Triple

T9006121
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Efrem Zimbalist E215146 entity
Predicate notableStudent P4838 FINISHED
Object Oscar Shumsky
Oscar Shumsky was a distinguished 20th-century American violinist and pedagogue renowned for his refined technique, rich tone, and influential teaching career.
 E832409 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: Oscar Shumsky | Statement: [Efrem Zimbalist, notableStudent, Oscar Shumsky]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Oscar Shumsky
Context triple: [Efrem Zimbalist, notableStudent, Oscar Shumsky]
  • A. Oscar Lerman
    Oscar Lerman was a British nightclub owner and art dealer best known as the husband of novelist Jackie Collins.
  • B. Oscar Jaffee
    Oscar Jaffee is a flamboyant, egotistical Broadway producer and central comic figure in the musical "On the Twentieth Century," known for his desperate schemes to revive his career and win back his former muse.
  • C. Max Zaslofsky
    Max Zaslofsky was an American professional basketball player and coach, best known as one of the NBA’s early scoring stars and later a coach in the league.
  • D. Edward Zorinsky
    Edward Zorinsky was a U.S. Senator from Nebraska and former mayor of Omaha known for his moderate Democratic politics and service in the late 20th century.
  • E. Leo Salkin
    Leo Salkin was an American animator, writer, and storyboard artist known for his work on mid-20th-century animated films and shorts.
  • 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: Oscar Shumsky
Triple: [Efrem Zimbalist, notableStudent, Oscar Shumsky]
Generated description
Oscar Shumsky was a distinguished 20th-century American violinist and pedagogue renowned for his refined technique, rich tone, and influential teaching career.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Oscar Shumsky
Target entity description: Oscar Shumsky was a distinguished 20th-century American violinist and pedagogue renowned for his refined technique, rich tone, and influential teaching career.
  • A. Oscar Lerman
    Oscar Lerman was a British nightclub owner and art dealer best known as the husband of novelist Jackie Collins.
  • B. Oscar Jaffee
    Oscar Jaffee is a flamboyant, egotistical Broadway producer and central comic figure in the musical "On the Twentieth Century," known for his desperate schemes to revive his career and win back his former muse.
  • C. Max Zaslofsky
    Max Zaslofsky was an American professional basketball player and coach, best known as one of the NBA’s early scoring stars and later a coach in the league.
  • D. Edward Zorinsky
    Edward Zorinsky was a U.S. Senator from Nebraska and former mayor of Omaha known for his moderate Democratic politics and service in the late 20th century.
  • E. Leo Salkin
    Leo Salkin was an American animator, writer, and storyboard artist known for his work on mid-20th-century animated films and shorts.
  • 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_69ca83a12d648190b1e4fe11e8a31890 completed March 30, 2026, 2:07 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69cc69bc6e208190b0c01e3761c04799 completed April 1, 2026, 12:41 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69d23c6f38ac8190a652575b8dc2fd45 completed April 5, 2026, 10:41 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69d23e6ca3908190b7ad7b932ab35ad7 completed April 5, 2026, 10:50 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69d241020074819092bc2deea85a6ac0 completed April 5, 2026, 11:01 a.m.
Created at: March 30, 2026, 7:05 p.m.