Triple

T8177312
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Shields E190968 entity
Predicate hasNotableBearer P458 FINISHED
Object James Shields (senator)
James Shields (senator) was a 19th-century American politician and military officer notable for uniquely serving as a U.S. Senator from three different states: Illinois, Minnesota, and Missouri.
E716400 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: James Shields (senator) | Statement: [Shields, hasNotableBearer, James Shields (senator)]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: James Shields (senator)
Context triple: [Shields, hasNotableBearer, James Shields (senator)]
  • A. Benjamin Franklin Shibe
    Benjamin Franklin Shibe was an American sporting goods magnate and baseball executive best known as a co-owner of the Philadelphia Athletics and namesake of Shibe Park.
  • B. U.S. Senator James Guthrie
    U.S. Senator James Guthrie was a 19th-century American politician from Kentucky who served as a U.S. senator and as Secretary of the Treasury under President Franklin Pierce.
  • C. Samuel S. Hinds
    Samuel S. Hinds was an American actor and former lawyer best known for his supporting roles in classic 1930s and 1940s Hollywood films, including "It's a Wonderful Life."
  • D. Vance Gerry
    Vance Gerry was an American storyboard artist, writer, and designer best known for his influential story work on numerous classic Walt Disney animated films.
  • E. James G. Robinson
    James G. Robinson is an American film producer and co-founder of Morgan Creek Productions, known for backing numerous major Hollywood films.
  • 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: James Shields (senator)
Triple: [Shields, hasNotableBearer, James Shields (senator)]
Generated description
James Shields (senator) was a 19th-century American politician and military officer notable for uniquely serving as a U.S. Senator from three different states: Illinois, Minnesota, and Missouri.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: James Shields (senator)
Target entity description: James Shields (senator) was a 19th-century American politician and military officer notable for uniquely serving as a U.S. Senator from three different states: Illinois, Minnesota, and Missouri.
  • A. Benjamin Franklin Shibe
    Benjamin Franklin Shibe was an American sporting goods magnate and baseball executive best known as a co-owner of the Philadelphia Athletics and namesake of Shibe Park.
  • B. U.S. Senator James Guthrie
    U.S. Senator James Guthrie was a 19th-century American politician from Kentucky who served as a U.S. senator and as Secretary of the Treasury under President Franklin Pierce.
  • C. Samuel S. Hinds
    Samuel S. Hinds was an American actor and former lawyer best known for his supporting roles in classic 1930s and 1940s Hollywood films, including "It's a Wonderful Life."
  • D. Vance Gerry
    Vance Gerry was an American storyboard artist, writer, and designer best known for his influential story work on numerous classic Walt Disney animated films.
  • E. James G. Robinson
    James G. Robinson is an American film producer and co-founder of Morgan Creek Productions, known for backing numerous major Hollywood films.
  • 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_69ccbf7f02d08190a6cedc37b64a0d9e completed April 1, 2026, 6:47 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69ccc313ba7c81909b9ee65b37ed165e completed April 1, 2026, 7:02 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69ccd85aa2888190bd167148b21a3f93 completed April 1, 2026, 8:33 a.m.
Created at: March 30, 2026, 5:40 p.m.