Triple

T4482640
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Cindy Sherman E100169 entity
Predicate notableWork P4 FINISHED
Object Bus Riders
Bus Riders is a photographic series by American artist Cindy Sherman in which she stages and portrays various bus passengers, exploring identity and constructed personas.
 E443921 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: Bus Riders | Statement: [Cindy Sherman, notableWork, Bus Riders]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Bus Riders
Context triple: [Cindy Sherman, notableWork, Bus Riders]
  • A. Bus Riders Union
    Bus Riders Union is a 2000 documentary film that chronicles the struggles of a Los Angeles grassroots organization fighting for equitable public transportation and social justice.
  • B. Community Transit
    Community Transit is a public transportation agency serving Snohomish County, Washington, providing local and commuter bus service as well as other transit options in the Puget Sound region.
  • C. Community Transit bus system
    The Community Transit bus system is a public transportation network serving Snohomish County, Washington, providing local and commuter bus services that connect with regional rail and other transit agencies.
  • D. The Transit Rider
    The Transit Rider is a concept-driven folk-rock album by experimental music project Faun Fables, blending theatrical storytelling with eclectic, mythic songwriting.
  • E. Connect Transit
    Connect Transit is the primary public bus system serving the Bloomington–Normal metropolitan area in Illinois.
  • 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: Bus Riders
Triple: [Cindy Sherman, notableWork, Bus Riders]
Generated description
Bus Riders is a photographic series by American artist Cindy Sherman in which she stages and portrays various bus passengers, exploring identity and constructed personas.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Bus Riders
Target entity description: Bus Riders is a photographic series by American artist Cindy Sherman in which she stages and portrays various bus passengers, exploring identity and constructed personas.
  • A. Bus Riders Union
    Bus Riders Union is a 2000 documentary film that chronicles the struggles of a Los Angeles grassroots organization fighting for equitable public transportation and social justice.
  • B. Community Transit
    Community Transit is a public transportation agency serving Snohomish County, Washington, providing local and commuter bus service as well as other transit options in the Puget Sound region.
  • C. Community Transit bus system
    The Community Transit bus system is a public transportation network serving Snohomish County, Washington, providing local and commuter bus services that connect with regional rail and other transit agencies.
  • D. The Transit Rider
    The Transit Rider is a concept-driven folk-rock album by experimental music project Faun Fables, blending theatrical storytelling with eclectic, mythic songwriting.
  • E. Connect Transit
    Connect Transit is the primary public bus system serving the Bloomington–Normal metropolitan area in Illinois.
  • 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_69b34553cbe48190afa8ac1cac285b86 completed March 12, 2026, 10:59 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69b356fb69a0819099f0005779f4fcac completed March 13, 2026, 12:14 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69b63782b8588190ba34c923ed4b792d completed March 15, 2026, 4:37 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69b63b8ad4b08190a28c99918ece76b3 completed March 15, 2026, 4:54 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69b63c15a27c81908f3a444becd41b16 completed March 15, 2026, 4:56 a.m.
Created at: March 12, 2026, 11:36 p.m.