Triple

T8177318
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Shields E190968 entity
Predicate hasNotableBearer P458 FINISHED
Object John Shields (footballer)
John Shields (footballer) was an English professional footballer known for playing as a defender in the early 20th century.
 E716402 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: John Shields (footballer) | Statement: [Shields, hasNotableBearer, John Shields (footballer)]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: John Shields (footballer)
Context triple: [Shields, hasNotableBearer, John Shields (footballer)]
  • A. Harry Gregg
    Harry Gregg was a Northern Irish football goalkeeper, best known for his heroism in rescuing teammates and passengers during the 1958 Munich air disaster while playing for Manchester United.
  • B. Charlie Gillingham
    Charlie Gillingham is an American musician best known as the longtime keyboardist and multi-instrumentalist for the rock band Counting Crows.
  • C. John Pinder
    John Pinder was an influential Australian entertainment entrepreneur and producer best known for his pivotal role in developing the country’s live comedy scene and major festivals.
  • D. Davie Cooper
    Davie Cooper was a highly skilled Scottish professional footballer, best known as a winger for Rangers and Motherwell and regarded as one of Scotland’s most gifted players of his generation.
  • E. John Hough
    John Hough is a British film and television director best known for his work in horror and genre cinema during the 1970s and 1980s.
  • 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: John Shields (footballer)
Triple: [Shields, hasNotableBearer, John Shields (footballer)]
Generated description
John Shields (footballer) was an English professional footballer known for playing as a defender in the early 20th century.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: John Shields (footballer)
Target entity description: John Shields (footballer) was an English professional footballer known for playing as a defender in the early 20th century.
  • A. Harry Gregg
    Harry Gregg was a Northern Irish football goalkeeper, best known for his heroism in rescuing teammates and passengers during the 1958 Munich air disaster while playing for Manchester United.
  • B. Charlie Gillingham
    Charlie Gillingham is an American musician best known as the longtime keyboardist and multi-instrumentalist for the rock band Counting Crows.
  • C. John Pinder
    John Pinder was an influential Australian entertainment entrepreneur and producer best known for his pivotal role in developing the country’s live comedy scene and major festivals.
  • D. Davie Cooper
    Davie Cooper was a highly skilled Scottish professional footballer, best known as a winger for Rangers and Motherwell and regarded as one of Scotland’s most gifted players of his generation.
  • E. John Hough
    John Hough is a British film and television director best known for his work in horror and genre cinema during the 1970s and 1980s.
  • 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.