Triple

T14428019
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject John D. Roberts E357744 entity
Predicate familyName P18 FINISHED
Object Roberts
Roberts is a common English-language surname borne by numerous notable individuals across fields such as science, politics, entertainment, and sports.
E938305 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: Roberts | Statement: [John D. Roberts, familyName, Roberts]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Roberts
Context triple: [John D. Roberts, familyName, Roberts]
  • A. John
    John B. Magruder was a Confederate major general during the American Civil War, known for his leadership in the Peninsula Campaign and his flamboyant personality.
  • B. John
    John is the given name of John Finnis, a prominent legal philosopher known for his work on natural law theory.
  • C. John
    John is a fictional police detective and main character from the science fiction TV series "Almost Human."
  • D. John
    John is the given name of John Copley, 1st Baron Lyndhurst, a prominent 19th-century British lawyer and politician who served three times as Lord Chancellor.
  • E. John
    John is the given first name of Jack Northrop, the pioneering American aircraft industrialist and designer.
  • 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: Roberts
Triple: [John D. Roberts, familyName, Roberts]
Generated description
Roberts is a common English-language surname borne by numerous notable individuals across fields such as science, politics, entertainment, and sports.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Roberts
Target entity description: Roberts is a common English-language surname borne by numerous notable individuals across fields such as science, politics, entertainment, and sports.
  • A. Roberts
    Roberts is the maiden surname of Margaret Thatcher, the former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom.
  • B. Roberts
    Roberts is the territorial designation associated with British Army commander Earl Roberts, a prominent military figure of the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
  • C. Roberts chosen
    Roberts is a common English and Welsh surname derived from the given name Robert, borne by numerous notable individuals across various fields.
  • D. John
    John B. Magruder was a Confederate major general during the American Civil War, known for his leadership in the Peninsula Campaign and his flamboyant personality.
  • E. John
    John is the given name of Prince Alexander John of Wales, a short-lived British royal infant of the 19th century.
  • F. None of above.

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_69d8279402a88190821ffa39ae15bccf completed April 9, 2026, 10:26 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69de91154de881909266ae88d1545685 completed April 14, 2026, 7:10 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69fd5bcfa1d88190b59cefd3e305f55f completed May 8, 2026, 3:43 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69fd5d6af9ac8190a37f11b0f8a1db0f completed May 8, 2026, 3:50 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69fd5df48f7481909764bc4e23c0b04a completed May 8, 2026, 3:52 a.m.
Created at: April 10, 2026, 1:18 a.m.