Triple

T5823133
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Ian Alexander Jr. E129156 entity
Predicate father P120 FINISHED
Object Ian Alexander Sr.
Ian Alexander Sr. is a Canadian record producer and former husband of actress and director Regina King.
 E550530 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: Ian Alexander Sr. | Statement: [Ian Alexander Jr., father, Ian Alexander Sr.]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Ian Alexander Sr.
Context triple: [Ian Alexander Jr., father, Ian Alexander Sr.]
  • A. Ian Alexander Jr.
    Ian Alexander Jr. was the only son of actress and director Regina King, known publicly through his appearances with her at industry events before his untimely death in 2022.
  • B. Ivan Dixon
    Ivan Dixon was an American actor, director, and producer best known for his role as Sergeant James "Kinch" Kinchloe on the television series "Hogan's Heroes."
  • C. Thomas Bladen Alexander
    Thomas Bladen Alexander was a 19th-century American politician who served as a U.S. Representative from Missouri.
  • D. Robert Livermore
    Robert Livermore was a 19th-century Californian rancher and early settler whose name was later given to the city of Livermore, California.
  • E. Oscar Diggs
    Oscar Diggs is a small-time circus magician and con artist who is swept away to the Land of Oz, where he becomes the legendary Wizard in the film "Oz the Great and Powerful."
  • 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: Ian Alexander Sr.
Triple: [Ian Alexander Jr., father, Ian Alexander Sr.]
Generated description
Ian Alexander Sr. is a Canadian record producer and former husband of actress and director Regina King.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Ian Alexander Sr.
Target entity description: Ian Alexander Sr. is a Canadian record producer and former husband of actress and director Regina King.
  • A. Ian Alexander Jr.
    Ian Alexander Jr. was the only son of actress and director Regina King, known publicly through his appearances with her at industry events before his untimely death in 2022.
  • B. Ivan Dixon
    Ivan Dixon was an American actor, director, and producer best known for his role as Sergeant James "Kinch" Kinchloe on the television series "Hogan's Heroes."
  • C. Thomas Bladen Alexander
    Thomas Bladen Alexander was a 19th-century American politician who served as a U.S. Representative from Missouri.
  • D. Robert Livermore
    Robert Livermore was a 19th-century Californian rancher and early settler whose name was later given to the city of Livermore, California.
  • E. Oscar Diggs
    Oscar Diggs is a small-time circus magician and con artist who is swept away to the Land of Oz, where he becomes the legendary Wizard in the film "Oz the Great and Powerful."
  • 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_69c0084869e881908d7859492183ca7b completed March 22, 2026, 3:18 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69c0341715bc81909568b00ccc79869d completed March 22, 2026, 6:25 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69c0a188e5c08190abbc283eff193761 completed March 23, 2026, 2:12 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69c0a210d9788190b3a40e8ec2f2c6b6 completed March 23, 2026, 2:14 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69c0a2b1df0c8190b63d5ca984439b0b completed March 23, 2026, 2:17 a.m.
Created at: March 22, 2026, 3:53 p.m.