Triple

T4853433
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Michael I. Sovern E108473 entity
Predicate familyName P18 FINISHED
Object Sovern
Sovern is a surname most notably associated with Michael I. Sovern, an American legal scholar and former president of Columbia University.
 E475267 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: Sovern | Statement: [Michael I. Sovern, familyName, Sovern]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Sovern
Context triple: [Michael I. Sovern, familyName, Sovern]
  • A. Vali
    Vali is a powerful vanara king and warrior in the Hindu epic Ramayana, known for his immense strength and his fateful conflict with his brother Sugriva and Lord Rama.
  • B. Siston
    Siston is a small village and civil parish in South Gloucestershire, England, known for its rural character and historic buildings such as Siston Court.
  • C. Lamont
    Lamont is a surname of Scottish origin borne by various notable individuals in politics, finance, academia, and the arts.
  • D. Lamont
    Lamont is an unincorporated community in Kern County, California, known primarily as an agricultural and residential area near Bakersfield.
  • E. Romneya
    Romneya is a small genus of showy, white-flowered shrubs commonly known as matilija poppies, native to California and northern Mexico.
  • 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: Sovern
Triple: [Michael I. Sovern, familyName, Sovern]
Generated description
Sovern is a surname most notably associated with Michael I. Sovern, an American legal scholar and former president of Columbia University.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Sovern
Target entity description: Sovern is a surname most notably associated with Michael I. Sovern, an American legal scholar and former president of Columbia University.
  • A. Vali
    Vali is a powerful vanara king and warrior in the Hindu epic Ramayana, known for his immense strength and his fateful conflict with his brother Sugriva and Lord Rama.
  • B. Siston
    Siston is a small village and civil parish in South Gloucestershire, England, known for its rural character and historic buildings such as Siston Court.
  • C. Lamont
    Lamont is a surname of Scottish origin borne by various notable individuals in politics, finance, academia, and the arts.
  • D. Lamont
    Lamont is an unincorporated community in Kern County, California, known primarily as an agricultural and residential area near Bakersfield.
  • E. Romneya
    Romneya is a small genus of showy, white-flowered shrubs commonly known as matilija poppies, native to California and northern Mexico.
  • 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_69bd440a89548190a5f14ba6da6b97dc completed March 20, 2026, 12:56 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69bd6d3b00fc81909bdb95eb9648c907 completed March 20, 2026, 3:52 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69be5ce33db08190b44b5b0c21d2b850 completed March 21, 2026, 8:54 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69be5f6142648190bec124c9c3933cc3 completed March 21, 2026, 9:05 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69be5ffeaff481908e2e80ddc82ac6f6 completed March 21, 2026, 9:08 a.m.
Created at: March 20, 2026, 1:26 p.m.