Triple

T15293523
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Herb E365590 entity
Predicate usedBy P260 FINISHED
Object Herb Williams
Herb Williams is a former American professional basketball player and coach best known for his long NBA career as a center and forward, particularly with the Indiana Pacers and New York Knicks.
E1151280 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: Herb Williams | Statement: [Herb, usedBy, Herb Williams]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Herb Williams
Context triple: [Herb, usedBy, Herb Williams]
  • A. Stanley Turrentine
    Stanley Turrentine was an American jazz tenor saxophonist known for his soulful tone and influential work in hard bop and soul jazz.
  • B. Eddie Williams
    Eddie Williams is the protagonist of the 1932 musical comedy film "The Kid from Spain," portrayed by entertainer Eddie Cantor.
  • C. Ned Dorsey
    Ned Dorsey is the fast-talking, career-obsessed advertising executive who serves as one of the central protagonists on the 1990s sitcom "Ned and Stacey."
  • D. Eddie Levert
    Eddie Levert is an American singer best known as the lead vocalist of the legendary R&B/soul group The O'Jays.
  • E. Chick Williams
    Chick Williams is a fictional character from the 1968 burlesque-themed comedy film "The Night They Raided Minsky's."
  • 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: Herb Williams
Triple: [Herb, usedBy, Herb Williams]
Generated description
Herb Williams is a former American professional basketball player and coach best known for his long NBA career as a center and forward, particularly with the Indiana Pacers and New York Knicks.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Herb Williams
Target entity description: Herb Williams is a former American professional basketball player and coach best known for his long NBA career as a center and forward, particularly with the Indiana Pacers and New York Knicks.
  • A. Stanley Turrentine
    Stanley Turrentine was an American jazz tenor saxophonist known for his soulful tone and influential work in hard bop and soul jazz.
  • B. Eddie Williams
    Eddie Williams is the protagonist of the 1932 musical comedy film "The Kid from Spain," portrayed by entertainer Eddie Cantor.
  • C. Ned Dorsey
    Ned Dorsey is the fast-talking, career-obsessed advertising executive who serves as one of the central protagonists on the 1990s sitcom "Ned and Stacey."
  • D. Eddie Levert
    Eddie Levert is an American singer best known as the lead vocalist of the legendary R&B/soul group The O'Jays.
  • E. Chick Williams
    Chick Williams is a fictional character from the 1968 burlesque-themed comedy film "The Night They Raided Minsky's."
  • 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_69d85a103d9081908c1ea6c4c73ac8e3 completed April 10, 2026, 2:01 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69e03682ea488190ac82fdbd0e855d34 completed April 16, 2026, 1:08 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69ff01e2a03c81909ab24d4ed2b54698 completed May 9, 2026, 9:44 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69ff02a62dcc819087eddd2f0b4c29cb completed May 9, 2026, 9:47 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69ff036153588190ae46fcde257eb3cb completed May 9, 2026, 9:50 a.m.
Created at: April 10, 2026, 3:15 a.m.