Triple

T8679511
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Silas Lapham E205999 entity
Predicate givenName P17 FINISHED
Object Silas
Silas is a masculine given name of Latin origin, commonly associated with early Christian figures and literary characters.
 E34825 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: Silas | Statement: [Silas Lapham, givenName, Silas]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Silas
Context triple: [Silas Lapham, givenName, Silas]
  • A. Silas
    Silas is an early Christian leader and missionary companion of Paul, mentioned in the New Testament for his role in spreading the gospel and strengthening the early Church.
  • B. Silas
    Silas is a fanatical albino monk and key antagonist in Dan Brown’s novel "The Da Vinci Code," known for his violent devotion and self-flagellation.
  • C. Silas
    Silas is the aging, itinerant farmhand whose return and decline drive the emotional and moral core of Robert Frost’s narrative poem "The Death of the Hired Man."
  • D. Silas
    Silas is a mysterious, otherworldly guardian figure who protects and mentors the boy Nobody Owens in Neil Gaiman’s novel "The Graveyard Book."
  • E. Silas Duncan
    Silas Duncan was a United States Navy officer best known for his service in the early 19th century, for which a World War II-era destroyer was later named in his honor.
  • 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: Silas
Triple: [Silas Lapham, givenName, Silas]
Generated description
Silas is a masculine given name of Latin origin, commonly associated with early Christian figures and literary characters.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Silas
Target entity description: Silas is a masculine given name of Latin origin, commonly associated with early Christian figures and literary characters.
  • A. Silas chosen
    Silas is an early Christian leader and missionary companion of Paul, mentioned in the New Testament for his role in spreading the gospel and strengthening the early Church.
  • B. Silas
    Silas is a fanatical albino monk and key antagonist in Dan Brown’s novel "The Da Vinci Code," known for his violent devotion and self-flagellation.
  • C. Silas
    Silas is the aging, itinerant farmhand whose return and decline drive the emotional and moral core of Robert Frost’s narrative poem "The Death of the Hired Man."
  • D. Silas
    Silas is a mysterious, otherworldly guardian figure who protects and mentors the boy Nobody Owens in Neil Gaiman’s novel "The Graveyard Book."
  • E. Silas Duncan
    Silas Duncan was a United States Navy officer best known for his service in the early 19th century, for which a World War II-era destroyer was later named in his honor.
  • F. None of above.

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_69ca835379688190aa06b9d98e684d58 completed March 30, 2026, 2:06 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69cc49f8fa948190a070e90d17b4ede2 completed March 31, 2026, 10:26 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69cef3b2be2081908a8744b77c4753f2 completed April 2, 2026, 10:54 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69cef52000048190bc5451cfb6446ced completed April 2, 2026, 11 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69cef809df548190b4f9ecc709b3b065 completed April 2, 2026, 11:13 p.m.
Created at: March 30, 2026, 6:32 p.m.