Triple

T12234439
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Trial by Fire E291555 entity
Predicate producer P490 FINISHED
Object Kevin Shirley
Kevin Shirley is a renowned South African-born record producer and engineer best known for his work with major rock and metal acts such as Iron Maiden, Led Zeppelin, and Journey.
E974590 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: Kevin Shirley | Statement: [Trial by Fire, producer, Kevin Shirley]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Kevin Shirley
Context triple: [Trial by Fire, producer, Kevin Shirley]
  • A. Glenn Shadix
    Glenn Shadix was an American character actor best known for his eccentric roles in films like "Beetlejuice" and various voice performances in animated works.
  • B. Kevin Pearson
    Kevin Pearson is a central character in the television drama "This Is Us," known as one of the Pearson triplets whose struggles with identity, family, and fame are a core focus of the series.
  • C. Kevin Ryan
    Kevin Ryan is an American entrepreneur and investor best known as the co-founder and former CEO of online advertising company DoubleClick and a prominent figure in New York’s tech scene.
  • D. Kevin Ryan
    Kevin Ryan is a fictional NYPD detective and member of Richard Castle's investigative team on the television series "Castle."
  • E. Ken Hutchison
    Ken Hutchison was a Scottish actor known for his intense character roles in film and television during the 1970s and 1980s.
  • 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: Kevin Shirley
Triple: [Trial by Fire, producer, Kevin Shirley]
Generated description
Kevin Shirley is a renowned South African-born record producer and engineer best known for his work with major rock and metal acts such as Iron Maiden, Led Zeppelin, and Journey.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Kevin Shirley
Target entity description: Kevin Shirley is a renowned South African-born record producer and engineer best known for his work with major rock and metal acts such as Iron Maiden, Led Zeppelin, and Journey.
  • A. Glenn Shadix
    Glenn Shadix was an American character actor best known for his eccentric roles in films like "Beetlejuice" and various voice performances in animated works.
  • B. Kevin Pearson
    Kevin Pearson is a central character in the television drama "This Is Us," known as one of the Pearson triplets whose struggles with identity, family, and fame are a core focus of the series.
  • C. Kevin Ryan
    Kevin Ryan is an American entrepreneur and investor best known as the co-founder and former CEO of online advertising company DoubleClick and a prominent figure in New York’s tech scene.
  • D. Kevin Ryan
    Kevin Ryan is a fictional NYPD detective and member of Richard Castle's investigative team on the television series "Castle."
  • E. Ken Hutchison
    Ken Hutchison was a Scottish actor known for his intense character roles in film and television during the 1970s and 1980s.
  • 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_69d6ab668acc8190963ba424049d6aee completed April 8, 2026, 7:24 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69d91ca5a06481908c7c6b715b9f6713 completed April 10, 2026, 3:52 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69f61e5e32908190a3c1e75ba336ad89 completed May 2, 2026, 3:55 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69f61f9386548190a749445a404db3a2 completed May 2, 2026, 4 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69f6207f164c8190b663a50ee3c761d6 completed May 2, 2026, 4:04 p.m.
Created at: April 8, 2026, 9:51 p.m.