Triple
T6271176
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Tap |
E140537
|
entity |
| Predicate | featuresPerformer |
P1363
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Howard Sims
Howard Sims was an influential American tap dancer renowned for his virtuosic rhythm tap style and his long association with New York’s Apollo Theater.
|
E579182
|
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: Howard Sims | Statement: [Tap, featuresPerformer, Howard Sims]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Howard Sims Context triple: [Tap, featuresPerformer, Howard Sims]
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A.
Charles Simmons
Charles Simmons was an American author and editor known for his witty, elegantly crafted novels and his long association with The New York Times Book Review.
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B.
Warren Simmons
Warren Simmons is an American real estate developer best known for creating San Francisco’s popular waterfront attraction Pier 39.
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C.
Michael T. Simmons
Michael T. Simmons was a 19th-century American pioneer and early settler in the Pacific Northwest who played a key role in founding communities in what is now Washington State.
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D.
John Simmons
John Simmons was a 19th-century American clothing manufacturer and philanthropist whose endowment led to the creation of Simmons University in Boston.
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E.
Richard Somers
Richard Somers was a United States Navy officer and early American naval hero of the First Barbary War, remembered for his leadership and death during a daring 1804 explosion-ship mission at Tripoli.
- 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: Howard Sims Triple: [Tap, featuresPerformer, Howard Sims]
Generated description
Howard Sims was an influential American tap dancer renowned for his virtuosic rhythm tap style and his long association with New York’s Apollo Theater.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Howard Sims Target entity description: Howard Sims was an influential American tap dancer renowned for his virtuosic rhythm tap style and his long association with New York’s Apollo Theater.
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A.
Charles Simmons
Charles Simmons was an American author and editor known for his witty, elegantly crafted novels and his long association with The New York Times Book Review.
-
B.
Warren Simmons
Warren Simmons is an American real estate developer best known for creating San Francisco’s popular waterfront attraction Pier 39.
-
C.
Michael T. Simmons
Michael T. Simmons was a 19th-century American pioneer and early settler in the Pacific Northwest who played a key role in founding communities in what is now Washington State.
-
D.
John Simmons
John Simmons was a 19th-century American clothing manufacturer and philanthropist whose endowment led to the creation of Simmons University in Boston.
-
E.
Richard Somers
Richard Somers was a United States Navy officer and early American naval hero of the First Barbary War, remembered for his leadership and death during a daring 1804 explosion-ship mission at Tripoli.
- 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_69c008cabc4081909723e2547c9d6cc0 |
completed | March 22, 2026, 3:20 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69c063bb340c8190ab81b249cefa91ca |
completed | March 22, 2026, 9:48 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69c2446629248190945f0f4f4a103bbd |
completed | March 24, 2026, 7:59 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69c246b507a08190ab5423c54e2b0eb5 |
completed | March 24, 2026, 8:09 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69c2471ce99c8190af2305937dfacc9c |
completed | March 24, 2026, 8:11 a.m. |
Created at: March 22, 2026, 4:25 p.m.