Triple

T17292562
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject John Howard, 1st Duke of Norfolk E419822 entity
Predicate father P120 FINISHED
Object Sir Robert Howard
Sir Robert Howard was a 15th-century English nobleman and soldier of the powerful Howard family, whose descendants rose to become Dukes of Norfolk.
 E1260894 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: Sir Robert Howard | Statement: [John Howard, 1st Duke of Norfolk, father, Sir Robert Howard]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Sir Robert Howard
Context triple: [John Howard, 1st Duke of Norfolk, father, Sir Robert Howard]
  • A. John Vernon Lord
    John Vernon Lord is a British illustrator, author, and educator renowned for his intricate, imaginative artwork in children’s books and literary classics.
  • B. Charles Wynne Roberts
    Charles Wynne Roberts was the husband of Irish-born British actress Joyce Redman, known primarily in relation to her career in film, television, and theatre.
  • C. Robert Stewart Howard
    Robert Stewart Howard was the husband of American film actress Andrea Leeds and a prominent California horse owner and breeder.
  • D. Robert Howard
    Robert Howard was a wealthy 17th-century Boston merchant for whom the historic Paul Revere House was originally constructed.
  • E. A. E. Southon
    A. E. Southon was an author known for writing the religious work "On Eagle’s Wings."
  • 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: Sir Robert Howard
Triple: [John Howard, 1st Duke of Norfolk, father, Sir Robert Howard]
Generated description
Sir Robert Howard was a 15th-century English nobleman and soldier of the powerful Howard family, whose descendants rose to become Dukes of Norfolk.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Sir Robert Howard
Target entity description: Sir Robert Howard was a 15th-century English nobleman and soldier of the powerful Howard family, whose descendants rose to become Dukes of Norfolk.
  • A. John Vernon Lord
    John Vernon Lord is a British illustrator, author, and educator renowned for his intricate, imaginative artwork in children’s books and literary classics.
  • B. Charles Wynne Roberts
    Charles Wynne Roberts was the husband of Irish-born British actress Joyce Redman, known primarily in relation to her career in film, television, and theatre.
  • C. Robert Stewart Howard
    Robert Stewart Howard was the husband of American film actress Andrea Leeds and a prominent California horse owner and breeder.
  • D. Robert Howard
    Robert Howard was a wealthy 17th-century Boston merchant for whom the historic Paul Revere House was originally constructed.
  • E. A. E. Southon
    A. E. Southon was an author known for writing the religious work "On Eagle’s Wings."
  • 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_69d886db32608190a61e18862c5a8af6 completed April 10, 2026, 5:12 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69e4378438508190924f732ad748b4d0 completed April 19, 2026, 2:01 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_6a017959ffb0819099d70ed1541158ee completed May 11, 2026, 6:38 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_6a017c9e99888190a99e3910c46d90c5 completed May 11, 2026, 6:52 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_6a017d340b988190a468753604150bd3 completed May 11, 2026, 6:54 a.m.
Created at: April 10, 2026, 5:40 a.m.