Triple

T7112234
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Matthew Shepard E165732 entity
Predicate hasFather P1908 FINISHED
Object Dennis Shepard
Dennis Shepard is an American activist and the father of Matthew Shepard, who became a prominent advocate for LGBTQ+ rights and hate-crime legislation following his son's murder.
E659557 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: Dennis Shepard | Statement: [Matthew Shepard, hasFather, Dennis Shepard]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Dennis Shepard
Context triple: [Matthew Shepard, hasFather, Dennis Shepard]
  • A. Dennis Reynolds
    Dennis Reynolds is a narcissistic, manipulative co-owner of Paddy’s Pub and one of the main characters in the dark comedy series "It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia."
  • B. Dennis Morgan
    Dennis Morgan was an American film actor and singer best known for his leading-man roles in Hollywood musicals and dramas of the 1940s.
  • C. Dennis Phillips
    Dennis Phillips is a character from the television series "Soap," known primarily as a romantic partner of Jodie Dallas in the show's groundbreaking portrayal of LGBTQ+ relationships.
  • D. Dennis Gates
    Dennis Gates is an American college basketball coach best known for revitalizing the Missouri Tigers men's basketball program after previously leading Cleveland State.
  • E. Dennis Patterson
    Dennis Patterson is a central character in the British television drama-comedy "Auf Wiedersehen, Pet," known as the responsible, level-headed leader among a group of itinerant construction workers.
  • 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: Dennis Shepard
Triple: [Matthew Shepard, hasFather, Dennis Shepard]
Generated description
Dennis Shepard is an American activist and the father of Matthew Shepard, who became a prominent advocate for LGBTQ+ rights and hate-crime legislation following his son's murder.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Dennis Shepard
Target entity description: Dennis Shepard is an American activist and the father of Matthew Shepard, who became a prominent advocate for LGBTQ+ rights and hate-crime legislation following his son's murder.
  • A. Dennis Reynolds
    Dennis Reynolds is a narcissistic, manipulative co-owner of Paddy’s Pub and one of the main characters in the dark comedy series "It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia."
  • B. Dennis Morgan
    Dennis Morgan was an American film actor and singer best known for his leading-man roles in Hollywood musicals and dramas of the 1940s.
  • C. Dennis Phillips
    Dennis Phillips is a character from the television series "Soap," known primarily as a romantic partner of Jodie Dallas in the show's groundbreaking portrayal of LGBTQ+ relationships.
  • D. Dennis Gates
    Dennis Gates is an American college basketball coach best known for revitalizing the Missouri Tigers men's basketball program after previously leading Cleveland State.
  • E. Dennis Patterson
    Dennis Patterson is a central character in the British television drama-comedy "Auf Wiedersehen, Pet," known as the responsible, level-headed leader among a group of itinerant construction workers.
  • 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_69c6888120f081908f8f01b201dc4a4c completed March 27, 2026, 1:39 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69c6e5edf89c8190a069b35ff7768165 completed March 27, 2026, 8:17 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69c802a126e081908ca3074b636764d1 completed March 28, 2026, 4:32 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69c8032a62a08190a047d4945543bc6c completed March 28, 2026, 4:34 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69c8039fce888190bbda8cdaa041310c completed March 28, 2026, 4:36 p.m.
Created at: March 27, 2026, 2:43 p.m.