Triple

T20171937
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Andre Ward E491981 entity
Predicate familyName P18 FINISHED
Object Ward
Ward is a common English surname borne by numerous notable individuals across fields such as sports, politics, and the arts.
 E191911 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: Ward | Statement: [Andre Ward, familyName, Ward]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Ward
Context triple: [Andre Ward, familyName, Ward]
  • A. Ward
    Ward is the surname of C.J. Ramone, the American musician and bassist best known for his work with the punk rock band the Ramones.
  • B. Ward
    Ward is the commonly used short form of the name Ward Cunningham, the American computer programmer best known for creating the first wiki and contributing to agile software development.
  • C. Ward
    Ward is a small historic mountain town in Colorado known for its mining roots and high-elevation location in the Rocky Mountains.
  • D. Ward
    Ward is a small unincorporated rural community located in Moody County in eastern South Dakota.
  • E. Ward
    Ward is the former name of the town now known as Auburn in Worcester County, Massachusetts.
  • 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: Ward
Triple: [Andre Ward, familyName, Ward]
Generated description
Ward is a common English surname borne by numerous notable individuals across fields such as sports, politics, and the arts.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Ward
Target entity description: Ward is a common English surname borne by numerous notable individuals across fields such as sports, politics, and the arts.
  • A. Ward chosen
    Ward is a common English surname borne by numerous notable individuals across politics, science, arts, and sports.
  • B. Ward
    Ward is the given name of Ward Churchill, an American author and former professor known for his controversial writings on U.S. foreign policy and Indigenous rights.
  • C. Ward
    Ward is the surname of C.J. Ramone, the American musician and bassist best known for his work with the punk rock band the Ramones.
  • D. Ward
    Ward is the commonly used short form of the name Ward Cunningham, the American computer programmer best known for creating the first wiki and contributing to agile software development.
  • E. Ward
    Ward is the former name of the town now known as Auburn in Worcester County, Massachusetts.
  • 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_69da6266c6888190bc1a3ecf24814d34 completed April 11, 2026, 3:01 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69e66848ae3c8190aa5fde66da35a89a completed April 20, 2026, 5:54 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_6a083484eaa4819083462003ba5a78b0 completed May 16, 2026, 9:10 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_6a083851ccf081909de87d5070e969f9 completed May 16, 2026, 9:26 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_6a0838c3694c819097516c8de60864fb completed May 16, 2026, 9:28 a.m.
Created at: April 11, 2026, 11:35 p.m.