Triple

T8768216
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Vera-Ellen E208388 entity
Predicate spouse P13 FINISHED
Object Robert Hightower
Robert Hightower was the husband of American actress and dancer Vera-Ellen, known primarily in relation to her Hollywood career.
 E767657 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: Robert Hightower | Statement: [Vera-Ellen, spouse, Robert Hightower]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Robert Hightower
Context triple: [Vera-Ellen, spouse, Robert Hightower]
  • A. George Shively
    George Shively was an early 20th-century Negro league outfielder known for his speed, strong defense, and key role on several prominent Black baseball teams.
  • B. William Rusher
    William Rusher was a prominent American conservative lawyer, author, and longtime publisher of National Review who played a key role in shaping the modern conservative movement.
  • C. Robert Hopton
    Robert Hopton was an English landowner and politician of the early 17th century, notable as a member of the gentry and the father of Royalist commander Ralph Hopton.
  • D. Ralph Furley
    Ralph Furley is the flamboyantly dressed, bumbling landlord character from the sitcom "Three's Company," known for his exaggerated reactions and comic misunderstandings.
  • E. Joseph Goreed
    Joseph Goreed, better known as Joe Williams, was an acclaimed American jazz and blues singer renowned for his rich baritone voice and work with the Count Basie Orchestra.
  • 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: Robert Hightower
Triple: [Vera-Ellen, spouse, Robert Hightower]
Generated description
Robert Hightower was the husband of American actress and dancer Vera-Ellen, known primarily in relation to her Hollywood career.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Robert Hightower
Target entity description: Robert Hightower was the husband of American actress and dancer Vera-Ellen, known primarily in relation to her Hollywood career.
  • A. George Shively
    George Shively was an early 20th-century Negro league outfielder known for his speed, strong defense, and key role on several prominent Black baseball teams.
  • B. William Rusher
    William Rusher was a prominent American conservative lawyer, author, and longtime publisher of National Review who played a key role in shaping the modern conservative movement.
  • C. Robert Hopton
    Robert Hopton was an English landowner and politician of the early 17th century, notable as a member of the gentry and the father of Royalist commander Ralph Hopton.
  • D. Ralph Furley
    Ralph Furley is the flamboyantly dressed, bumbling landlord character from the sitcom "Three's Company," known for his exaggerated reactions and comic misunderstandings.
  • E. Joseph Goreed
    Joseph Goreed, better known as Joe Williams, was an acclaimed American jazz and blues singer renowned for his rich baritone voice and work with the Count Basie Orchestra.
  • 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_69ca835edb4481909b4aafb616dc5eb7 completed March 30, 2026, 2:06 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69cc5eec49708190ba760d81a7974c50 completed March 31, 2026, 11:55 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69cfc1bbf6b881909bc154caa2fcadbe completed April 3, 2026, 1:33 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69cfc26e039881909f623ba5b1b7f7e1 completed April 3, 2026, 1:36 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69cfc350afc08190a17c61041d6d8193 completed April 3, 2026, 1:40 p.m.
Created at: March 30, 2026, 6:41 p.m.