Triple

T5430334
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Hicks E121469 entity
Predicate hasNotableBearer P458 FINISHED
Object Robert Hicks
Robert Hicks is a name shared by several notable individuals, including authors, politicians, and professionals across various fields.
E525091 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: Robert Hicks | Statement: [Hicks, hasNotableBearer, Robert Hicks]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Robert Hicks
Context triple: [Hicks, hasNotableBearer, Robert Hicks]
  • A. Leroy Hicks
    Leroy Hicks is an individual notable enough to be specifically recorded as a bearer of the surname Hicks, though widely recognized public information about him is limited.
  • B. John Sparkman
    John Sparkman was an American Democratic politician from Alabama who served as a long-time U.S. senator and was the Democratic vice-presidential nominee in the 1952 election.
  • C. Sherman Edwards
    Sherman Edwards was an American songwriter and composer best known for creating the music and lyrics for the Broadway musical "1776," later adapted into the film of the same name.
  • D. Hubert Gerold Brown
    Hubert Gerold Brown, better known as H. Rap Brown, is an American civil rights activist and former chairman of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee who became a prominent figure in the Black Power movement.
  • E. Arthur C. Walker Jr.
    Arthur C. Walker Jr. was an American physicist and solar scientist known for his pioneering work in X-ray and ultraviolet imaging of the sun and for serving on the Rogers Commission investigating the Space Shuttle Challenger disaster.
  • 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: Robert Hicks
Triple: [Hicks, hasNotableBearer, Robert Hicks]
Generated description
Robert Hicks is a name shared by several notable individuals, including authors, politicians, and professionals across various fields.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Robert Hicks
Target entity description: Robert Hicks is a name shared by several notable individuals, including authors, politicians, and professionals across various fields.
  • A. Leroy Hicks
    Leroy Hicks is an individual notable enough to be specifically recorded as a bearer of the surname Hicks, though widely recognized public information about him is limited.
  • B. John Sparkman
    John Sparkman was an American Democratic politician from Alabama who served as a long-time U.S. senator and was the Democratic vice-presidential nominee in the 1952 election.
  • C. Sherman Edwards
    Sherman Edwards was an American songwriter and composer best known for creating the music and lyrics for the Broadway musical "1776," later adapted into the film of the same name.
  • D. Hubert Gerold Brown
    Hubert Gerold Brown, better known as H. Rap Brown, is an American civil rights activist and former chairman of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee who became a prominent figure in the Black Power movement.
  • E. Arthur C. Walker Jr.
    Arthur C. Walker Jr. was an American physicist and solar scientist known for his pioneering work in X-ray and ultraviolet imaging of the sun and for serving on the Rogers Commission investigating the Space Shuttle Challenger disaster.
  • 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_69bd463c65f0819082ee6483ab4b466a completed March 20, 2026, 1:06 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69bd883e5e10819091e159dfd245e94d completed March 20, 2026, 5:47 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69bf858027b08190a6ea46493c6a87c6 completed March 22, 2026, 6 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69bf863b968c8190ae1f8f5955750a12 completed March 22, 2026, 6:03 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69bf866f10048190a9e13020f113b10a completed March 22, 2026, 6:04 a.m.
Created at: March 20, 2026, 2:06 p.m.