Triple

T6757713
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject William Nathaniel Showalter III E154503 entity
Predicate familyName P18 FINISHED
Object Showalter
Showalter is a surname of German origin borne by various notable individuals across fields such as sports, academia, and the arts.
E617931 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: Showalter | Statement: [William Nathaniel Showalter III, familyName, Showalter]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Showalter
Context triple: [William Nathaniel Showalter III, familyName, Showalter]
  • A. Sharston
    Sharston is a suburban area of Manchester, England, known for its residential neighborhoods and proximity to other districts like Baguley and Wythenshawe.
  • B. Lacedelli
    Lacedelli is an Italian surname most notably associated with Lino Lacedelli, one of the first climbers to reach the summit of K2.
  • C. Finklea
    Finklea is the birth surname of American actress and dancer Cyd Charisse, known for her roles in classic Hollywood musicals.
  • D. Tuthill
    Tuthill is a surname most notably associated with William Burnet Tuthill, the American architect who designed Carnegie Hall in New York City.
  • E. Kniphausen
    Kniphausen is a historical territory in present-day Germany that once functioned as a small semi-independent lordship under various regional powers.
  • 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: Showalter
Triple: [William Nathaniel Showalter III, familyName, Showalter]
Generated description
Showalter is a surname of German origin borne by various notable individuals across fields such as sports, academia, and the arts.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Showalter
Target entity description: Showalter is a surname of German origin borne by various notable individuals across fields such as sports, academia, and the arts.
  • A. Sharston
    Sharston is a suburban area of Manchester, England, known for its residential neighborhoods and proximity to other districts like Baguley and Wythenshawe.
  • B. Lacedelli
    Lacedelli is an Italian surname most notably associated with Lino Lacedelli, one of the first climbers to reach the summit of K2.
  • C. Finklea
    Finklea is the birth surname of American actress and dancer Cyd Charisse, known for her roles in classic Hollywood musicals.
  • D. Tuthill
    Tuthill is a surname most notably associated with William Burnet Tuthill, the American architect who designed Carnegie Hall in New York City.
  • E. Kniphausen
    Kniphausen is a historical territory in present-day Germany that once functioned as a small semi-independent lordship under various regional powers.
  • 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_69c6880fd5808190be684854081e27dd completed March 27, 2026, 1:37 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69c6d1f76c9c81908c213772a54f1352 completed March 27, 2026, 6:52 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69c712ad568c8190bc82f6149c22273a completed March 27, 2026, 11:28 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69c713b3accc81908d19c1b00e2c312c completed March 27, 2026, 11:33 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69c7146413748190b844d9422dce42c2 completed March 27, 2026, 11:36 p.m.
Created at: March 27, 2026, 2:11 p.m.