series "Falling Skies."
  • D. David Dodd
    David Dodd was an American economist, Columbia Business School professor, and influential co-author of the classic value investing text "Security Analysis."
  • E. Joseph Howard
    Joseph Howard is the screenwriter best known for writing the hit 1992 comedy film "Sister Act."
  • 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_69ad857fcc088190b0c4d45a5cde6f61 completed March 8, 2026, 2:19 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69ada4e5d1488190a2ab199625fdf05d completed March 8, 2026, 4:33 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69b367e5581081908c44bc8d9492c936 completed March 13, 2026, 1:27 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69b368d21f7c819092660301b7d840db completed March 13, 2026, 1:30 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69b3694e92b8819082d54a56d901e9f8 completed March 13, 2026, 1:33 a.m.
Created at: March 8, 2026, 3:04 p.m.