Triple

T8025128
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Vance D. Brand E186835 entity
Predicate givenName P17 FINISHED
Object Vance
Vance is a masculine given name of English origin, often used as a first name or surname.
 E221979 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: Vance | Statement: [Vance D. Brand, givenName, Vance]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Vance
Context triple: [Vance D. Brand, givenName, Vance]
  • A. Vance
    Vance is a surname most prominently associated with Emmy and Tony Award–winning American actor Courtney B. Vance.
  • B. Vance Franklin
    Vance Franklin is an individual notable enough to be specifically cited as a bearer of the surname Franklin.
  • C. Sterling Hayes
    Sterling Hayes is a Chicago-based rapper and member of the SaveMoney collective known for his introspective lyrics and affiliation with the city's alternative hip-hop scene.
  • D. Terance Mann
    Terance Mann is a professional basketball player known for his versatile wing play in the NBA after starring in college at Florida State.
  • E. Dirksen
    Dirksen is a surname most notably associated with Everett Dirksen, a prominent mid-20th-century American politician and U.S. Senate Minority Leader.
  • 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: Vance
Triple: [Vance D. Brand, givenName, Vance]
Generated description
Vance is a masculine given name of English origin, often used as a first name or surname.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Vance
Target entity description: Vance is a masculine given name of English origin, often used as a first name or surname.
  • A. Vance chosen
    Vance is a surname most prominently associated with Emmy and Tony Award–winning American actor Courtney B. Vance.
  • B. Vance Franklin
    Vance Franklin is an individual notable enough to be specifically cited as a bearer of the surname Franklin.
  • C. Sterling Hayes
    Sterling Hayes is a Chicago-based rapper and member of the SaveMoney collective known for his introspective lyrics and affiliation with the city's alternative hip-hop scene.
  • D. Terance Mann
    Terance Mann is a professional basketball player known for his versatile wing play in the NBA after starring in college at Florida State.
  • E. Dirksen
    Dirksen is a surname most notably associated with Everett Dirksen, a prominent mid-20th-century American politician and U.S. Senate Minority Leader.
  • F. None of above.

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_69ca82ad4e2c8190a693e3c9e30fe66f completed March 30, 2026, 2:03 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69cb3ec9983c8190b468c13f5b5beb63 completed March 31, 2026, 3:26 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69cc56d41ec08190a19cb28e2e4b5bfe completed March 31, 2026, 11:20 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69cc58aac4288190a2be4691fc740171 completed March 31, 2026, 11:28 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69cc5cbf8278819085ff32a0494d544e completed March 31, 2026, 11:46 p.m.
Created at: March 30, 2026, 5:21 p.m.