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]
  • 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
  • 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.
  • 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.