Triple

T20375684
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Ralphie May E497685 entity
Predicate birthName P65 FINISHED
Object Ralph Duren May
Ralph Duren May was an American stand-up comedian known for his raw, observational humor and appearances on shows like "Last Comic Standing."
E1438246 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: Ralph Duren May | Statement: [Ralphie May, birthName, Ralph Duren May]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Ralph Duren May
Context triple: [Ralphie May, birthName, Ralph Duren May]
  • A. Ralph Johnson
    Ralph Johnson is a computer scientist and influential software engineer best known as one of the "Gang of Four" authors who popularized design patterns in object-oriented programming.
  • B. Ernest W. Durbin III
    Ernest W. Durbin III is a Python community contributor and developer known for his work on Python packaging standards, including authorship of PEP 503.
  • C. Walter Dee Huddleston
    Walter Dee Huddleston was a Democratic U.S. Senator from Kentucky who served in the late 20th century and was known for his work on intelligence and agricultural issues.
  • D. Philip M. Landrum
    Philip M. Landrum was an American congressman from Georgia best known as a co-author of the Labor-Management Reporting and Disclosure Act of 1959 (the Landrum–Griffin Act), which regulated labor unions and their internal affairs.
  • E. Melvin P. Thorpe
    Melvin P. Thorpe is a flamboyant, moralizing television reporter and crusader who exposes the illegal brothel at the center of the musical comedy film "The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas."
  • 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: Ralph Duren May
Triple: [Ralphie May, birthName, Ralph Duren May]
Generated description
Ralph Duren May was an American stand-up comedian known for his raw, observational humor and appearances on shows like "Last Comic Standing."
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Ralph Duren May
Target entity description: Ralph Duren May was an American stand-up comedian known for his raw, observational humor and appearances on shows like "Last Comic Standing."
  • A. Ralph Johnson
    Ralph Johnson is a computer scientist and influential software engineer best known as one of the "Gang of Four" authors who popularized design patterns in object-oriented programming.
  • B. Ernest W. Durbin III
    Ernest W. Durbin III is a Python community contributor and developer known for his work on Python packaging standards, including authorship of PEP 503.
  • C. Walter Dee Huddleston
    Walter Dee Huddleston was a Democratic U.S. Senator from Kentucky who served in the late 20th century and was known for his work on intelligence and agricultural issues.
  • D. Philip M. Landrum
    Philip M. Landrum was an American congressman from Georgia best known as a co-author of the Labor-Management Reporting and Disclosure Act of 1959 (the Landrum–Griffin Act), which regulated labor unions and their internal affairs.
  • E. Melvin P. Thorpe
    Melvin P. Thorpe is a flamboyant, moralizing television reporter and crusader who exposes the illegal brothel at the center of the musical comedy film "The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas."
  • 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_69e0b4a5b7908190a972e4e7e698ae94 completed April 16, 2026, 10:06 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69e678acae3c8190ae04323760bf5597 completed April 20, 2026, 7:04 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_6a08accb54a881908b36c09c802ff3e1 completed May 16, 2026, 5:43 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_6a08ad96b2a081908d32e335c5265eec completed May 16, 2026, 5:47 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_6a08ae19eca08190ada48b48105be62d completed May 16, 2026, 5:49 p.m.
Created at: April 16, 2026, 11:27 a.m.