Triple

T2139730
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Alvy Ray Smith E46734 entity
Predicate givenName P17 FINISHED
Object Alvy
Alvy is a given name most notably associated with computer graphics pioneer and Pixar co-founder Alvy Ray Smith.
 E237518 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: Alvy | Statement: [Alvy Ray Smith, givenName, Alvy]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Alvy
Context triple: [Alvy Ray Smith, givenName, Alvy]
  • A. Errol
    Errol is a masculine given name of English origin, often used as a first name in various English-speaking countries.
  • B. Leslie
    Leslie is a small town in Fife, Scotland, situated near Glenrothes and known historically for its textile and papermaking industries.
  • C. Leslie
    Leslie is the given name of Leslie R. Groves Jr., the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers officer who directed the Manhattan Project during World War II.
  • D. Leslie
    Leslie is a Toronto subway station on Line 4 Sheppard in the city's transit system.
  • E. Leslie
    Leslie is the given name of American actress and singer Leslie Uggams, known for her work on stage, television, and film.
  • 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: Alvy
Triple: [Alvy Ray Smith, givenName, Alvy]
Generated description
Alvy is a given name most notably associated with computer graphics pioneer and Pixar co-founder Alvy Ray Smith.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Alvy
Target entity description: Alvy is a given name most notably associated with computer graphics pioneer and Pixar co-founder Alvy Ray Smith.
  • A. Errol
    Errol is a masculine given name of English origin, often used as a first name in various English-speaking countries.
  • B. Leslie
    Leslie is the given name of Leslie R. Groves Jr., the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers officer who directed the Manhattan Project during World War II.
  • C. Leslie
    Leslie is the given name of American actress and singer Leslie Uggams, known for her work on stage, television, and film.
  • D. Leslie
    Leslie is a small town in Fife, Scotland, situated near Glenrothes and known historically for its textile and papermaking industries.
  • E. Leslie
    Leslie is a Toronto subway station on Line 4 Sheppard in the city's transit system.
  • 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_69a88a174ab48190a5db20c132e5dccf completed March 4, 2026, 7:37 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69abbe025d3c81908bcb33a7ff09eae8 completed March 7, 2026, 5:56 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69ae51b37ce08190add9df46cc17ba89 completed March 9, 2026, 4:50 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69ae52e539f081908424c4093c125861 completed March 9, 2026, 4:56 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69ae5357e1088190bcffccb37030f3fc completed March 9, 2026, 4:58 a.m.
Created at: March 4, 2026, 7:44 p.m.