Triple

T383262
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Shorter E8724 entity
Predicate hasNotableBearer P458 FINISHED
Object Sam Shorter
Sam Shorter is an individual notable enough to be recognized as a bearer of the surname Shorter, though specific widely known public details about them are not clearly established.
E96059 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: Sam Shorter | Statement: [Shorter, hasNotableBearer, Sam Shorter]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Sam Shorter
Context triple: [Shorter, hasNotableBearer, Sam Shorter]
  • A. Alan Shorter
    Alan Shorter was an American jazz trumpeter and flugelhornist known for his avant-garde and experimental contributions to the 1960s jazz scene.
  • B. Hank O’Day
    Hank O’Day was a prominent early 20th-century Major League Baseball umpire and former pitcher, best known for his long umpiring career and involvement in several historic games and controversies.
  • C. John McShain
    John McShain was an American building contractor known for constructing major U.S. landmarks, including the Pentagon and significant parts of Washington, D.C.'s federal architecture.
  • D. Bud Tribble
    Bud Tribble is an American software engineer and executive best known as a key member of the original Apple Macintosh team and later a senior leader at both NeXT and Apple.
  • E. Mel Daniels
    Mel Daniels was an American professional basketball center best known as a dominant force in the ABA, where he won multiple MVP awards and championships with the Indiana Pacers.
  • 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: Sam Shorter
Triple: [Shorter, hasNotableBearer, Sam Shorter]
Generated description
Sam Shorter is an individual notable enough to be recognized as a bearer of the surname Shorter, though specific widely known public details about them are not clearly established.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Sam Shorter
Target entity description: Sam Shorter is an individual notable enough to be recognized as a bearer of the surname Shorter, though specific widely known public details about them are not clearly established.
  • A. Alan Shorter
    Alan Shorter was an American jazz trumpeter and flugelhornist known for his avant-garde and experimental contributions to the 1960s jazz scene.
  • B. Hank O’Day
    Hank O’Day was a prominent early 20th-century Major League Baseball umpire and former pitcher, best known for his long umpiring career and involvement in several historic games and controversies.
  • C. John McShain
    John McShain was an American building contractor known for constructing major U.S. landmarks, including the Pentagon and significant parts of Washington, D.C.'s federal architecture.
  • D. Bud Tribble
    Bud Tribble is an American software engineer and executive best known as a key member of the original Apple Macintosh team and later a senior leader at both NeXT and Apple.
  • E. Mel Daniels
    Mel Daniels was an American professional basketball center best known as a dominant force in the ABA, where he won multiple MVP awards and championships with the Indiana Pacers.
  • 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_69a2e7f47dd08190a4e294ccbbe46cd4 completed Feb. 28, 2026, 1:04 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69a2ec40ff8c81909306eb2dfe1512af completed Feb. 28, 2026, 1:23 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69a76d6061508190b6fd3c907107fc63 completed March 3, 2026, 11:23 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69a78328882881908d25e2fec0909da6 completed March 4, 2026, 12:56 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69a7839196fc819097800de8c360cef9 completed March 4, 2026, 12:57 a.m.
Created at: Feb. 28, 2026, 1:08 p.m.