Triple

T2315348
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Redd Foxx E51050 entity
Predicate birthName P65 FINISHED
Object John Elroy Sanford
John Elroy Sanford is the birth name of Redd Foxx, the influential American stand-up comedian and actor best known for starring in the television sitcom "Sanford and Son."
E265739 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: John Elroy Sanford | Statement: [Redd Foxx, birthName, John Elroy Sanford]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: John Elroy Sanford
Context triple: [Redd Foxx, birthName, John Elroy Sanford]
  • A. Edward Terry Sanford
    Edward Terry Sanford was an Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court in the early 20th century, known for his role in shaping First Amendment jurisprudence.
  • B. William Platt
    William Platt was a British Army general best known for leading successful operations against Italian forces in East Africa during the Second World War.
  • C. Claiborne Pell
    Claiborne Pell was a long-serving U.S. senator from Rhode Island best known for championing federal financial aid for college students and sponsoring the legislation that created the Pell Grant program.
  • D. John Buckman
    John Buckman is an American entrepreneur and founder of the online music platform Magnatune and the book-sharing website BookMooch, known for his advocacy of open content and alternative licensing models.
  • E. Joseph W. Martin Jr.
    Joseph W. Martin Jr. was an American Republican politician from Massachusetts who served as Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives and was a prominent congressional leader in the mid-20th century.
  • 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: John Elroy Sanford
Triple: [Redd Foxx, birthName, John Elroy Sanford]
Generated description
John Elroy Sanford is the birth name of Redd Foxx, the influential American stand-up comedian and actor best known for starring in the television sitcom "Sanford and Son."
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: John Elroy Sanford
Target entity description: John Elroy Sanford is the birth name of Redd Foxx, the influential American stand-up comedian and actor best known for starring in the television sitcom "Sanford and Son."
  • A. Edward Terry Sanford
    Edward Terry Sanford was an Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court in the early 20th century, known for his role in shaping First Amendment jurisprudence.
  • B. William Platt
    William Platt was a British Army general best known for leading successful operations against Italian forces in East Africa during the Second World War.
  • C. Claiborne Pell
    Claiborne Pell was a long-serving U.S. senator from Rhode Island best known for championing federal financial aid for college students and sponsoring the legislation that created the Pell Grant program.
  • D. John Buckman
    John Buckman is an American entrepreneur and founder of the online music platform Magnatune and the book-sharing website BookMooch, known for his advocacy of open content and alternative licensing models.
  • E. Joseph W. Martin Jr.
    Joseph W. Martin Jr. was an American Republican politician from Massachusetts who served as Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives and was a prominent congressional leader in the mid-20th century.
  • 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_69a88b074b908190ae983dbca7757d88 completed March 4, 2026, 7:41 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69abc61e72508190b335cda2c7fef130 completed March 7, 2026, 6:30 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69aebf252db48190b51edd3032640d04 completed March 9, 2026, 12:37 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69aec5f1f2bc81909a8782d1b3abee79 completed March 9, 2026, 1:06 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69aec64dcb188190b552f21b205ab6fa completed March 9, 2026, 1:08 p.m.
Created at: March 4, 2026, 7:49 p.m.