Triple

T4840158
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Piers Sellers E108157 entity
Predicate familyName P18 FINISHED
Object Sellers
Sellers is the surname of Piers Sellers, the British-American NASA astronaut and climate scientist.
 E474247 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: Sellers | Statement: [Piers Sellers, familyName, Sellers]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Sellers
Context triple: [Piers Sellers, familyName, Sellers]
  • A. Sellin
    Sellin is a seaside resort town on the German island of Rügen, known for its historic pier and Baltic Sea beaches.
  • B. Outsell
    Outsell is a company that was acquired by customer service software provider Zendesk, likely offering technology or services that complemented Zendesk’s customer support and engagement solutions.
  • C. Amazon
    Amazon is a multinational technology and e-commerce company best known for its vast online marketplace, cloud computing services through AWS, and significant influence on global retail and logistics.
  • D. Kunde
    Kunde is a small Sherpa village in Nepal’s Khumbu region, near Mount Everest, known for its high-altitude setting and the Kunde Hospital founded by Sir Edmund Hillary.
  • E. Venda people
    The Venda people are a Bantu ethnic group primarily inhabiting northern South Africa, known for their rich cultural traditions, distinctive language, and vibrant artistic and musical heritage.
  • 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: Sellers
Triple: [Piers Sellers, familyName, Sellers]
Generated description
Sellers is the surname of Piers Sellers, the British-American NASA astronaut and climate scientist.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Sellers
Target entity description: Sellers is the surname of Piers Sellers, the British-American NASA astronaut and climate scientist.
  • A. Sellin
    Sellin is a seaside resort town on the German island of Rügen, known for its historic pier and Baltic Sea beaches.
  • B. Outsell
    Outsell is a company that was acquired by customer service software provider Zendesk, likely offering technology or services that complemented Zendesk’s customer support and engagement solutions.
  • C. Amazon
    Amazon is a multinational technology and e-commerce company best known for its vast online marketplace, cloud computing services through AWS, and significant influence on global retail and logistics.
  • D. Kunde
    Kunde is a small Sherpa village in Nepal’s Khumbu region, near Mount Everest, known for its high-altitude setting and the Kunde Hospital founded by Sir Edmund Hillary.
  • E. Venda people
    The Venda people are a Bantu ethnic group primarily inhabiting northern South Africa, known for their rich cultural traditions, distinctive language, and vibrant artistic and musical heritage.
  • 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_69bd43fbe444819085cb970706ef73f7 completed March 20, 2026, 12:56 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69bd6cfbfbb08190b4580ebb2eb845b2 completed March 20, 2026, 3:51 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69be5cca17d881909a58c84549633701 completed March 21, 2026, 8:54 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69be5fc3972c8190bb6be7c16b785bb5 completed March 21, 2026, 9:07 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69be60613bb48190bf7cbb7a8e671753 completed March 21, 2026, 9:09 a.m.
Created at: March 20, 2026, 1:25 p.m.