Triple

T3342037
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Ally McBeal E70280 entity
Predicate composer P1361 FINISHED
Object Vonda Shepard
Vonda Shepard is an American singer-songwriter and pianist best known for her soulful pop songs and frequent musical performances on the television series "Ally McBeal."
 E353959 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: Vonda Shepard | Statement: [Ally McBeal, composer, Vonda Shepard]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Vonda Shepard
Context triple: [Ally McBeal, composer, Vonda Shepard]
  • A. Sally Menke
    Sally Menke was an American film editor best known for her long-time collaboration with director Quentin Tarantino on films such as Pulp Fiction, Kill Bill, and Inglourious Basterds.
  • B. Diane Venora
    Diane Venora is an American actress known for her intense, versatile performances in film, television, and theater, including prominent roles in works like "Heat" and "Romeo + Juliet."
  • C. Karen Verne
    Karen Verne was a German-born actress who appeared in Hollywood films of the 1940s and was once married to actor Peter Lorre.
  • D. Susan Norton
    Susan Norton is a central protagonist in Stephen King’s horror novel "Salem’s Lot," known for her involvement in uncovering and confronting the vampire infestation in the town.
  • E. Eve Lydon
    Eve Lydon is a supporting character in the action film "Crank: High Voltage," involved in the chaotic, high-energy world surrounding protagonist Chev Chelios.
  • 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: Vonda Shepard
Triple: [Ally McBeal, composer, Vonda Shepard]
Generated description
Vonda Shepard is an American singer-songwriter and pianist best known for her soulful pop songs and frequent musical performances on the television series "Ally McBeal."
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Vonda Shepard
Target entity description: Vonda Shepard is an American singer-songwriter and pianist best known for her soulful pop songs and frequent musical performances on the television series "Ally McBeal."
  • A. Sally Menke
    Sally Menke was an American film editor best known for her long-time collaboration with director Quentin Tarantino on films such as Pulp Fiction, Kill Bill, and Inglourious Basterds.
  • B. Diane Venora
    Diane Venora is an American actress known for her intense, versatile performances in film, television, and theater, including prominent roles in works like "Heat" and "Romeo + Juliet."
  • C. Karen Verne
    Karen Verne was a German-born actress who appeared in Hollywood films of the 1940s and was once married to actor Peter Lorre.
  • D. Susan Norton
    Susan Norton is a central protagonist in Stephen King’s horror novel "Salem’s Lot," known for her involvement in uncovering and confronting the vampire infestation in the town.
  • E. Eve Lydon
    Eve Lydon is a supporting character in the action film "Crank: High Voltage," involved in the chaotic, high-energy world surrounding protagonist Chev Chelios.
  • 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_69ad85a405e48190b6e68de7cf9f319e completed March 8, 2026, 2:20 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69adb1ee711481909c0d921f1b5b8562 completed March 8, 2026, 5:29 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69b33426f73881908eb0759c47eb08d7 completed March 12, 2026, 9:46 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69b334e5171c8190a01bb6fef5644825 completed March 12, 2026, 9:49 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69b3390c50b08190b6239b5f0d1eb4ba completed March 12, 2026, 10:07 p.m.
Created at: March 8, 2026, 3:12 p.m.