Triple
T8731925
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Howell |
E207275
|
entity |
| Predicate | hasNotableBearer |
P458
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Paul Howell
Paul Howell is a name shared by several notable individuals, including politicians and public figures, whose specific identity depends on the context in which it is used.
|
E618107
|
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: Paul Howell | Statement: [Howell, hasNotableBearer, Paul Howell]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Paul Howell Context triple: [Howell, hasNotableBearer, Paul Howell]
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A.
Paul Howell
Paul Howell is a British Conservative Party politician who has served as the Member of Parliament for the Sedgefield constituency.
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B.
Michael Howells
Michael Howells was the son of English composer Herbert Howells, to whose memory the choral work "Hymnus Paradisi" is dedicated.
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C.
Tim Howes
Tim Howes is an American computer scientist and entrepreneur best known as the co-inventor of the LDAP protocol and a co-founder of the cloud services company Loudcloud (later Opsware).
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D.
Peter Howells
Peter Howells is a notable individual who shares the surname Howells and has achieved sufficient recognition to be distinguished as a bearer of that name.
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E.
Danny Howells
Danny Howells is a British DJ and electronic music producer known for his eclectic, progressive house and tech-house sets and long-standing presence in the global club scene.
- 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: Paul Howell Triple: [Howell, hasNotableBearer, Paul Howell]
Generated description
Paul Howell is a name shared by several notable individuals, including politicians and public figures, whose specific identity depends on the context in which it is used.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Paul Howell Target entity description: Paul Howell is a name shared by several notable individuals, including politicians and public figures, whose specific identity depends on the context in which it is used.
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A.
Paul Howell
chosen
Paul Howell is a British Conservative Party politician who has served as the Member of Parliament for the Sedgefield constituency.
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B.
Michael Howells
Michael Howells was the son of English composer Herbert Howells, to whose memory the choral work "Hymnus Paradisi" is dedicated.
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C.
Tim Howes
Tim Howes is an American computer scientist and entrepreneur best known as the co-inventor of the LDAP protocol and a co-founder of the cloud services company Loudcloud (later Opsware).
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D.
Peter Howells
Peter Howells is a notable individual who shares the surname Howells and has achieved sufficient recognition to be distinguished as a bearer of that name.
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E.
Danny Howells
Danny Howells is a British DJ and electronic music producer known for his eclectic, progressive house and tech-house sets and long-standing presence in the global club scene.
- 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_69ca8358e4008190898471a59b96c301 |
completed | March 30, 2026, 2:06 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69cc5d27efb88190b42d5bc9774d9c63 |
completed | March 31, 2026, 11:47 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69cf292d71ec819082095cb7b8b2d39c |
completed | April 3, 2026, 2:42 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69cf2bd42e6081908e016303eeb2241f |
completed | April 3, 2026, 2:54 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69cf2ce47b748190b883063dc3e5d16b |
completed | April 3, 2026, 2:58 a.m. |
Created at: March 30, 2026, 6:37 p.m.