Triple

T5693351
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Canadian Caper E125477 entity
Predicate hasParticipant P149 FINISHED
Object Ken Taylor
Ken Taylor was the Canadian ambassador to Iran who played a key role in secretly sheltering and helping American diplomats escape Tehran during the 1979–1980 hostage crisis.
E557678 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: Ken Taylor | Statement: [Canadian Caper, hasParticipant, Ken Taylor]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Ken Taylor
Context triple: [Canadian Caper, hasParticipant, Ken Taylor]
  • A. Kent Taylor
    Kent Taylor was an American film and television actor best known for his roles in Westerns and crime dramas during the mid-20th century.
  • B. Don Taylor
    Don Taylor was an American actor and later film and television director known for roles in classic films such as "Stalag 17" and for directing movies like "Escape from the Planet of the Apes."
  • C. Jim Taylor
    Jim Taylor is an American film producer and screenwriter best known for his long-time collaboration with director Alexander Payne on acclaimed films such as "Sideways" and "Election."
  • D. John Edward Taylor
    John Edward Taylor was a 19th-century British journalist and businessman best known for establishing the influential newspaper that became The Guardian.
  • E. Vaughn Taylor
    Vaughn Taylor was an American character actor known for his numerous supporting roles in mid-20th-century film and television, often portraying mild-mannered or officious professionals.
  • 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: Ken Taylor
Triple: [Canadian Caper, hasParticipant, Ken Taylor]
Generated description
Ken Taylor was the Canadian ambassador to Iran who played a key role in secretly sheltering and helping American diplomats escape Tehran during the 1979–1980 hostage crisis.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Ken Taylor
Target entity description: Ken Taylor was the Canadian ambassador to Iran who played a key role in secretly sheltering and helping American diplomats escape Tehran during the 1979–1980 hostage crisis.
  • A. Kent Taylor
    Kent Taylor was an American film and television actor best known for his roles in Westerns and crime dramas during the mid-20th century.
  • B. Don Taylor
    Don Taylor was an American actor and later film and television director known for roles in classic films such as "Stalag 17" and for directing movies like "Escape from the Planet of the Apes."
  • C. Jim Taylor
    Jim Taylor is an American film producer and screenwriter best known for his long-time collaboration with director Alexander Payne on acclaimed films such as "Sideways" and "Election."
  • D. John Edward Taylor
    John Edward Taylor was a 19th-century British journalist and businessman best known for establishing the influential newspaper that became The Guardian.
  • E. Vaughn Taylor
    Vaughn Taylor was an American character actor known for his numerous supporting roles in mid-20th-century film and television, often portraying mild-mannered or officious professionals.
  • 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_69c0082bb19c8190823a4facd3cba79b completed March 22, 2026, 3:18 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69c023e7dbe48190850b501f223614e3 completed March 22, 2026, 5:16 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69c0e32cce548190898c735f8c494415 completed March 23, 2026, 6:52 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69c0e66e96c481909133503f553d4bc4 completed March 23, 2026, 7:06 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69c0e6c3ec548190814b44fe953ab25e completed March 23, 2026, 7:07 a.m.
Created at: March 22, 2026, 3:44 p.m.