Triple

T9825944
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Terry Southern E238652 entity
Predicate familyName P18 FINISHED
Object Southern
Southern is an English-language surname borne by various notable individuals across literature, entertainment, and other fields.
E823748 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: Southern | Statement: [Terry Southern, familyName, Southern]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Southern
Context triple: [Terry Southern, familyName, Southern]
  • A. Southern
    Southern is a British train operating company that provides passenger rail services in southern England, including routes through London and the surrounding regions.
  • B. Southern Cult
    Southern Cult is an archaeological term for a widespread pre-Columbian religious and artistic tradition in the Southeastern United States, characterized by elaborate iconography, ceremonial objects, and ritual practices associated with Mississippian cultures.
  • C. Southern Mam
    Southern Mam is a regional variety of the Mam Mayan language spoken primarily in parts of Guatemala.
  • D. Southern Living
    Southern Living is an American lifestyle magazine and media brand focused on Southern culture, including home design, cooking, gardening, and travel.
  • E. Southern Romance
    Southern Romance refers to a subgroup of the Romance languages spoken in southern Europe, typically including varieties such as Italian, Sardinian, and related dialects, distinguished by shared historical and linguistic features.
  • 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: Southern
Triple: [Terry Southern, familyName, Southern]
Generated description
Southern is an English-language surname borne by various notable individuals across literature, entertainment, and other fields.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Southern
Target entity description: Southern is an English-language surname borne by various notable individuals across literature, entertainment, and other fields.
  • A. Southern
    Southern is a British train operating company that provides passenger rail services in southern England, including routes through London and the surrounding regions.
  • B. Southern Cult
    Southern Cult is an archaeological term for a widespread pre-Columbian religious and artistic tradition in the Southeastern United States, characterized by elaborate iconography, ceremonial objects, and ritual practices associated with Mississippian cultures.
  • C. Southern Mam
    Southern Mam is a regional variety of the Mam Mayan language spoken primarily in parts of Guatemala.
  • D. Southern Living
    Southern Living is an American lifestyle magazine and media brand focused on Southern culture, including home design, cooking, gardening, and travel.
  • E. Southern Romance
    Southern Romance refers to a subgroup of the Romance languages spoken in southern Europe, typically including varieties such as Italian, Sardinian, and related dialects, distinguished by shared historical and linguistic features.
  • 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_69ca84e0dd1881909800765d1e21f735 completed March 30, 2026, 2:12 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69cdb32370e8819087c85fb8328587be completed April 2, 2026, 12:06 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69d1cc84b0a481909000a0f04e3676d0 completed April 5, 2026, 2:44 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69d1ccf59c68819082b4aa37e06d2aaf completed April 5, 2026, 2:46 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69d1d0d945d48190b56b7fd2ce568a13 completed April 5, 2026, 3:02 a.m.
Created at: March 30, 2026, 8:31 p.m.