Triple
T3795878
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Ralph J. Roberts |
E89767
|
entity |
| Predicate | child |
P120
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Douglas Roberts
Douglas Roberts is known primarily as one of the sons of American cable television pioneer and Comcast co-founder Ralph J. Roberts.
|
E389571
|
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: Douglas Roberts | Statement: [Ralph J. Roberts, child, Douglas Roberts]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Douglas Roberts Context triple: [Ralph J. Roberts, child, Douglas Roberts]
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A.
Nathan Barr
Nathan Barr is an American film and television composer known for his atmospheric scores on projects ranging from horror films to acclaimed series like True Blood and The Americans.
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B.
J. Peter Robinson
J. Peter Robinson is a British composer, arranger, and keyboardist known for his film and television scores as well as his work in rock and jazz fusion.
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C.
John F. A. Sandford
John F. A. Sandford was the defendant in the landmark 1857 U.S. Supreme Court case Dred Scott v. Sandford, which infamously denied citizenship and constitutional rights to African Americans.
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D.
Peter Tolan
Peter Tolan is an American television producer, writer, and director best known for co-creating the series "Rescue Me" and his extensive work on comedy and drama shows.
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E.
Douglas Abrams
Douglas Abrams is an American author, editor, and literary agent best known for co-authoring spiritually focused, conversational books with prominent religious leaders such as the Dalai Lama and Desmond Tutu.
- 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: Douglas Roberts Triple: [Ralph J. Roberts, child, Douglas Roberts]
Generated description
Douglas Roberts is known primarily as one of the sons of American cable television pioneer and Comcast co-founder Ralph J. Roberts.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Douglas Roberts Target entity description: Douglas Roberts is known primarily as one of the sons of American cable television pioneer and Comcast co-founder Ralph J. Roberts.
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A.
Nathan Barr
Nathan Barr is an American film and television composer known for his atmospheric scores on projects ranging from horror films to acclaimed series like True Blood and The Americans.
-
B.
J. Peter Robinson
J. Peter Robinson is a British composer, arranger, and keyboardist known for his film and television scores as well as his work in rock and jazz fusion.
-
C.
John F. A. Sandford
John F. A. Sandford was the defendant in the landmark 1857 U.S. Supreme Court case Dred Scott v. Sandford, which infamously denied citizenship and constitutional rights to African Americans.
-
D.
Peter Tolan
Peter Tolan is an American television producer, writer, and director best known for co-creating the series "Rescue Me" and his extensive work on comedy and drama shows.
-
E.
Douglas Abrams
Douglas Abrams is an American author, editor, and literary agent best known for co-authoring spiritually focused, conversational books with prominent religious leaders such as the Dalai Lama and Desmond Tutu.
- 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_69aed9597d6881909b6ee3b9de859223 |
completed | March 9, 2026, 2:29 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69aee79f09bc8190b7514a11a030eba5 |
completed | March 9, 2026, 3:30 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69b4f05ea5e081908c4714ca35aed48b |
completed | March 14, 2026, 5:21 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69b4f2ed663c8190be431c7aae60259e |
completed | March 14, 2026, 5:32 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69b4f72eba988190acb96b44fc8b7c30 |
completed | March 14, 2026, 5:50 a.m. |
Created at: March 9, 2026, 3:15 p.m.