Triple

T4098063
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Marks E87869 entity
Predicate hasNotableBearer P458 FINISHED
Object Herbert H. Marks
Herbert H. Marks was a notable individual distinguished enough in his field or public life to be recognized as a prominent bearer of the surname Marks.
 E496328 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: Herbert H. Marks | Statement: [Marks, hasNotableBearer, Herbert H. Marks]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Herbert H. Marks
Context triple: [Marks, hasNotableBearer, Herbert H. Marks]
  • A. Alvin Marks
    Alvin Marks was an American inventor known for his work on advanced energy technologies and high-efficiency lighting concepts.
  • B. Harry Marks
    Harry Marks was a co-founder of the TED conferences, helping to establish the influential global platform for sharing ideas across technology, entertainment, and design.
  • C. Herbert E. Ives
    Herbert E. Ives was an American physicist and engineer known for his pioneering work in optics, television, and experimental tests of special relativity.
  • D. Harold T. Shapiro
    Harold T. Shapiro is an economist and academic leader best known for serving as president of both Princeton University and the University of Michigan and for his influential work at the intersection of higher education and public policy.
  • E. Clarence Fahnestock
    Clarence Fahnestock was a New York physician and outdoorsman whose legacy is commemorated by the state park that bears his name.
  • 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: Herbert H. Marks
Triple: [Marks, hasNotableBearer, Herbert H. Marks]
Generated description
Herbert H. Marks was a notable individual distinguished enough in his field or public life to be recognized as a prominent bearer of the surname Marks.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Herbert H. Marks
Target entity description: Herbert H. Marks was a notable individual distinguished enough in his field or public life to be recognized as a prominent bearer of the surname Marks.
  • A. Alvin Marks
    Alvin Marks was an American inventor known for his work on advanced energy technologies and high-efficiency lighting concepts.
  • B. Harry Marks
    Harry Marks was a co-founder of the TED conferences, helping to establish the influential global platform for sharing ideas across technology, entertainment, and design.
  • C. Herbert E. Ives
    Herbert E. Ives was an American physicist and engineer known for his pioneering work in optics, television, and experimental tests of special relativity.
  • D. Harold T. Shapiro
    Harold T. Shapiro is an economist and academic leader best known for serving as president of both Princeton University and the University of Michigan and for his influential work at the intersection of higher education and public policy.
  • E. Clarence Fahnestock
    Clarence Fahnestock was a New York physician and outdoorsman whose legacy is commemorated by the state park that bears his name.
  • 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_69aed94564cc8190a9c1457daedb6e7f completed March 9, 2026, 2:29 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69aefce017708190a4d33753fd32a7bb completed March 9, 2026, 5:01 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69bec336e95881908c18b304b6d92411 completed March 21, 2026, 4:11 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69bec505a5dc81908f79c1ade107c4ce completed March 21, 2026, 4:19 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69bec654fc4881909bf5458cdafc7ffd completed March 21, 2026, 4:24 p.m.
Created at: March 9, 2026, 3:40 p.m.