Triple

T8177305
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Shields E190968 entity
Predicate hasNotableBearer P458 FINISHED
Object William Shields
William Shields is a personal name shared by multiple notable individuals across fields such as music, politics, and the military.
 E717902 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: William Shields | Statement: [Shields, hasNotableBearer, William Shields]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: William Shields
Context triple: [Shields, hasNotableBearer, William Shields]
  • A. Larry Shields
    Larry Shields was a businessman best known for owning the Minnesota Muskies franchise in the American Basketball Association.
  • B. Larry Shields
    Larry Shields was an influential early 20th-century American jazz clarinetist best known for his work with the Original Dixieland Jass Band.
  • C. Glenn Shadix
    Glenn Shadix was an American character actor best known for his eccentric roles in films like "Beetlejuice" and various voice performances in animated works.
  • D. James Iver Mattson
    James Iver Mattson is a screenwriter best known for co-writing the romantic comedy film "Deliver Us from Eva."
  • E. Michael Wells
    Michael Wells is a musician best known as a member of the American alternative country/rock band The Walkabouts.
  • 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: William Shields
Triple: [Shields, hasNotableBearer, William Shields]
Generated description
William Shields is a personal name shared by multiple notable individuals across fields such as music, politics, and the military.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: William Shields
Target entity description: William Shields is a personal name shared by multiple notable individuals across fields such as music, politics, and the military.
  • A. Larry Shields
    Larry Shields was a businessman best known for owning the Minnesota Muskies franchise in the American Basketball Association.
  • B. Larry Shields
    Larry Shields was an influential early 20th-century American jazz clarinetist best known for his work with the Original Dixieland Jass Band.
  • C. Glenn Shadix
    Glenn Shadix was an American character actor best known for his eccentric roles in films like "Beetlejuice" and various voice performances in animated works.
  • D. James Iver Mattson
    James Iver Mattson is a screenwriter best known for co-writing the romantic comedy film "Deliver Us from Eva."
  • E. Michael Wells
    Michael Wells is a musician best known as a member of the American alternative country/rock band The Walkabouts.
  • 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_69ca82c1c0a08190bf8692b4d91a03ca completed March 30, 2026, 2:03 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69cb4aba0dd88190828080d0d89612eb completed March 31, 2026, 4:16 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69cced64c9588190b8db6452c364347d completed April 1, 2026, 10:03 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69ccf09a952c8190ace6a9f0012ad90a completed April 1, 2026, 10:16 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69cd0579b6d08190a5c68d730e1c6284 completed April 1, 2026, 11:46 a.m.
Created at: March 30, 2026, 5:40 p.m.