Triple

T4356566
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Athole Shearer E98160 entity
Predicate father P120 FINISHED
Object Andrew Shearer
Andrew Shearer was a Canadian businessman best known as the father of Hollywood actresses Norma and Athole Shearer.
E436211 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: Andrew Shearer | Statement: [Athole Shearer, father, Andrew Shearer]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Andrew Shearer
Context triple: [Athole Shearer, father, Andrew Shearer]
  • A. Alan Milburn
    Alan Milburn is a British Labour politician and former Secretary of State for Health who later became a prominent figure in public service reform and higher education leadership.
  • B. Colin Stinton
    Colin Stinton is a Canadian-American actor known for his character roles in film and television, often portraying authoritative or bureaucratic figures.
  • C. Pat Hume
    Pat Hume was an Irish political activist and community worker best known for her vital behind-the-scenes role in supporting the peace process in Northern Ireland alongside her husband, SDLP leader and Nobel laureate John Hume.
  • D. Tony Britten
    Tony Britten is a British composer best known for adapting and arranging the iconic UEFA Champions League anthem.
  • E. Geoffrey McGivern
    Geoffrey McGivern is a British actor best known for originating the role of Ford Prefect in the radio and early television adaptations of Douglas Adams' "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy."
  • 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: Andrew Shearer
Triple: [Athole Shearer, father, Andrew Shearer]
Generated description
Andrew Shearer was a Canadian businessman best known as the father of Hollywood actresses Norma and Athole Shearer.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Andrew Shearer
Target entity description: Andrew Shearer was a Canadian businessman best known as the father of Hollywood actresses Norma and Athole Shearer.
  • A. Alan Milburn
    Alan Milburn is a British Labour politician and former Secretary of State for Health who later became a prominent figure in public service reform and higher education leadership.
  • B. Colin Stinton
    Colin Stinton is a Canadian-American actor known for his character roles in film and television, often portraying authoritative or bureaucratic figures.
  • C. Pat Hume
    Pat Hume was an Irish political activist and community worker best known for her vital behind-the-scenes role in supporting the peace process in Northern Ireland alongside her husband, SDLP leader and Nobel laureate John Hume.
  • D. Tony Britten
    Tony Britten is a British composer best known for adapting and arranging the iconic UEFA Champions League anthem.
  • E. Geoffrey McGivern
    Geoffrey McGivern is a British actor best known for originating the role of Ford Prefect in the radio and early television adaptations of Douglas Adams' "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy."
  • 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_69b3454965f881908c41190bb22f0e4b completed March 12, 2026, 10:59 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69b351c68a588190ba14a298afacb1dc completed March 12, 2026, 11:52 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69b5e501671c8190bf8a9998f46a9f3b completed March 14, 2026, 10:45 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69b5eeadd68881909820a75aaff9d8d5 completed March 14, 2026, 11:26 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69b5ef36f2bc8190a21e0f2fadbdd697 completed March 14, 2026, 11:28 p.m.
Created at: March 12, 2026, 11:16 p.m.