Triple

T23233154
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Duke of Earl E581215 entity
Predicate producer P490 FINISHED
Object Bill Sheppard
Bill Sheppard was a music producer best known for his work on the classic early-1960s doo-wop hit "Duke of Earl."
E1576251 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: Bill Sheppard | Statement: [Duke of Earl, producer, Bill Sheppard]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Bill Sheppard
Context triple: [Duke of Earl, producer, Bill Sheppard]
  • A. Michael Shea
    Michael Shea was a prominent theater entrepreneur and impresario whose legacy in the performing arts is commemorated by the naming of Shea’s Performing Arts Center.
  • B. Michael Shea
    Michael Shea is a fictional character from the long-running American soap opera "As the World Turns," known primarily for his marriage to Lisa Miller Hughes.
  • C. Michael Robinson
    Michael Robinson is a music producer known for his work on the track "The Sea."
  • D. Jeff Markham
    Jeff Markham is the true identity of Jeff Bailey, the enigmatic private detective and antihero in the classic film noir "Out of the Past."
  • E. Simon Dermott
    Simon Dermott is the charming, clever art expert and thief portrayed by Peter O’Toole in the 1966 heist comedy film "How to Steal a Million."
  • 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: Bill Sheppard
Triple: [Duke of Earl, producer, Bill Sheppard]
Generated description
Bill Sheppard was a music producer best known for his work on the classic early-1960s doo-wop hit "Duke of Earl."
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Bill Sheppard
Target entity description: Bill Sheppard was a music producer best known for his work on the classic early-1960s doo-wop hit "Duke of Earl."
  • A. Michael Shea
    Michael Shea was a prominent theater entrepreneur and impresario whose legacy in the performing arts is commemorated by the naming of Shea’s Performing Arts Center.
  • B. Michael Shea
    Michael Shea is a fictional character from the long-running American soap opera "As the World Turns," known primarily for his marriage to Lisa Miller Hughes.
  • C. Michael Robinson
    Michael Robinson is a music producer known for his work on the track "The Sea."
  • D. Jeff Markham
    Jeff Markham is the true identity of Jeff Bailey, the enigmatic private detective and antihero in the classic film noir "Out of the Past."
  • E. Simon Dermott
    Simon Dermott is the charming, clever art expert and thief portrayed by Peter O’Toole in the 1966 heist comedy film "How to Steal a Million."
  • 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_69e246043c48819089bae72c9a9c306c completed April 17, 2026, 2:39 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69f192e70b2c8190abede6e3cd9344f7 completed April 29, 2026, 5:11 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_6a0c3f59de808190afb414450ac32d0d completed May 19, 2026, 10:45 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_6a0c4008c4a881908ad49e733b549036 completed May 19, 2026, 10:48 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_6a0c40bece448190bb9fd1a3058a1f06 completed May 19, 2026, 10:51 a.m.
Created at: April 17, 2026, 4:09 p.m.