Triple

T287836
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Alexander E5923 entity
Predicate shortForm P43 FINISHED
Object Alex
Alex is a common given name, typically used as a shortened form of Alexander or Alexandra.
 E50009 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: Alex | Statement: [Alexander, shortForm, Alex]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Alex
Context triple: [Alexander, shortForm, Alex]
  • A. Andrew
    Andrew is a masculine given name of Greek origin meaning "manly" or "brave," widely used in English-speaking countries and beyond.
  • B. Andrew
    Andrew is a subway station in South Boston on the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority's Red Line.
  • C. Gavin
    Gavin is a masculine given name of Celtic origin, commonly used in English-speaking countries.
  • D. Anthony
    Anthony is a masculine given name of Latin origin, commonly used in English-speaking countries.
  • E. Luke
    Luke is traditionally regarded as the author of the Gospel of Luke and the Acts of the Apostles in the New Testament, and is thought to have been a physician and companion of the Apostle Paul.
  • 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: Alex
Triple: [Alexander, shortForm, Alex]
Generated description
Alex is a common given name, typically used as a shortened form of Alexander or Alexandra.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Alex
Target entity description: Alex is a common given name, typically used as a shortened form of Alexander or Alexandra.
  • A. Andrew
    Andrew is a masculine given name of Greek origin meaning "manly" or "brave," widely used in English-speaking countries and beyond.
  • B. Andrew
    Andrew is a subway station in South Boston on the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority's Red Line.
  • C. Gavin
    Gavin is a masculine given name of Celtic origin, commonly used in English-speaking countries.
  • D. Anthony
    Anthony is a masculine given name of Latin origin, commonly used in English-speaking countries.
  • E. Luke
    Luke is traditionally regarded as the author of the Gospel of Luke and the Acts of the Apostles in the New Testament, and is thought to have been a physician and companion of the Apostle Paul.
  • 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_69a25946a7ac8190a78871c210213272 completed Feb. 28, 2026, 2:56 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69a25e2ddaa88190b08c40b5823f30a0 completed Feb. 28, 2026, 3:17 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69a405f0fd548190bd4d2ed1ddf7dff0 completed March 1, 2026, 9:25 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69a4076128788190ad1e3bf45a150bd4 completed March 1, 2026, 9:31 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69a409a0bf2881909140c95b59be5c85 completed March 1, 2026, 9:40 a.m.
Created at: Feb. 28, 2026, 3:02 a.m.