Triple

T5974670
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Sid Silvers E132955 entity
Predicate birthName P65 FINISHED
Object Sidney Silverstein
Sidney Silverstein, better known by his stage name Sid Silvers, was an American comedian, actor, and songwriter active in vaudeville, Broadway, and early Hollywood films.
E560189 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: Sidney Silverstein | Statement: [Sid Silvers, birthName, Sidney Silverstein]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Sidney Silverstein
Context triple: [Sid Silvers, birthName, Sidney Silverstein]
  • A. Shel Silverstein
    Shel Silverstein was an American poet, cartoonist, songwriter, and children’s author best known for his whimsical, poignant books like "The Giving Tree" and "Where the Sidewalk Ends."
  • B. Michael Burger
    Michael Burger is a legal scholar and environmental law expert known for his leadership in advancing climate change law and policy.
  • C. Christopher Cerf
    Christopher Cerf is an American writer, composer, and producer best known for his longtime creative work on Sesame Street and other educational media.
  • D. Larry Eigner
    Larry Eigner was an American poet associated with the Black Mountain and Language poetry movements, known for his visually spaced, minimalist verse often composed from his wheelchair.
  • E. David Silverman
    David Silverman is an American animator and film director best known for his work on The Simpsons and for directing and co-directing major animated features at Pixar.
  • 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: Sidney Silverstein
Triple: [Sid Silvers, birthName, Sidney Silverstein]
Generated description
Sidney Silverstein, better known by his stage name Sid Silvers, was an American comedian, actor, and songwriter active in vaudeville, Broadway, and early Hollywood films.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Sidney Silverstein
Target entity description: Sidney Silverstein, better known by his stage name Sid Silvers, was an American comedian, actor, and songwriter active in vaudeville, Broadway, and early Hollywood films.
  • A. Shel Silverstein
    Shel Silverstein was an American poet, cartoonist, songwriter, and children’s author best known for his whimsical, poignant books like "The Giving Tree" and "Where the Sidewalk Ends."
  • B. Michael Burger
    Michael Burger is a legal scholar and environmental law expert known for his leadership in advancing climate change law and policy.
  • C. Sidney Simon
    Sidney Simon was an American painter, sculptor, and influential art educator who co-founded the renowned Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture in Maine.
  • D. Christopher Cerf
    Christopher Cerf is an American writer, composer, and producer best known for his longtime creative work on Sesame Street and other educational media.
  • E. Larry Eigner
    Larry Eigner was an American poet associated with the Black Mountain and Language poetry movements, known for his visually spaced, minimalist verse often composed from his wheelchair.
  • 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_69c0086deab081908550159ca23eec9b completed March 22, 2026, 3:19 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69c04a39c9d08190a78e1e3268584eb5 completed March 22, 2026, 7:59 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69c0e41459c88190a9e0ee0321946e57 completed March 23, 2026, 6:56 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69c0f70f5af08190a42233eaf6fbf736 completed March 23, 2026, 8:17 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69c0f8c533f881908a4f7d84a7e8ee31 completed March 23, 2026, 8:24 a.m.
Created at: March 22, 2026, 4:03 p.m.