Triple

T16733124
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject John J. Sparkman E406644 entity
Predicate familyName P18 FINISHED
Object Sparkman
Sparkman is a surname most notably associated with John J. Sparkman, a 20th-century American politician who served as a U.S. senator from Alabama and was the Democratic vice-presidential nominee in 1952.
E1230719 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: Sparkman | Statement: [John J. Sparkman, familyName, Sparkman]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Sparkman
Context triple: [John J. Sparkman, familyName, Sparkman]
  • A. Sparkman
    Sparkman is the surname associated with the Canadian character actor Ned Sparks, known for his trademark deadpan expression and sarcastic delivery in early 20th-century films.
  • B. The John B. Sails
    "The John B. Sails" is a traditional Bahamian folk song that became widely known through its adaptation and popularization as "Sloop John B," notably recorded by the Beach Boys.
  • C. Rusty Trawler
    Rusty Trawler is a wealthy, socially prominent yet somewhat ridiculous character in Truman Capote’s novella "Breakfast at Tiffany’s."
  • D. Squackett
    Squackett was a progressive rock collaboration between Yes bassist Chris Squire and former Genesis guitarist Steve Hackett.
  • E. The Seafarers
    The Seafarers is a 1953 short documentary film and one of Stanley Kubrick’s early non-fiction works, focusing on the lives and organization of merchant seamen.
  • 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: Sparkman
Triple: [John J. Sparkman, familyName, Sparkman]
Generated description
Sparkman is a surname most notably associated with John J. Sparkman, a 20th-century American politician who served as a U.S. senator from Alabama and was the Democratic vice-presidential nominee in 1952.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Sparkman
Target entity description: Sparkman is a surname most notably associated with John J. Sparkman, a 20th-century American politician who served as a U.S. senator from Alabama and was the Democratic vice-presidential nominee in 1952.
  • A. Sparkman
    Sparkman is the surname associated with the Canadian character actor Ned Sparks, known for his trademark deadpan expression and sarcastic delivery in early 20th-century films.
  • B. The John B. Sails
    "The John B. Sails" is a traditional Bahamian folk song that became widely known through its adaptation and popularization as "Sloop John B," notably recorded by the Beach Boys.
  • C. Rusty Trawler
    Rusty Trawler is a wealthy, socially prominent yet somewhat ridiculous character in Truman Capote’s novella "Breakfast at Tiffany’s."
  • D. Squackett
    Squackett was a progressive rock collaboration between Yes bassist Chris Squire and former Genesis guitarist Steve Hackett.
  • E. The Seafarers
    The Seafarers is a 1953 short documentary film and one of Stanley Kubrick’s early non-fiction works, focusing on the lives and organization of merchant seamen.
  • 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_69d8838ffb088190a0b11149929006bf completed April 10, 2026, 4:58 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69e39c3748d08190a57ae40f54aa63c4 completed April 18, 2026, 2:59 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_6a009d4c723c8190ad92628f4164d11c completed May 10, 2026, 2:59 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_6a009e08b56c8190833d5f64945a979b completed May 10, 2026, 3:02 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_6a009eb06d6481909914286301f9b4db completed May 10, 2026, 3:05 p.m.
Created at: April 10, 2026, 5:20 a.m.