Triple

T9392601
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Dan Blocker E226059 entity
Predicate placeOfBirth P1 FINISHED
Object De Kalb, Texas, United States
De Kalb is a small rural city in northeastern Texas best known as the birthplace of actor Dan Blocker, who played Hoss Cartwright on the classic TV series "Bonanza."
E796341 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: De Kalb, Texas, United States | Statement: [Dan Blocker, placeOfBirth, De Kalb, Texas, United States]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: De Kalb, Texas, United States
Context triple: [Dan Blocker, placeOfBirth, De Kalb, Texas, United States]
  • A. Lubbock, Texas, United States
    Lubbock is a city in northwestern Texas known as a regional hub for education, healthcare, and agriculture, and as the home of Texas Tech University.
  • B. Katy, Texas, United States
    Katy, Texas, United States is a suburban city in the Greater Houston metropolitan area known for its strong school system and rapid residential and commercial growth.
  • C. Abilene, Texas, United States
    Abilene, Texas, United States is a city in west-central Texas known historically as a key railroad and cattle-shipping center and today as a regional hub for education, healthcare, and the military.
  • D. Austin, Texas, United States
    Austin is the capital city of the U.S. state of Texas, known for its vibrant live music scene, tech industry, and cultural diversity.
  • E. Tomball, Texas, United States
    Tomball, Texas, United States is a small city in the Houston metropolitan area known for its historic downtown, railroad heritage, and suburban community character.
  • 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: De Kalb, Texas, United States
Triple: [Dan Blocker, placeOfBirth, De Kalb, Texas, United States]
Generated description
De Kalb is a small rural city in northeastern Texas best known as the birthplace of actor Dan Blocker, who played Hoss Cartwright on the classic TV series "Bonanza."
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: De Kalb, Texas, United States
Target entity description: De Kalb is a small rural city in northeastern Texas best known as the birthplace of actor Dan Blocker, who played Hoss Cartwright on the classic TV series "Bonanza."
  • A. Lubbock, Texas, United States
    Lubbock is a city in northwestern Texas known as a regional hub for education, healthcare, and agriculture, and as the home of Texas Tech University.
  • B. Katy, Texas, United States
    Katy, Texas, United States is a suburban city in the Greater Houston metropolitan area known for its strong school system and rapid residential and commercial growth.
  • C. Abilene, Texas, United States
    Abilene, Texas, United States is a city in west-central Texas known historically as a key railroad and cattle-shipping center and today as a regional hub for education, healthcare, and the military.
  • D. Austin, Texas, United States
    Austin is the capital city of the U.S. state of Texas, known for its vibrant live music scene, tech industry, and cultural diversity.
  • E. Tomball, Texas, United States
    Tomball, Texas, United States is a small city in the Houston metropolitan area known for its historic downtown, railroad heritage, and suburban community character.
  • 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_69ca842f7e3481908bf5bcf52e032dbd completed March 30, 2026, 2:09 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69cd510fec6481908b51c497744068c8 completed April 1, 2026, 5:08 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69d10108cd0c8190a38ee2325d3475ce completed April 4, 2026, 12:16 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69d1028690e48190ad737550f1425028 completed April 4, 2026, 12:22 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69d102f969188190b62fe3b8e7035b1d completed April 4, 2026, 12:24 p.m.
Created at: March 30, 2026, 7:45 p.m.