Triple

T5134103
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Donald Sterling E115775 entity
Predicate fullName P16 FINISHED
Object Donald Tokowitz
Donald Tokowitz is better known as Donald Sterling, the former owner of the NBA's Los Angeles Clippers who became widely known for a major racism scandal that led to his lifetime ban from the league.
 E527331 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: Donald Tokowitz | Statement: [Donald Sterling, fullName, Donald Tokowitz]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Donald Tokowitz
Context triple: [Donald Sterling, fullName, Donald Tokowitz]
  • A. Dennis Virkler
    Dennis Virkler was an American film editor known for his work on numerous Hollywood features, including major comedies and action films.
  • B. Michael Vavitch
    Michael Vavitch was a silent-era film actor known for his role in the 1924 drama "The Red Lily."
  • C. John Eisendrath
    John Eisendrath is a television writer and producer best known for his work on series such as "The Blacklist" and "Alias."
  • D. Bruce Wirth
    Bruce Wirth is a musician best known as a member of the American alternative country and rock band The Walkabouts.
  • E. Duane Schuler
    Duane Schuler is an American theatrical lighting designer known for his work in opera, including major productions at leading opera houses.
  • 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: Donald Tokowitz
Triple: [Donald Sterling, fullName, Donald Tokowitz]
Generated description
Donald Tokowitz is better known as Donald Sterling, the former owner of the NBA's Los Angeles Clippers who became widely known for a major racism scandal that led to his lifetime ban from the league.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Donald Tokowitz
Target entity description: Donald Tokowitz is better known as Donald Sterling, the former owner of the NBA's Los Angeles Clippers who became widely known for a major racism scandal that led to his lifetime ban from the league.
  • A. Dennis Virkler
    Dennis Virkler was an American film editor known for his work on numerous Hollywood features, including major comedies and action films.
  • B. Michael Vavitch
    Michael Vavitch was a silent-era film actor known for his role in the 1924 drama "The Red Lily."
  • C. John Eisendrath
    John Eisendrath is a television writer and producer best known for his work on series such as "The Blacklist" and "Alias."
  • D. Bruce Wirth
    Bruce Wirth is a musician best known as a member of the American alternative country and rock band The Walkabouts.
  • E. Duane Schuler
    Duane Schuler is an American theatrical lighting designer known for his work in opera, including major productions at leading opera houses.
  • 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_69bd444426bc819099ccd23f141e22aa completed March 20, 2026, 12:57 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69bd784ca5ac81909f1ec7544f5bbd26 completed March 20, 2026, 4:39 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69bfe323ed188190ad52dec581218e07 completed March 22, 2026, 12:40 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69bfe4442f0c8190a5a02d225067125e completed March 22, 2026, 12:44 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69bfe4c8991c819090db72e70f383195 completed March 22, 2026, 12:47 p.m.
Created at: March 20, 2026, 1:43 p.m.