Triple

T7786572
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Hillsborough High School E187259 entity
Predicate hasAlumnus P51 FINISHED
Object Sam Gibbons
Sam Gibbons was a long-serving U.S. Congressman from Florida known for his influential role in shaping federal tax and trade policy.
E693790 NE FINISHED

Named-entity recognition

Before disambiguation, gpt-5-mini classified whether the object phrase is a named entity — the step behind the object's NE type shown above.

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: Sam Gibbons | Statement: [Hillsborough High School, hasAlumnus, Sam Gibbons]

Disambiguation candidates (2 decisions)

The exact options the model was shown at each disambiguation step, with the option it chose highlighted — the evidence behind this triple's disambiguated ids.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Sam Gibbons
Context triple: [Hillsborough High School, hasAlumnus, Sam Gibbons]
  • A. Garth Fagan
    Garth Fagan is a Jamaican-born American choreographer renowned for his innovative, Afro-Caribbean–infused modern dance style and his Tony Award–winning work on Broadway.
  • B. Steve Gibb
    Steve Gibb is a songwriter best known for co-writing the Kenny Rogers hit ballad "She Believes in Me."
  • C. Rob Barton
    Rob Barton is a musician best known for his past role as a member of the British synth-pop band The Human League.
  • D. Ian Goble
    Ian Goble is a musician best known for his role as a member of the Canadian R&B/rock band The Mynah Birds.
  • E. Jeff Gillooly
    Jeff Gillooly is best known as the ex-husband of figure skater Tonya Harding and a central figure in the 1994 attack on her rival Nancy Kerrigan.
  • F. None of above. chosen
  • G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Sam Gibbons
Target entity description: Sam Gibbons was a long-serving U.S. Congressman from Florida known for his influential role in shaping federal tax and trade policy.
  • A. Garth Fagan
    Garth Fagan is a Jamaican-born American choreographer renowned for his innovative, Afro-Caribbean–infused modern dance style and his Tony Award–winning work on Broadway.
  • B. Steve Gibb
    Steve Gibb is a songwriter best known for co-writing the Kenny Rogers hit ballad "She Believes in Me."
  • C. Rob Barton
    Rob Barton is a musician best known for his past role as a member of the British synth-pop band The Human League.
  • D. Ian Goble
    Ian Goble is a musician best known for his role as a member of the Canadian R&B/rock band The Mynah Birds.
  • E. Jeff Gillooly
    Jeff Gillooly is best known as the ex-husband of figure skater Tonya Harding and a central figure in the 1994 attack on her rival Nancy Kerrigan.
  • F. None of above. chosen

How the object was described

The object's one-sentence description was generated by prompting gpt-5.1 with the object name and this triple as context.

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: Sam Gibbons
Triple: [Hillsborough High School, hasAlumnus, Sam Gibbons]
Generated description
Sam Gibbons was a long-serving U.S. Congressman from Florida known for his influential role in shaping federal tax and trade policy.

Provenance (5 batches)

Stage Batch ID Job type Status
creating batch_69ca82af2d2c8190963861f5e0b8bf21 elicitation completed
NER batch_69cadf2462248190863f838f0e077923 ner completed
NED1 batch_69cb139059a08190a8a4df25ee09756b ned_source_triple completed
NED2 batch_69cb1a29d2988190bb64aada0d2ef463 ned_description completed
NEDg batch_69cb1636b0d48190a57c2d3a7b3b41ed nedg completed
Created at: March 30, 2026, 4:24 p.m.