Triple

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Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Abraham Simpson E542739 entity
Predicate relative P37 FINISHED
Object Herb Powell
Herb Powell is a recurring character on "The Simpsons," known as Homer Simpson’s more successful half-brother and former owner of a car company.
E1511494 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: Herb Powell | Statement: [Abraham Simpson, relative, Herb Powell]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Herb Powell
Context triple: [Abraham Simpson, relative, Herb Powell]
  • A. Milton Parsons
    Milton Parsons was an American character actor known for his distinctive gaunt appearance and frequent roles in crime, horror, and mystery films of the 1930s and 1940s.
  • B. Eric Powell
    Eric Powell is a supporting character in the film "Julie & Julia," portrayed as Julie Powell’s husband who provides emotional support and grounding amid her ambitious cooking project.
  • C. Bob Powell
    Bob Powell was an American comic book artist best known for his Golden Age work on characters like the Blazing Skull and for his dynamic, highly detailed illustration style.
  • D. Ralph Brownrigg
    Ralph Brownrigg was a 17th-century English clergyman and academic who served as Bishop of Exeter in the Church of England.
  • E. Walter Briggs
    Walter Briggs is a fictional character appearing in John Updike’s short story collection "Pigeon Feathers and Other Stories."
  • 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: Herb Powell
Triple: [Abraham Simpson, relative, Herb Powell]
Generated description
Herb Powell is a recurring character on "The Simpsons," known as Homer Simpson’s more successful half-brother and former owner of a car company.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Herb Powell
Target entity description: Herb Powell is a recurring character on "The Simpsons," known as Homer Simpson’s more successful half-brother and former owner of a car company.
  • A. Milton Parsons
    Milton Parsons was an American character actor known for his distinctive gaunt appearance and frequent roles in crime, horror, and mystery films of the 1930s and 1940s.
  • B. Eric Powell
    Eric Powell is a supporting character in the film "Julie & Julia," portrayed as Julie Powell’s husband who provides emotional support and grounding amid her ambitious cooking project.
  • C. Bob Powell
    Bob Powell was an American comic book artist best known for his Golden Age work on characters like the Blazing Skull and for his dynamic, highly detailed illustration style.
  • D. Ralph Brownrigg
    Ralph Brownrigg was a 17th-century English clergyman and academic who served as Bishop of Exeter in the Church of England.
  • E. Walter Briggs
    Walter Briggs is a fictional character appearing in John Updike’s short story collection "Pigeon Feathers and Other Stories."
  • 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_69e0c48070988190909db97667b9a0ac completed April 16, 2026, 11:14 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69f12489889c81909c847cf2f6808d85 completed April 28, 2026, 9:20 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_6a0a6d731c64819099fd3188eda0a5bf completed May 18, 2026, 1:37 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_6a0a6e05677c819082f0613fbf6aeff0 completed May 18, 2026, 1:40 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_6a0a6e93dfe88190bcddd1802017ddea completed May 18, 2026, 1:42 a.m.
Created at: April 16, 2026, 8:03 p.m.