Triple

T6736825
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject George Burns E153975 entity
Predicate familyName P18 FINISHED
Object Birnbaum
Birnbaum is the original family surname of American comedian and actor George Burns, who was born Nathan Birnbaum.
 E614989 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: Birnbaum | Statement: [George Burns, familyName, Birnbaum]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Birnbaum
Context triple: [George Burns, familyName, Birnbaum]
  • A. Borstein
    Borstein is the surname of American actress and comedian Alex Borstein, known for her voice role as Lois Griffin on "Family Guy" and her performance on "The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel."
  • B. Bonger
    Bonger is a Dutch surname most notably associated with Johanna van Gogh-Bonger, the key figure in preserving and promoting Vincent van Gogh’s artistic legacy.
  • C. Bridgman
    Bridgman is a surname most notably associated with American physicist and Nobel laureate Percy Williams Bridgman, a pioneer in high-pressure physics.
  • D. Hartigan
    Hartigan is a surname most notably associated with Grace Hartigan, a prominent American Abstract Expressionist painter.
  • E. Bryc
    Bryc is an alternative spelling of the given name Bryce, typically used as a modern or stylistic variant.
  • 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: Birnbaum
Triple: [George Burns, familyName, Birnbaum]
Generated description
Birnbaum is the original family surname of American comedian and actor George Burns, who was born Nathan Birnbaum.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Birnbaum
Target entity description: Birnbaum is the original family surname of American comedian and actor George Burns, who was born Nathan Birnbaum.
  • A. Borstein
    Borstein is the surname of American actress and comedian Alex Borstein, known for her voice role as Lois Griffin on "Family Guy" and her performance on "The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel."
  • B. Bonger
    Bonger is a Dutch surname most notably associated with Johanna van Gogh-Bonger, the key figure in preserving and promoting Vincent van Gogh’s artistic legacy.
  • C. Bridgman
    Bridgman is a surname most notably associated with American physicist and Nobel laureate Percy Williams Bridgman, a pioneer in high-pressure physics.
  • D. Hartigan
    Hartigan is a surname most notably associated with Grace Hartigan, a prominent American Abstract Expressionist painter.
  • E. Bryc
    Bryc is an alternative spelling of the given name Bryce, typically used as a modern or stylistic variant.
  • 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_69c6880d84d8819095d19de2295f26ac completed March 27, 2026, 1:37 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69c6d18369d88190a73349075462202b completed March 27, 2026, 6:50 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69c70b09b97c8190a5a538571b6909f0 completed March 27, 2026, 10:56 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69c70bda97f08190bc6dab7177341876 completed March 27, 2026, 10:59 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69c70c51e0148190be64afb56690b34f completed March 27, 2026, 11:01 p.m.
Created at: March 27, 2026, 2:09 p.m.