Triple

T3341944
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Dolittle E70278 entity
Predicate storyBy P1955 FINISHED
Object Thomas Shepherd
Thomas Shepherd is an author known for writing the story for the film "Dolittle."
 E349917 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: Thomas Shepherd | Statement: [Dolittle, storyBy, Thomas Shepherd]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Thomas Shepherd
Context triple: [Dolittle, storyBy, Thomas Shepherd]
  • A. Michael Foale
    Michael Foale is a British-American astrophysicist and former NASA astronaut renowned for his long-duration missions on the Space Shuttle and Mir, and for being one of the most experienced spacefarers in history.
  • B. Edward Ward
    Edward Ward was an American film composer best known for scoring numerous Hollywood films in the 1930s and 1940s.
  • C. Thomas Bladen
    Thomas Bladen was a colonial-era British official who served as governor of Maryland and lent his name to the town of Bladensburg.
  • D. James Dodd
    James Dodd is an actor known for his role in the fantasy superhero film "Hellboy II: The Golden Army."
  • E. Samuel Gloade
    Samuel Gloade is a songwriter and music producer known for his credited work on the track "Off the Grid."
  • 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: Thomas Shepherd
Triple: [Dolittle, storyBy, Thomas Shepherd]
Generated description
Thomas Shepherd is an author known for writing the story for the film "Dolittle."
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Thomas Shepherd
Target entity description: Thomas Shepherd is an author known for writing the story for the film "Dolittle."
  • A. Michael Foale
    Michael Foale is a British-American astrophysicist and former NASA astronaut renowned for his long-duration missions on the Space Shuttle and Mir, and for being one of the most experienced spacefarers in history.
  • B. Edward Ward
    Edward Ward was an American film composer best known for scoring numerous Hollywood films in the 1930s and 1940s.
  • C. Thomas Bladen
    Thomas Bladen was a colonial-era British official who served as governor of Maryland and lent his name to the town of Bladensburg.
  • D. James Dodd
    James Dodd is an actor known for his role in the fantasy superhero film "Hellboy II: The Golden Army."
  • E. Samuel Gloade
    Samuel Gloade is a songwriter and music producer known for his credited work on the track "Off the Grid."
  • 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_69ad85a405e48190b6e68de7cf9f319e completed March 8, 2026, 2:20 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69adb1ee711481909c0d921f1b5b8562 completed March 8, 2026, 5:29 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69b31a946ba88190bd40ba7481baf28d completed March 12, 2026, 7:57 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69b31c3aaba48190b203e344d71080f3 completed March 12, 2026, 8:04 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69b31da28a04819096e7ced5f123592a completed March 12, 2026, 8:10 p.m.
Created at: March 8, 2026, 3:12 p.m.