Triple

T11344116
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Roger Sterling E268673 entity
Predicate partOf P40 FINISHED
Object Sterling family (Mad Men)
The Sterling family in *Mad Men* is a prominent, old-money New York clan best known through advertising executive Roger Sterling, whose inherited status and influence shape much of the series’ social and professional world.
 E920619 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: Sterling family (Mad Men) | Statement: [Roger Sterling, partOf, Sterling family (Mad Men)]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Sterling family (Mad Men)
Context triple: [Roger Sterling, partOf, Sterling family (Mad Men)]
  • A. Sterling family
    The Sterling family is a prominent American philanthropic family known for major donations to institutions such as Yale University.
  • B. Huxtable family
    The Huxtable family is the central fictional household in the American sitcom "The Cosby Show," known for its portrayal of an upper-middle-class African-American family living in Brooklyn.
  • C. Witherspoon family
    The Witherspoon family is a historically notable American family recognized for its social standing and contributions to public and civic life.
  • D. Forrester family
    The Forrester family is a central fictional dynasty in the soap opera "The Bold and the Beautiful," known for running the high-fashion house Forrester Creations and for their dramatic personal and professional entanglements.
  • E. Elliott family
    The Elliott family is the maternal lineage of former Canadian Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau and current Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, known for its influence within Canadian political and social circles.
  • 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: Sterling family (Mad Men)
Triple: [Roger Sterling, partOf, Sterling family (Mad Men)]
Generated description
The Sterling family in *Mad Men* is a prominent, old-money New York clan best known through advertising executive Roger Sterling, whose inherited status and influence shape much of the series’ social and professional world.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Sterling family (Mad Men)
Target entity description: The Sterling family in *Mad Men* is a prominent, old-money New York clan best known through advertising executive Roger Sterling, whose inherited status and influence shape much of the series’ social and professional world.
  • A. Sterling family
    The Sterling family is a prominent American philanthropic family known for major donations to institutions such as Yale University.
  • B. Huxtable family
    The Huxtable family is the central fictional household in the American sitcom "The Cosby Show," known for its portrayal of an upper-middle-class African-American family living in Brooklyn.
  • C. Witherspoon family
    The Witherspoon family is a historically notable American family recognized for its social standing and contributions to public and civic life.
  • D. Forrester family
    The Forrester family is a central fictional dynasty in the soap opera "The Bold and the Beautiful," known for running the high-fashion house Forrester Creations and for their dramatic personal and professional entanglements.
  • E. Elliott family
    The Elliott family is the maternal lineage of former Canadian Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau and current Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, known for its influence within Canadian political and social circles.
  • 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_69d6aacbe18081909e5fadb50082dd96 completed April 8, 2026, 7:21 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69d7ea1f9574819089760c5b5908f09e completed April 9, 2026, 6:04 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69e5436e9d848190a7e585351d24df03 completed April 19, 2026, 9:04 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69e5474aad3481909c1afb385cb5889b completed April 19, 2026, 9:21 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69e54edb9ac08190a760de11857e791c completed April 19, 2026, 9:53 p.m.
Created at: April 8, 2026, 9:33 p.m.