Triple

T8964094
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject A. E. van Vogt E214082 entity
Predicate middleName P143 FINISHED
Object Elton
Elton is the middle name of the influential Canadian science fiction author A. E. van Vogt.
 E770138 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: Elton | Statement: [A. E. van Vogt, middleName, Elton]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Elton
Context triple: [A. E. van Vogt, middleName, Elton]
  • A. Mr. Elton
    Mr. Elton is the self-important village vicar and would-be suitor whose vanity and social ambition create romantic complications in the 1996 film adaptation of Jane Austen’s "Emma."
  • B. Elton John
    Elton John is a legendary British singer, pianist, and composer known for his flamboyant style and numerous hit songs across several decades.
  • C. Elton Tiscia
    Elton Tiscia is a supporting character in the 1995 teen comedy film "Clueless," known as a popular but self-centered high school student who briefly dates Cher’s friend Tai.
  • D. Engelbert Humperdinck
    Engelbert Humperdinck is a British pop singer known for his smooth baritone voice and romantic ballads, achieving international fame with hits like "Release Me" and "The Last Waltz."
  • E. Liberace
    Liberace was a flamboyant American pianist and entertainer known for his virtuosic performances, extravagant costumes, and popular television shows from the 1950s onward.
  • 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: Elton
Triple: [A. E. van Vogt, middleName, Elton]
Generated description
Elton is the middle name of the influential Canadian science fiction author A. E. van Vogt.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Elton
Target entity description: Elton is the middle name of the influential Canadian science fiction author A. E. van Vogt.
  • A. Mr. Elton
    Mr. Elton is the self-important village vicar and would-be suitor whose vanity and social ambition create romantic complications in the 1996 film adaptation of Jane Austen’s "Emma."
  • B. Elton John
    Elton John is a legendary British singer, pianist, and composer known for his flamboyant style and numerous hit songs across several decades.
  • C. Elton Tiscia
    Elton Tiscia is a supporting character in the 1995 teen comedy film "Clueless," known as a popular but self-centered high school student who briefly dates Cher’s friend Tai.
  • D. Engelbert Humperdinck
    Engelbert Humperdinck is a British pop singer known for his smooth baritone voice and romantic ballads, achieving international fame with hits like "Release Me" and "The Last Waltz."
  • E. Liberace
    Liberace was a flamboyant American pianist and entertainer known for his virtuosic performances, extravagant costumes, and popular television shows from the 1950s onward.
  • 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_69ca839cd6008190a1546a701a56710c completed March 30, 2026, 2:07 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69cc674b06f08190b2d992674a093592 completed April 1, 2026, 12:31 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69cfc9512eec8190963aa68108691f7f completed April 3, 2026, 2:06 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69cfcb178d488190ab8ea897f964c10a completed April 3, 2026, 2:13 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69cfcc1bb3248190ac94ed37be2dcde4 completed April 3, 2026, 2:18 p.m.
Created at: March 30, 2026, 7:01 p.m.