Triple

T8540197
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Carroll Shelby E202175 entity
Predicate familyName P18 FINISHED
Object Shelby
Shelby is the surname of Carroll Shelby, the legendary American automotive designer, racing driver, and creator of high-performance cars like the Shelby Cobra and Shelby Mustangs.
 E741085 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: Shelby | Statement: [Carroll Shelby, familyName, Shelby]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Shelby
Context triple: [Carroll Shelby, familyName, Shelby]
  • A. Shelby
    Shelby is a fictional character known for serving as a coach, typically portrayed as a mentor and leader within a sports or team setting.
  • B. Shelby
    Shelby is a small city located in Shelby County, Iowa, known for its rural Midwestern character and community-oriented lifestyle.
  • C. Shelby
    Shelby is a given name most notably borne by American politician Shelby Moore Cullom, who served as a U.S. Representative, Governor of Illinois, and long-time U.S. Senator in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
  • D. Shelbyville
    Shelbyville is a small city in central Indiana that functions as a local commercial and residential hub within the greater Indianapolis region.
  • E. Aiken
    Aiken is a variant spelling of the surname Aitken, which is of Scottish origin.
  • 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: Shelby
Triple: [Carroll Shelby, familyName, Shelby]
Generated description
Shelby is the surname of Carroll Shelby, the legendary American automotive designer, racing driver, and creator of high-performance cars like the Shelby Cobra and Shelby Mustangs.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Shelby
Target entity description: Shelby is the surname of Carroll Shelby, the legendary American automotive designer, racing driver, and creator of high-performance cars like the Shelby Cobra and Shelby Mustangs.
  • A. Shelby
    Shelby is a fictional character known for serving as a coach, typically portrayed as a mentor and leader within a sports or team setting.
  • B. Shelby
    Shelby is a given name most notably borne by American politician Shelby Moore Cullom, who served as a U.S. Representative, Governor of Illinois, and long-time U.S. Senator in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
  • C. Shelby
    Shelby is a small city located in Shelby County, Iowa, known for its rural Midwestern character and community-oriented lifestyle.
  • D. Shelbyville
    Shelbyville is a small city in central Indiana that functions as a local commercial and residential hub within the greater Indianapolis region.
  • E. Aiken
    Aiken is a variant spelling of the surname Aitken, which is of Scottish origin.
  • 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_69ca832461e88190a654c5e44e233aa8 completed March 30, 2026, 2:05 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69cbe6dfb2bc8190a41e32eca3c824c2 completed March 31, 2026, 3:23 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69ce6d9d06e48190a5c0cfa9779fc07c completed April 2, 2026, 1:22 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69ce6ec2d6608190a7732e999a05d565 completed April 2, 2026, 1:27 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69ce6f7948cc8190b8248e59044cf4fb completed April 2, 2026, 1:30 p.m.
Created at: March 30, 2026, 6:18 p.m.