Triple

T21380245
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Donald Tokowitz E527331 entity
Predicate name P16 FINISHED
Object Donald Tokowitz
Donald Tokowitz is the birth name of Donald Sterling, the American lawyer and former owner of the NBA’s Los Angeles Clippers.
 E527331 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: Donald Tokowitz | Statement: [Donald Tokowitz, name, Donald Tokowitz]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Donald Tokowitz
Context triple: [Donald Tokowitz, name, Donald Tokowitz]
  • A. Donald Tokowitz
    Donald Tokowitz is better known as Donald Sterling, the former owner of the NBA's Los Angeles Clippers who became widely known for a major racism scandal that led to his lifetime ban from the league.
  • B. Don Ettlinger
    Don Ettlinger was a screenwriter active in early 20th-century American cinema, known for adapting popular literary works for the screen.
  • C. Michael Karpf
    Michael Karpf is a British physician and academic leader best known for his roles in hospital administration and medical education.
  • D. Don Blum
    Don Blum is an American rock drummer best known for his work with the Detroit garage rock band The Von Bondies.
  • E. Dennis Virkler
    Dennis Virkler was an American film editor known for his work on numerous Hollywood features, including major comedies and action films.
  • 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: Donald Tokowitz
Triple: [Donald Tokowitz, name, Donald Tokowitz]
Generated description
Donald Tokowitz is the birth name of Donald Sterling, the American lawyer and former owner of the NBA’s Los Angeles Clippers.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Donald Tokowitz
Target entity description: Donald Tokowitz is the birth name of Donald Sterling, the American lawyer and former owner of the NBA’s Los Angeles Clippers.
  • A. Donald Tokowitz chosen
    Donald Tokowitz is better known as Donald Sterling, the former owner of the NBA's Los Angeles Clippers who became widely known for a major racism scandal that led to his lifetime ban from the league.
  • B. Don Ettlinger
    Don Ettlinger was a screenwriter active in early 20th-century American cinema, known for adapting popular literary works for the screen.
  • C. Michael Karpf
    Michael Karpf is a British physician and academic leader best known for his roles in hospital administration and medical education.
  • D. Don Blum
    Don Blum is an American rock drummer best known for his work with the Detroit garage rock band The Von Bondies.
  • E. Dennis Virkler
    Dennis Virkler was an American film editor known for his work on numerous Hollywood features, including major comedies and action films.
  • 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_69e0b51f363c8190944000ab5523b02b completed April 16, 2026, 10:08 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69e8b0cdab8c8190a7eebe6e5961ee75 completed April 22, 2026, 11:28 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_6a0a8783c71081909c0142c93434f7e0 completed May 18, 2026, 3:29 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_6a0a88833f188190ad27a179b7bdf829 completed May 18, 2026, 3:33 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_6a0a8901941c8190945a96d7f5578362 completed May 18, 2026, 3:35 a.m.
Created at: April 16, 2026, 5:11 p.m.