Triple

T1640462
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Brian Ching E35457 entity
Predicate familyName P18 FINISHED
Object Ching
Ching is the surname of Brian Ching, a retired American soccer player best known as a forward for the Houston Dynamo and the U.S. national team.
 E186907 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: Ching | Statement: [Brian Ching, familyName, Ching]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Ching
Context triple: [Brian Ching, familyName, Ching]
  • A. Chen
    Chen is a common Chinese surname borne by many notable individuals across politics, arts, science, and technology.
  • B. Jing
    Jing is a common Chinese surname shared by various notable figures across fields such as entertainment, sports, and academia.
  • C. Chun
    Chun is the given name of Peng Chun Chang, a prominent Chinese philosopher and diplomat who helped draft the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.
  • D. Zhu
    Zhu is a common Chinese surname borne by many notable historical and contemporary figures in China.
  • E. Chō
    Chō is a Japanese surname borne by various notable individuals across fields such as the military, arts, and entertainment.
  • 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: Ching
Triple: [Brian Ching, familyName, Ching]
Generated description
Ching is the surname of Brian Ching, a retired American soccer player best known as a forward for the Houston Dynamo and the U.S. national team.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Ching
Target entity description: Ching is the surname of Brian Ching, a retired American soccer player best known as a forward for the Houston Dynamo and the U.S. national team.
  • A. Chen
    Chen is a common Chinese surname borne by many notable individuals across politics, arts, science, and technology.
  • B. Jing
    Jing is a common Chinese surname shared by various notable figures across fields such as entertainment, sports, and academia.
  • C. Chun
    Chun is the given name of Peng Chun Chang, a prominent Chinese philosopher and diplomat who helped draft the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.
  • D. Zhu
    Zhu is a common Chinese surname borne by many notable historical and contemporary figures in China.
  • E. Chō
    Chō is a Japanese surname borne by various notable individuals across fields such as the military, arts, and entertainment.
  • 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_69a88604618c81908b41f6429c431eb6 completed March 4, 2026, 7:20 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69a90a3c883c8190bec1d87ecedf2575 completed March 5, 2026, 4:44 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69ad609cf8488190ba334bdff2c5e78d completed March 8, 2026, 11:42 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69ad61ff65b881909009c230780a146e completed March 8, 2026, 11:48 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69ad62ec3a80819085fef1c378b9abdc completed March 8, 2026, 11:52 a.m.
Created at: March 4, 2026, 7:28 p.m.