Triple

T4359194
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Mavis Staples E98622 entity
Predicate familyName P18 FINISHED
Object Staples
Staples is a surname most prominently associated with American singer and civil rights activist Mavis Staples.
 E434253 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: Staples | Statement: [Mavis Staples, familyName, Staples]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Staples
Context triple: [Mavis Staples, familyName, Staples]
  • A. Staples Inc.
    Staples Inc. is a major American office supply retail company known for its chain of stores and business-to-business services.
  • B. Office Depot
    Office Depot is a major American office supply retail chain that sells stationery, furniture, technology products, and business services to consumers and companies.
  • C. OfficeMax
    OfficeMax is a major American office supplies retail chain offering products such as stationery, furniture, and technology for businesses and consumers.
  • D. Michaels
    Michaels is the surname of Lorne Michaels, the influential Canadian-American television producer and creator of "Saturday Night Live."
  • E. Michaels Companies
    Michaels Companies is a major North American specialty retailer of arts, crafts, framing, floral, and home décor products.
  • 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: Staples
Triple: [Mavis Staples, familyName, Staples]
Generated description
Staples is a surname most prominently associated with American singer and civil rights activist Mavis Staples.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Staples
Target entity description: Staples is a surname most prominently associated with American singer and civil rights activist Mavis Staples.
  • A. Staples Inc.
    Staples Inc. is a major American office supply retail company known for its chain of stores and business-to-business services.
  • B. Office Depot
    Office Depot is a major American office supply retail chain that sells stationery, furniture, technology products, and business services to consumers and companies.
  • C. OfficeMax
    OfficeMax is a major American office supplies retail chain offering products such as stationery, furniture, and technology for businesses and consumers.
  • D. Michaels
    Michaels is the surname of Lorne Michaels, the influential Canadian-American television producer and creator of "Saturday Night Live."
  • E. Michaels Companies
    Michaels Companies is a major North American specialty retailer of arts, crafts, framing, floral, and home décor products.
  • 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_69b3454c772081908e20173e379e8ebe completed March 12, 2026, 10:59 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69b351e1bfa48190bb506d9ca1ed7b6a completed March 12, 2026, 11:53 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69b5dbbf9db88190a3058e6a44080000 completed March 14, 2026, 10:05 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69b5dc3d81a08190b29b633009fab4ff completed March 14, 2026, 10:07 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69b5e04f356c81909e3f6f2c865e0f99 completed March 14, 2026, 10:25 p.m.
Created at: March 12, 2026, 11:16 p.m.