Triple

T4338794
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Bobby Sands E97528 entity
Predicate fullName P16 FINISHED
Object Robert Gerard Sands
Robert Gerard Sands was an Irish republican and Provisional IRA member who became internationally known after dying on hunger strike in 1981 while imprisoned in Northern Ireland.
 E431417 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: Robert Gerard Sands | Statement: [Bobby Sands, fullName, Robert Gerard Sands]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Robert Gerard Sands
Context triple: [Bobby Sands, fullName, Robert Gerard Sands]
  • A. Robert Paul Smith
    Robert Paul Smith was an American author and playwright best known for his humorous novels and plays, including the work that inspired the romantic comedy "The Tender Trap."
  • B. John Hoyland
    John Hoyland was a prominent British abstract painter known for his bold use of color and large-scale, non-figurative works.
  • C. Robert Seaman
    Robert Seaman was a wealthy American industrialist and manufacturer who became known as the husband of pioneering journalist Nellie Bly.
  • D. Robert Cochran
    Robert Cochran is an American television writer and producer best known as the co-creator of the hit real-time action series "24."
  • E. Mark Sanger
    Mark Sanger is a British film editor best known for his Academy Award–winning work on the science fiction thriller "Gravity."
  • 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: Robert Gerard Sands
Triple: [Bobby Sands, fullName, Robert Gerard Sands]
Generated description
Robert Gerard Sands was an Irish republican and Provisional IRA member who became internationally known after dying on hunger strike in 1981 while imprisoned in Northern Ireland.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Robert Gerard Sands
Target entity description: Robert Gerard Sands was an Irish republican and Provisional IRA member who became internationally known after dying on hunger strike in 1981 while imprisoned in Northern Ireland.
  • A. Robert Paul Smith
    Robert Paul Smith was an American author and playwright best known for his humorous novels and plays, including the work that inspired the romantic comedy "The Tender Trap."
  • B. John Hoyland
    John Hoyland was a prominent British abstract painter known for his bold use of color and large-scale, non-figurative works.
  • C. Robert Seaman
    Robert Seaman was a wealthy American industrialist and manufacturer who became known as the husband of pioneering journalist Nellie Bly.
  • D. Robert Cochran
    Robert Cochran is an American television writer and producer best known as the co-creator of the hit real-time action series "24."
  • E. Mark Sanger
    Mark Sanger is a British film editor best known for his Academy Award–winning work on the science fiction thriller "Gravity."
  • 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_69b3454662a481908fbcd0bbfaa3a0a4 completed March 12, 2026, 10:59 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69b3516dffb48190878f81ffe71a5e82 completed March 12, 2026, 11:51 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69b5d0af82888190bed294bdec942f4a completed March 14, 2026, 9:18 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69b5d29d8a4881908f1612dddc8e878c completed March 14, 2026, 9:26 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69b5d336850081908f411db1023e3598 completed March 14, 2026, 9:29 p.m.
Created at: March 12, 2026, 11:14 p.m.