Triple

T7524867
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Rollo Lawson E177865 entity
Predicate portrayedBy P1507 FINISHED
Object Nathaniel Taylor
Nathaniel Taylor was an American television actor best known for his role as Rollo Lawson on the 1970s sitcom "Sanford and Son."
E670871 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: Nathaniel Taylor | Statement: [Rollo Lawson, portrayedBy, Nathaniel Taylor]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Nathaniel Taylor
Context triple: [Rollo Lawson, portrayedBy, Nathaniel Taylor]
  • A. Nathaniel William Taylor
    Nathaniel William Taylor was a 19th-century American Congregational theologian and Yale professor known for developing the influential "New Haven" variant of New England theology.
  • B. Nathaniel Brown
    Nathaniel Brown was the longtime husband of Rebbie Jackson, the eldest sibling of the Jackson musical family.
  • C. Nathaniel Eaton
    Nathaniel Eaton was a 17th-century English-born clergyman and educator best known as the first head of Harvard College, whose harsh disciplinary methods led to his dismissal and later life in disgrace.
  • D. Nathaniel Smith
    Nathaniel Smith is one of the sons of acclaimed British actress Dame Maggie Smith.
  • E. William Taylor
    William Taylor was an early 18th-century London bookseller and publisher best known for issuing the first edition of Daniel Defoe’s novel "Robinson Crusoe."
  • 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: Nathaniel Taylor
Triple: [Rollo Lawson, portrayedBy, Nathaniel Taylor]
Generated description
Nathaniel Taylor was an American television actor best known for his role as Rollo Lawson on the 1970s sitcom "Sanford and Son."
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Nathaniel Taylor
Target entity description: Nathaniel Taylor was an American television actor best known for his role as Rollo Lawson on the 1970s sitcom "Sanford and Son."
  • A. Nathaniel William Taylor
    Nathaniel William Taylor was a 19th-century American Congregational theologian and Yale professor known for developing the influential "New Haven" variant of New England theology.
  • B. Nathaniel Brown
    Nathaniel Brown was the longtime husband of Rebbie Jackson, the eldest sibling of the Jackson musical family.
  • C. Nathaniel Eaton
    Nathaniel Eaton was a 17th-century English-born clergyman and educator best known as the first head of Harvard College, whose harsh disciplinary methods led to his dismissal and later life in disgrace.
  • D. Nathaniel Smith
    Nathaniel Smith is one of the sons of acclaimed British actress Dame Maggie Smith.
  • E. William Taylor
    William Taylor was an early 18th-century London bookseller and publisher best known for issuing the first edition of Daniel Defoe’s novel "Robinson Crusoe."
  • 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_69c69f29bf3081909a146aec7755f185 completed March 27, 2026, 3:15 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69c6f7c61b508190b582f54ecbb387e3 completed March 27, 2026, 9:33 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69c84631e6bc819099b3a7819c3ae9a7 completed March 28, 2026, 9:20 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69c8471e50ec8190b3d9e9fa5212cbac completed March 28, 2026, 9:24 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69c8478782388190bb0e86bfb455750b completed March 28, 2026, 9:26 p.m.
Created at: March 27, 2026, 3:46 p.m.