Triple

T1995921
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Courtney B. Vance E43357 entity
Predicate familyName P18 FINISHED
Object Vance
Vance is a surname most prominently associated with Emmy and Tony Award–winning American actor Courtney B. Vance.
 E221979 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: Vance | Statement: [Courtney B. Vance, familyName, Vance]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Vance
Context triple: [Courtney B. Vance, familyName, Vance]
  • A. Dirksen
    Dirksen is a surname most notably associated with Everett Dirksen, a prominent mid-20th-century American politician and U.S. Senate Minority Leader.
  • B. Reid
    Reid is a common Scottish and Irish surname that has been borne by numerous notable figures across fields such as science, politics, and the arts.
  • C. Jeb
    Jeb is a masculine given name, often used as a diminutive of names like Jebediah or James.
  • D. Buckley
    Buckley is a surname most prominently associated with William F. Buckley Jr., the influential American conservative author and founder of National Review.
  • E. Willard
    Willard is a masculine given name of Old English origin meaning "resolute" or "strong-willed."
  • 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: Vance
Triple: [Courtney B. Vance, familyName, Vance]
Generated description
Vance is a surname most prominently associated with Emmy and Tony Award–winning American actor Courtney B. Vance.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Vance
Target entity description: Vance is a surname most prominently associated with Emmy and Tony Award–winning American actor Courtney B. Vance.
  • A. Dirksen
    Dirksen is a surname most notably associated with Everett Dirksen, a prominent mid-20th-century American politician and U.S. Senate Minority Leader.
  • B. Reid
    Reid is a common Scottish and Irish surname that has been borne by numerous notable figures across fields such as science, politics, and the arts.
  • C. Jeb
    Jeb is a masculine given name, often used as a diminutive of names like Jebediah or James.
  • D. Buckley
    Buckley is a surname most prominently associated with William F. Buckley Jr., the influential American conservative author and founder of National Review.
  • E. Willard
    Willard is a masculine given name of Old English origin meaning "resolute" or "strong-willed."
  • 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_69a88714cf2c819081644be450b8356e completed March 4, 2026, 7:25 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69abb86537748190a2b5e3fd44ac6430 completed March 7, 2026, 5:32 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69ae033c6cf88190acf6418f0d784914 completed March 8, 2026, 11:16 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69ae03c4faac8190a13aa0882eda3629 completed March 8, 2026, 11:18 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69ae04467fe88190bd9a1c4640f83dc6 completed March 8, 2026, 11:20 p.m.
Created at: March 4, 2026, 7:37 p.m.