Triple

T4174434
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Donald Sutherland E86440 entity
Predicate hasRelative P367 FINISHED
Object Shirley Douglas
Shirley Douglas was a Canadian actress and activist known for her work in film, television, and theatre, as well as for her prominent political and social advocacy.
E441336 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: Shirley Douglas | Statement: [Donald Sutherland, hasRelative, Shirley Douglas]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Shirley Douglas
Context triple: [Donald Sutherland, hasRelative, Shirley Douglas]
  • A. Sherrill Milnes
    Sherrill Milnes is an acclaimed American operatic baritone renowned for his powerful voice and leading roles in major international opera houses, particularly the Metropolitan Opera.
  • B. Cathy Douglas
    Cathy Douglas was the wife of longtime U.S. Supreme Court Justice William O. Douglas.
  • C. Claire Douglas
    Claire Douglas was the second wife of reclusive American author J. D. Salinger and the mother of two of his children.
  • D. Maureen Swanson
    Maureen Swanson was a British actress active in the 1950s, known for her roles in comedy and drama films before later becoming the Countess of Dudley.
  • E. Elaine Cassidy
    Elaine Cassidy is an Irish actress known for her versatile performances in film and television, including prominent roles in works such as "The Others," "Disco Pigs," and various British and Irish dramas.
  • 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: Shirley Douglas
Triple: [Donald Sutherland, hasRelative, Shirley Douglas]
Generated description
Shirley Douglas was a Canadian actress and activist known for her work in film, television, and theatre, as well as for her prominent political and social advocacy.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Shirley Douglas
Target entity description: Shirley Douglas was a Canadian actress and activist known for her work in film, television, and theatre, as well as for her prominent political and social advocacy.
  • A. Sherrill Milnes
    Sherrill Milnes is an acclaimed American operatic baritone renowned for his powerful voice and leading roles in major international opera houses, particularly the Metropolitan Opera.
  • B. Cathy Douglas
    Cathy Douglas was the wife of longtime U.S. Supreme Court Justice William O. Douglas.
  • C. Claire Douglas
    Claire Douglas was the second wife of reclusive American author J. D. Salinger and the mother of two of his children.
  • D. Maureen Swanson
    Maureen Swanson was a British actress active in the 1950s, known for her roles in comedy and drama films before later becoming the Countess of Dudley.
  • E. Elaine Cassidy
    Elaine Cassidy is an Irish actress known for her versatile performances in film and television, including prominent roles in works such as "The Others," "Disco Pigs," and various British and Irish dramas.
  • 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_69aed93de98c8190ad838ce507b77c8a completed March 9, 2026, 2:29 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69af02e7d30081909774a3e2a2132d6a completed March 9, 2026, 5:27 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69b627befdd881908b602fd80f030405 completed March 15, 2026, 3:30 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69b62977dcc88190aa79e77e42f7a866 completed March 15, 2026, 3:37 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69b629f4a1748190945a02e5f0f3d1d1 completed March 15, 2026, 3:39 a.m.
Created at: March 9, 2026, 3:45 p.m.