Triple

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Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Paul Bunyan E121578 entity
Predicate character P662 FINISHED
Object Sam Sharkey
Sam Sharkey is a character associated with the American folklore surrounding the legendary lumberjack Paul Bunyan.
 E522421 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: Sam Sharkey | Statement: [Paul Bunyan, character, Sam Sharkey]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Sam Sharkey
Context triple: [Paul Bunyan, character, Sam Sharkey]
  • A. Sam O'Steen
    Sam O'Steen was an acclaimed American film editor best known for his work on influential films such as "The Graduate," "Chinatown," and "Cool Hand Luke."
  • B. Hal Walker
    Hal Walker was an American film director best known for his work on mid-20th-century Hollywood comedies, including several popular Bing Crosby and Bob Hope "Road to..." films.
  • C. Roscoe Beck
    Roscoe Beck is an American bassist and record producer best known for his long-time collaboration with Leonard Cohen and his work as a sought-after session musician.
  • D. Sam Shaw
    Sam Shaw is an American television writer and producer best known for co-creating the horror anthology series "Castle Rock" inspired by the works of Stephen King.
  • E. Jimmy Means
    Jimmy Means is a former American NASCAR driver and longtime team owner best known for his underdog presence in the Cup Series during the 1970s and 1980s.
  • 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: Sam Sharkey
Triple: [Paul Bunyan, character, Sam Sharkey]
Generated description
Sam Sharkey is a character associated with the American folklore surrounding the legendary lumberjack Paul Bunyan.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Sam Sharkey
Target entity description: Sam Sharkey is a character associated with the American folklore surrounding the legendary lumberjack Paul Bunyan.
  • A. Sam O'Steen
    Sam O'Steen was an acclaimed American film editor best known for his work on influential films such as "The Graduate," "Chinatown," and "Cool Hand Luke."
  • B. Hal Walker
    Hal Walker was an American film director best known for his work on mid-20th-century Hollywood comedies, including several popular Bing Crosby and Bob Hope "Road to..." films.
  • C. Roscoe Beck
    Roscoe Beck is an American bassist and record producer best known for his long-time collaboration with Leonard Cohen and his work as a sought-after session musician.
  • D. Sam Shaw
    Sam Shaw is an American television writer and producer best known for co-creating the horror anthology series "Castle Rock" inspired by the works of Stephen King.
  • E. Jimmy Means
    Jimmy Means is a former American NASCAR driver and longtime team owner best known for his underdog presence in the Cup Series during the 1970s and 1980s.
  • 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_69bd91af68308190810c64e76c83fa46 completed March 20, 2026, 6:27 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69bf487fdfe08190af6294021d1b81e5 completed March 22, 2026, 1:40 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69bf497a88b48190b87bf175fe224211 completed March 22, 2026, 1:44 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69bf4a1f6e1c8190a9ae94e45fb16cf9 completed March 22, 2026, 1:47 a.m.
Created at: March 20, 2026, 2:06 p.m.