Triple

T14720868
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Sykes E345808 entity
Predicate hasNotableBearer P458 FINISHED
Object Bob Sykes
Bob Sykes is a name shared by several individuals, most commonly associated with figures in American sports and entertainment.
E1115570 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: Bob Sykes | Statement: [Sykes, hasNotableBearer, Bob Sykes]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Bob Sykes
Context triple: [Sykes, hasNotableBearer, Bob Sykes]
  • A. Richard Sykes
    Richard Sykes is a British biochemist and pharmaceutical executive who became a prominent academic leader as head of major institutions including Imperial College London.
  • B. Grant Sykes
    Grant Sykes is the protagonist of the fantasy novel "The Kingdom," around whom the story’s central conflicts and character development revolve.
  • C. Tim Souster
    Tim Souster was a British composer known for his work in contemporary classical and electronic music, including notable television scores.
  • D. Rick Sutcliffe
    Rick Sutcliffe is a former Major League Baseball pitcher best known for his dominant 1984 season with the Chicago Cubs, during which he won the NL Cy Young Award and led the team to the postseason.
  • E. Ian Kirkwood
    Ian Kirkwood is a notable individual distinguished enough to be specifically recognized as a prominent bearer of the surname Kirkwood.
  • 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: Bob Sykes
Triple: [Sykes, hasNotableBearer, Bob Sykes]
Generated description
Bob Sykes is a name shared by several individuals, most commonly associated with figures in American sports and entertainment.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Bob Sykes
Target entity description: Bob Sykes is a name shared by several individuals, most commonly associated with figures in American sports and entertainment.
  • A. Richard Sykes
    Richard Sykes is a British biochemist and pharmaceutical executive who became a prominent academic leader as head of major institutions including Imperial College London.
  • B. Grant Sykes
    Grant Sykes is the protagonist of the fantasy novel "The Kingdom," around whom the story’s central conflicts and character development revolve.
  • C. Tim Souster
    Tim Souster was a British composer known for his work in contemporary classical and electronic music, including notable television scores.
  • D. Rick Sutcliffe
    Rick Sutcliffe is a former Major League Baseball pitcher best known for his dominant 1984 season with the Chicago Cubs, during which he won the NL Cy Young Award and led the team to the postseason.
  • E. Ian Kirkwood
    Ian Kirkwood is a notable individual distinguished enough to be specifically recognized as a prominent bearer of the surname Kirkwood.
  • 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_69d822e5911c8190ba589f957dbd9ba7 completed April 9, 2026, 10:06 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69dec25d56fc8190871873ca55d49272 completed April 14, 2026, 10:40 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69fdf0957bb081908f1f382f3be8ec20 completed May 8, 2026, 2:17 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69fdf440a03c8190886119ab3c8ab610 completed May 8, 2026, 2:33 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69fdf4f2acbc8190b51ee456093a2813 completed May 8, 2026, 2:36 p.m.
Created at: April 10, 2026, 1:29 a.m.