Triple

T7558002
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject The Howards of Virginia E178720 entity
Predicate mainCharacter P1183 FINISHED
Object Matt Howard
Matt Howard is the central protagonist of the historical drama film "The Howards of Virginia," depicting an American colonist whose life and family are shaped by the events of the Revolutionary War.
 E672657 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: Matt Howard | Statement: [The Howards of Virginia, mainCharacter, Matt Howard]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Matt Howard
Context triple: [The Howards of Virginia, mainCharacter, Matt Howard]
  • A. Matt Howard
    Matt Howard is a former American college basketball player best known as a standout forward for Butler University during its back-to-back NCAA Tournament title game runs in 2010 and 2011.
  • B. Martin Howard
    Martin Howard is a relatively obscure individual whose specific notability is not clearly established from the given information.
  • C. Brian Hargrove
    Brian Hargrove is an American television writer, producer, and occasional actor known for his work on series such as "Caroline in the City" and "Wanda at Large."
  • D. Jim Haskins
    Jim Haskins was an American author and educator best known for his numerous books on African American history and biography, particularly for young readers.
  • E. James Hawes
    James Hawes is a British television director and producer known for his work on high-profile drama series and genre shows.
  • 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: Matt Howard
Triple: [The Howards of Virginia, mainCharacter, Matt Howard]
Generated description
Matt Howard is the central protagonist of the historical drama film "The Howards of Virginia," depicting an American colonist whose life and family are shaped by the events of the Revolutionary War.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Matt Howard
Target entity description: Matt Howard is the central protagonist of the historical drama film "The Howards of Virginia," depicting an American colonist whose life and family are shaped by the events of the Revolutionary War.
  • A. Matt Howard
    Matt Howard is a former American college basketball player best known as a standout forward for Butler University during its back-to-back NCAA Tournament title game runs in 2010 and 2011.
  • B. Martin Howard
    Martin Howard is a relatively obscure individual whose specific notability is not clearly established from the given information.
  • C. Brian Hargrove
    Brian Hargrove is an American television writer, producer, and occasional actor known for his work on series such as "Caroline in the City" and "Wanda at Large."
  • D. Jim Haskins
    Jim Haskins was an American author and educator best known for his numerous books on African American history and biography, particularly for young readers.
  • E. James Hawes
    James Hawes is a British television director and producer known for his work on high-profile drama series and genre shows.
  • 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_69c69f2da22c8190a50942ac20af70e8 completed March 27, 2026, 3:15 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69c6f8db3d508190850ed41854d69838 completed March 27, 2026, 9:38 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69c856c833288190842c41e9010d56de completed March 28, 2026, 10:31 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69c8575116c481909aa2bebb997e2883 completed March 28, 2026, 10:33 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69c857d522dc8190ae3c4734ac428334 completed March 28, 2026, 10:36 p.m.
Created at: March 27, 2026, 3:50 p.m.