Triple

T573805
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Melba Phillips E13719 entity
Predicate familyName P18 FINISHED
Object Phillips
Phillips is a common English-language surname borne by numerous notable individuals across fields such as science, politics, sports, and the arts.
 E71930 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: Phillips | Statement: [Melba Phillips, familyName, Phillips]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Phillips
Context triple: [Melba Phillips, familyName, Phillips]
  • A. Rockwell
    Rockwell is an American singer and songwriter best known for his 1984 hit single "Somebody's Watching Me."
  • B. Rockwell
    Rockwell is the surname of Norman Rockwell, the iconic American painter and illustrator renowned for his depictions of everyday life in the United States.
  • C. Tiffany
    Tiffany is a feminine given name of Greek origin, commonly associated with the feast of Epiphany and used in various English-speaking countries.
  • D. Sherwin
    Sherwin is a surname most notably associated with Martin J. Sherwin, an American historian known for his work on nuclear history and the life of J. Robert Oppenheimer.
  • E. Philips Huygens
    Philips Huygens was a member of the prominent Dutch Huygens family of the 17th century, known primarily as a son of the diplomat and poet Constantijn Huygens and brother of the scientist Christiaan Huygens.
  • 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: Phillips
Triple: [Melba Phillips, familyName, Phillips]
Generated description
Phillips is a common English-language surname borne by numerous notable individuals across fields such as science, politics, sports, and the arts.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Phillips
Target entity description: Phillips is a common English-language surname borne by numerous notable individuals across fields such as science, politics, sports, and the arts.
  • A. Rockwell
    Rockwell is an American singer and songwriter best known for his 1984 hit single "Somebody's Watching Me."
  • B. Rockwell
    Rockwell is the surname of Norman Rockwell, the iconic American painter and illustrator renowned for his depictions of everyday life in the United States.
  • C. Tiffany
    Tiffany is a feminine given name of Greek origin, commonly associated with the feast of Epiphany and used in various English-speaking countries.
  • D. Sherwin
    Sherwin is a surname most notably associated with Martin J. Sherwin, an American historian known for his work on nuclear history and the life of J. Robert Oppenheimer.
  • E. Philips Huygens
    Philips Huygens was a member of the prominent Dutch Huygens family of the 17th century, known primarily as a son of the diplomat and poet Constantijn Huygens and brother of the scientist Christiaan Huygens.
  • 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_69a4933fa4d88190a7949cc83c08c5c1 completed March 1, 2026, 7:27 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69a49b4ae0988190bdd0ad428b784d85 completed March 1, 2026, 8:02 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69a4ff4c3df48190a886a8d3c633d417 completed March 2, 2026, 3:09 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69a4ffcad6e08190938018ade5bc5d67 completed March 2, 2026, 3:11 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69a5001de9c481909d43c001028c922c completed March 2, 2026, 3:12 a.m.
Created at: March 1, 2026, 7:33 p.m.