Triple

T9355985
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject United States at the 2002 Winter Olympics E225140 entity
Predicate flagBearerClosingCeremony P4357 FINISHED
Object Brian Shimer
Brian Shimer is an American bobsledder and Olympic medalist who represented the United States in multiple Winter Games.
E835545 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: Brian Shimer | Statement: [United States at the 2002 Winter Olympics, flagBearerClosingCeremony, Brian Shimer]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Brian Shimer
Context triple: [United States at the 2002 Winter Olympics, flagBearerClosingCeremony, Brian Shimer]
  • A. Brian Schmetzer
    Brian Schmetzer is an American soccer coach best known for leading Seattle Sounders FC to multiple MLS Cup titles and establishing the club as a perennial league contender.
  • B. Matthew Shafer
    Matthew Shafer is an American writer known for his work on the animated series "Cowboy Bebop" and related projects.
  • C. Matthew Shafer
    Matthew Shafer, better known by his stage name Uncle Kracker, is an American singer-songwriter and musician recognized for his blend of rock, country, and pop influences.
  • D. Jeremy Adelman
    Jeremy Adelman is a composer best known for creating music for television, including the series "Hart of Dixie."
  • E. Shawn Eichman
    Shawn Eichman is an American political activist best known as a defendant in the landmark U.S. Supreme Court case that struck down federal prohibitions on flag desecration as unconstitutional.
  • 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: Brian Shimer
Triple: [United States at the 2002 Winter Olympics, flagBearerClosingCeremony, Brian Shimer]
Generated description
Brian Shimer is an American bobsledder and Olympic medalist who represented the United States in multiple Winter Games.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Brian Shimer
Target entity description: Brian Shimer is an American bobsledder and Olympic medalist who represented the United States in multiple Winter Games.
  • A. Brian Schmetzer
    Brian Schmetzer is an American soccer coach best known for leading Seattle Sounders FC to multiple MLS Cup titles and establishing the club as a perennial league contender.
  • B. Matthew Shafer
    Matthew Shafer is an American writer known for his work on the animated series "Cowboy Bebop" and related projects.
  • C. Matthew Shafer
    Matthew Shafer, better known by his stage name Uncle Kracker, is an American singer-songwriter and musician recognized for his blend of rock, country, and pop influences.
  • D. Jeremy Adelman
    Jeremy Adelman is a composer best known for creating music for television, including the series "Hart of Dixie."
  • E. Shawn Eichman
    Shawn Eichman is an American political activist best known as a defendant in the landmark U.S. Supreme Court case that struck down federal prohibitions on flag desecration as unconstitutional.
  • 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_69ca842abfd48190949d71c3b86eeba8 completed March 30, 2026, 2:09 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69cd4fee9d4c8190a7d121c9487ccca2 completed April 1, 2026, 5:03 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69d2696450e4819086d5aac368127e5f completed April 5, 2026, 1:53 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69d26b3e1b948190a76cf7ad91a1e0a5 completed April 5, 2026, 2:01 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69d26c0c9ee88190867f8531e9ffbf27 completed April 5, 2026, 2:05 p.m.
Created at: March 30, 2026, 7:42 p.m.