Triple

T16292200
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Paul Shaffer E395551 entity
Predicate spouse P13 FINISHED
Object Cathy Vasapoli
Cathy Vasapoli is best known as the wife of musician and longtime David Letterman bandleader Paul Shaffer.
E1279903 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: Cathy Vasapoli | Statement: [Paul Shaffer, spouse, Cathy Vasapoli]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Cathy Vasapoli
Context triple: [Paul Shaffer, spouse, Cathy Vasapoli]
  • A. Karen Baccalieri
    Karen Baccalieri is a fictional character from the television series "The Sopranos," known primarily as the wife of mobster Bobby "Bacala" Baccalieri.
  • B. Pamela Vaccaro
    Pamela Vaccaro is known as the wife of influential American sports marketing executive Sonny Vaccaro.
  • C. Patti Arcidiacono
    Patti Arcidiacono is known as a member of the Arcidiacono family, related to American professional basketball player Ryan Arcidiacono.
  • D. Lisa Vultaggio
    Lisa Vultaggio is a Canadian actress best known for her role as Hannah Scott on the soap opera "General Hospital."
  • E. Valerie O'Herlihy
    Valerie O'Herlihy is known as the wife of Irish-born television and film director Michael O'Herlihy.
  • 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: Cathy Vasapoli
Triple: [Paul Shaffer, spouse, Cathy Vasapoli]
Generated description
Cathy Vasapoli is best known as the wife of musician and longtime David Letterman bandleader Paul Shaffer.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Cathy Vasapoli
Target entity description: Cathy Vasapoli is best known as the wife of musician and longtime David Letterman bandleader Paul Shaffer.
  • A. Karen Baccalieri
    Karen Baccalieri is a fictional character from the television series "The Sopranos," known primarily as the wife of mobster Bobby "Bacala" Baccalieri.
  • B. Pamela Vaccaro
    Pamela Vaccaro is known as the wife of influential American sports marketing executive Sonny Vaccaro.
  • C. Patti Arcidiacono
    Patti Arcidiacono is known as a member of the Arcidiacono family, related to American professional basketball player Ryan Arcidiacono.
  • D. Lisa Vultaggio
    Lisa Vultaggio is a Canadian actress best known for her role as Hannah Scott on the soap opera "General Hospital."
  • E. Valerie O'Herlihy
    Valerie O'Herlihy is known as the wife of Irish-born television and film director Michael O'Herlihy.
  • 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_69d87f22c7248190a54c949738441e2e completed April 10, 2026, 4:40 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69e24919345881909ba4e7fe2e59340f completed April 17, 2026, 2:52 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_6a020a7c08288190bbaabd03dffa0ab8 completed May 11, 2026, 4:57 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_6a020b81c0e88190af61ea1a3b89fe8a completed May 11, 2026, 5:01 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_6a020cc2de908190ae82be94c0d9c1a0 completed May 11, 2026, 5:07 p.m.
Created at: April 10, 2026, 5:05 a.m.