Triple

T16762884
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Larry Nance Sr. E407388 entity
Predicate familyName P18 FINISHED
Object Nance
Nance is a surname most prominently associated with former NBA All-Star Larry Nance Sr. and his basketball-playing family.
 E1232502 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: Nance | Statement: [Larry Nance Sr., familyName, Nance]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Nance
Context triple: [Larry Nance Sr., familyName, Nance]
  • A. Nance
    Nance is the middle name of John Nance Garner, the 32nd vice president of the United States under Franklin D. Roosevelt.
  • B. Nance
    Nance is a recurring character on the sketch comedy series "Portlandia," known as one half of the feminist bookstore duo alongside Candace.
  • C. Nance
    Nance is a member of the elite military unit J-Squad in the science fiction film "Edge of Tomorrow."
  • D. Nancy
    Nancy is a key child character in the Doctor Who episode "The Doctor Dances," known for leading a group of homeless children during the London Blitz.
  • E. Nancy
    Nancy is a feminine given name of Hebrew origin meaning "grace" that became especially popular in English-speaking countries in the 20th century.
  • 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: Nance
Triple: [Larry Nance Sr., familyName, Nance]
Generated description
Nance is a surname most prominently associated with former NBA All-Star Larry Nance Sr. and his basketball-playing family.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Nance
Target entity description: Nance is a surname most prominently associated with former NBA All-Star Larry Nance Sr. and his basketball-playing family.
  • A. Nance
    Nance is the middle name of John Nance Garner, the 32nd vice president of the United States under Franklin D. Roosevelt.
  • B. Nance
    Nance is a recurring character on the sketch comedy series "Portlandia," known as one half of the feminist bookstore duo alongside Candace.
  • C. Nance
    Nance is a member of the elite military unit J-Squad in the science fiction film "Edge of Tomorrow."
  • D. Nancy
    Nancy is a key child character in the Doctor Who episode "The Doctor Dances," known for leading a group of homeless children during the London Blitz.
  • E. Nancy
    Nancy is a feminine given name of Hebrew origin meaning "grace" that became especially popular in English-speaking countries in the 20th century.
  • 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_69d8839174188190909f190097207065 completed April 10, 2026, 4:58 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69e3abee862c819086d9bf01e623a8ce completed April 18, 2026, 4:06 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_6a00a52d077081908080c61da67e0032 completed May 10, 2026, 3:33 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_6a00a685753881908c3fef10823ce569 completed May 10, 2026, 3:38 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_6a00a7174f5c8190891ddd180c50aee3 completed May 10, 2026, 3:41 p.m.
Created at: April 10, 2026, 5:21 a.m.