Triple

T5278383
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Dean Spanos E119429 entity
Predicate parent P120 FINISHED
Object Alex Spanos
Alex Spanos was an American real estate developer and billionaire best known as the longtime owner of the NFL’s San Diego/Los Angeles Chargers.
E510823 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: Alex Spanos | Statement: [Dean Spanos, parent, Alex Spanos]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Alex Spanos
Context triple: [Dean Spanos, parent, Alex Spanos]
  • A. Dean Spanos
    Dean Spanos is an American businessman and sports executive best known as the longtime controlling owner and chairman of the NFL’s Chargers franchise.
  • B. Rod Diridon
    Rod Diridon is an American public official and transportation leader known as the "father of modern transit" in Silicon Valley for his pivotal role in developing the region’s rail and mass transit systems.
  • C. Tom O’Malley
    Tom O’Malley is a former American professional baseball player best known as a standout third baseman in Japan’s Nippon Professional Baseball, particularly with the Hanshin Tigers.
  • D. Christopher Ilitch
    Christopher Ilitch is an American businessman and sports executive who leads Ilitch Holdings and oversees the family’s Detroit-based sports and entertainment enterprises.
  • E. John Spanos
    John Spanos is an American football executive who oversees the football operations of the Los Angeles Chargers in the NFL.
  • 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: Alex Spanos
Triple: [Dean Spanos, parent, Alex Spanos]
Generated description
Alex Spanos was an American real estate developer and billionaire best known as the longtime owner of the NFL’s San Diego/Los Angeles Chargers.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Alex Spanos
Target entity description: Alex Spanos was an American real estate developer and billionaire best known as the longtime owner of the NFL’s San Diego/Los Angeles Chargers.
  • A. Dean Spanos
    Dean Spanos is an American businessman and sports executive best known as the longtime controlling owner and chairman of the NFL’s Chargers franchise.
  • B. Rod Diridon
    Rod Diridon is an American public official and transportation leader known as the "father of modern transit" in Silicon Valley for his pivotal role in developing the region’s rail and mass transit systems.
  • C. Tom O’Malley
    Tom O’Malley is a former American professional baseball player best known as a standout third baseman in Japan’s Nippon Professional Baseball, particularly with the Hanshin Tigers.
  • D. Christopher Ilitch
    Christopher Ilitch is an American businessman and sports executive who leads Ilitch Holdings and oversees the family’s Detroit-based sports and entertainment enterprises.
  • E. John Spanos
    John Spanos is an American football executive who oversees the football operations of the Los Angeles Chargers in the NFL.
  • 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_69bd446d05a8819092ad333a3f9c8d5c completed March 20, 2026, 12:58 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69bd84c2eab881908698a14b116a3bfa completed March 20, 2026, 5:32 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69bf10d839dc8190a9f63740c6bd31a0 completed March 21, 2026, 9:42 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69bf1186f1988190893e8d1af8623f6d completed March 21, 2026, 9:45 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69bf1226ddd08190a39799fd0db58694 completed March 21, 2026, 9:48 p.m.
Created at: March 20, 2026, 1:51 p.m.