Triple

T17735754
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Hisashi Iwakuma E442711 entity
Predicate familyName P18 FINISHED
Object Iwakuma
Iwakuma is a Japanese surname most notably associated with former professional baseball pitcher Hisashi Iwakuma, who played in both Nippon Professional Baseball and Major League Baseball.
E1477431 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: Iwakuma | Statement: [Hisashi Iwakuma, familyName, Iwakuma]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Iwakuma
Context triple: [Hisashi Iwakuma, familyName, Iwakuma]
  • A. Machimura
    Machimura is a Japanese surname most notably associated with Nobutaka Machimura, a prominent Liberal Democratic Party politician and former foreign minister of Japan.
  • B. Nishiizu
    Nishiizu is a coastal town in Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan, known for its rugged seaside scenery, hot springs, and views of Suruga Bay.
  • C. Iwakuni
    Iwakuni is a historic city in western Japan known for its iconic wooden Kintai Bridge and its location along the Nishiki River.
  • D. Kanuma
    Kanuma is a city in Japan’s Tochigi Prefecture known for its traditional wooden floats, historic streets, and the annual Kanuma Autumn Festival.
  • E. Kanuma
    Kanuma is a regional harvest festival celebrated mainly in Andhra Pradesh and Telangana as part of the multi-day Makar Sankranti festivities, focusing on cattle worship and agricultural prosperity.
  • 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: Iwakuma
Triple: [Hisashi Iwakuma, familyName, Iwakuma]
Generated description
Iwakuma is a Japanese surname most notably associated with former professional baseball pitcher Hisashi Iwakuma, who played in both Nippon Professional Baseball and Major League Baseball.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Iwakuma
Target entity description: Iwakuma is a Japanese surname most notably associated with former professional baseball pitcher Hisashi Iwakuma, who played in both Nippon Professional Baseball and Major League Baseball.
  • A. Machimura
    Machimura is a Japanese surname most notably associated with Nobutaka Machimura, a prominent Liberal Democratic Party politician and former foreign minister of Japan.
  • B. Nishiizu
    Nishiizu is a coastal town in Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan, known for its rugged seaside scenery, hot springs, and views of Suruga Bay.
  • C. Iwakuni
    Iwakuni is a historic city in western Japan known for its iconic wooden Kintai Bridge and its location along the Nishiki River.
  • D. Kanuma
    Kanuma is a city in Japan’s Tochigi Prefecture known for its traditional wooden floats, historic streets, and the annual Kanuma Autumn Festival.
  • E. Kanuma
    Kanuma is a regional harvest festival celebrated mainly in Andhra Pradesh and Telangana as part of the multi-day Makar Sankranti festivities, focusing on cattle worship and agricultural prosperity.
  • 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_69d8b9ed3a2081909b2ec0d4dd2f4c37 completed April 10, 2026, 8:50 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69e478eaff6c81909c7bd438b8c6c987 completed April 19, 2026, 6:40 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_6a099eba359c81909d95e777205be974 completed May 17, 2026, 10:55 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_6a099f592488819098c54b433ce5e67e completed May 17, 2026, 10:58 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_6a09a033f5108190b8000934050ad55e completed May 17, 2026, 11:02 a.m.
Created at: April 10, 2026, 10:08 a.m.