Triple

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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]
  • A. Paul Howell
    Paul Howell is a British Conservative Party politician who has served as the Member of Parliament for the Sedgefield constituency.
  • B. Michael Howells
    Michael Howells was the son of English composer Herbert Howells, to whose memory the choral work "Hymnus Paradisi" is dedicated.
  • 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).
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • A. Paul Howell chosen
    Paul Howell is a British Conservative Party politician who has served as the Member of Parliament for the Sedgefield constituency.
  • B. Michael Howells
    Michael Howells was the son of English composer Herbert Howells, to whose memory the choral work "Hymnus Paradisi" is dedicated.
  • 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).
  • 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.
  • 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.