Triple

T18357456
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Mal Evans E439831 entity
Predicate familyName P18 FINISHED
Object Evans
Evans is a common Welsh and English surname derived from the given name Evan, borne by numerous notable individuals across various fields.
 E131904 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: Evans | Statement: [Mal Evans, familyName, Evans]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Evans
Context triple: [Mal Evans, familyName, Evans]
  • A. Evans
    Evans is the surname of David Howell Evans, better known as The Edge, the guitarist of the Irish rock band U2.
  • B. Evans
    Evans is a small city in northern Colorado, located near Greeley along the South Platte River and known as part of the rapidly growing Front Range urban corridor.
  • C. Evans
    Evans is a masculine given name of English origin, often used as both a first name and a surname.
  • D. Evans
    Evans is a small unincorporated community and former coal-mining town in Mahaska County, Iowa, United States.
  • E. Evans and Evans
    Evans and Evans were a musical duo known for their early recording of the rock and roll song "Wild One."
  • 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: Evans
Triple: [Mal Evans, familyName, Evans]
Generated description
Evans is a common Welsh and English surname derived from the given name Evan, borne by numerous notable individuals across various fields.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Evans
Target entity description: Evans is a common Welsh and English surname derived from the given name Evan, borne by numerous notable individuals across various fields.
  • A. Evans chosen
    Evans is the surname of David Howell Evans, better known as The Edge, the guitarist of the Irish rock band U2.
  • B. Evans
    Evans is a small city in northern Colorado, located near Greeley along the South Platte River and known as part of the rapidly growing Front Range urban corridor.
  • C. Evans
    Evans is a masculine given name of English origin, often used as both a first name and a surname.
  • D. Evans
    Evans is a small unincorporated community and former coal-mining town in Mahaska County, Iowa, United States.
  • E. Evans and Evans
    Evans and Evans were a musical duo known for their early recording of the rock and roll song "Wild One."
  • F. None of above.

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_69d8b918221c8190a9f7b563d64ac677 completed April 10, 2026, 8:47 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69e516d776cc8190937d7e1d42a36a3b completed April 19, 2026, 5:54 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_6a03cc30674081908a7e97c02b206413 completed May 13, 2026, 12:56 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_6a03ccc394288190a22bb126bcd23ed2 completed May 13, 2026, 12:58 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_6a03d01168508190afa359d0a2ec74b1 completed May 13, 2026, 1:12 a.m.
Created at: April 10, 2026, 10:37 a.m.