Triple
T5851331
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | James E. Shepard |
E130036
|
entity |
| Predicate | parentOf |
P120
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Alice Shepard
Alice Shepard is the child of James E. Shepard, the influential African American educator and founder of what is now North Carolina Central University.
|
E570486
|
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: Alice Shepard | Statement: [James E. Shepard, parentOf, Alice Shepard]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Alice Shepard Context triple: [James E. Shepard, parentOf, Alice Shepard]
-
A.
Lois Smith
Lois Smith is an American character actress known for her nuanced performances in film, television, and theater over a career spanning several decades.
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B.
Judy Lewis
Judy Lewis was an American actress and television producer best known as the secret daughter of Hollywood stars Loretta Young and Clark Gable.
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C.
Ann Dowd
Ann Dowd is an American character actress known for her intense, often unsettling performances in film and television, including roles in projects like "The Handmaid's Tale" and numerous acclaimed dramas and thrillers.
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D.
Nancy Richardson
Nancy Richardson is a film editor best known for her work on movies such as the biographical sports comedy-drama "Fighting with My Family."
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E.
Phyllis Thaxter
Phyllis Thaxter was an American film, television, and stage actress best known for her roles in mid-20th-century Hollywood dramas and for playing Martha Kent in the 1978 film "Superman."
- 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: Alice Shepard Triple: [James E. Shepard, parentOf, Alice Shepard]
Generated description
Alice Shepard is the child of James E. Shepard, the influential African American educator and founder of what is now North Carolina Central University.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Alice Shepard Target entity description: Alice Shepard is the child of James E. Shepard, the influential African American educator and founder of what is now North Carolina Central University.
-
A.
Lois Smith
Lois Smith is an American character actress known for her nuanced performances in film, television, and theater over a career spanning several decades.
-
B.
Judy Lewis
Judy Lewis was an American actress and television producer best known as the secret daughter of Hollywood stars Loretta Young and Clark Gable.
-
C.
Ann Dowd
Ann Dowd is an American character actress known for her intense, often unsettling performances in film and television, including roles in projects like "The Handmaid's Tale" and numerous acclaimed dramas and thrillers.
-
D.
Nancy Richardson
Nancy Richardson is a film editor best known for her work on movies such as the biographical sports comedy-drama "Fighting with My Family."
-
E.
Phyllis Thaxter
Phyllis Thaxter was an American film, television, and stage actress best known for her roles in mid-20th-century Hollywood dramas and for playing Martha Kent in the 1978 film "Superman."
- 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_69c0084de39081909eb34e6bed74215a |
completed | March 22, 2026, 3:18 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69c035176c8c81909e24d263e4feb664 |
completed | March 22, 2026, 6:29 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69c13540fa788190a09a509267bdb147 |
completed | March 23, 2026, 12:42 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69c137c122d4819089c6ffc2e0cbaf54 |
completed | March 23, 2026, 12:53 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69c138247e2c8190b6c2aabbd36ad9c0 |
completed | March 23, 2026, 12:55 p.m. |
Created at: March 22, 2026, 3:55 p.m.