Triple

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Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject George Takei E421853 entity
Predicate spouse P13 FINISHED
Object Brad Altman
Brad Altman is an American man best known as the longtime partner and husband of actor and activist George Takei, with whom he has been a prominent figure in LGBTQ+ visibility.
E1299660 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: Brad Altman | Statement: [George Takei, spouse, Brad Altman]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Brad Altman
Context triple: [George Takei, spouse, Brad Altman]
  • A. Scott Altman
    Scott Altman is a retired U.S. Navy captain and NASA astronaut who flew on four Space Shuttle missions, including leading a major servicing mission to the Hubble Space Telescope.
  • B. Mike Altman
    Mike Altman is an American lyricist best known for writing the lyrics to the theme song of the film and television series M*A*S*H, "Suicide Is Painless," when he was a teenager.
  • C. Judd Altman
    Judd Altman is the beleaguered, introspective protagonist of "This Is Where I Leave You," who returns home to sit shiva with his dysfunctional family after his life falls apart.
  • D. Larry Eisenberg
    Larry Eisenberg was an American biomedical engineer, science fiction writer, and humorist best known for his witty limericks and contributions to speculative fiction.
  • E. Michael Greenberg
    Michael Greenberg is an American businessman best known as the co-founder and longtime executive leader of the global footwear company Skechers.
  • 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: Brad Altman
Triple: [George Takei, spouse, Brad Altman]
Generated description
Brad Altman is an American man best known as the longtime partner and husband of actor and activist George Takei, with whom he has been a prominent figure in LGBTQ+ visibility.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Brad Altman
Target entity description: Brad Altman is an American man best known as the longtime partner and husband of actor and activist George Takei, with whom he has been a prominent figure in LGBTQ+ visibility.
  • A. Scott Altman
    Scott Altman is a retired U.S. Navy captain and NASA astronaut who flew on four Space Shuttle missions, including leading a major servicing mission to the Hubble Space Telescope.
  • B. Mike Altman
    Mike Altman is an American lyricist best known for writing the lyrics to the theme song of the film and television series M*A*S*H, "Suicide Is Painless," when he was a teenager.
  • C. Judd Altman
    Judd Altman is the beleaguered, introspective protagonist of "This Is Where I Leave You," who returns home to sit shiva with his dysfunctional family after his life falls apart.
  • D. Larry Eisenberg
    Larry Eisenberg was an American biomedical engineer, science fiction writer, and humorist best known for his witty limericks and contributions to speculative fiction.
  • E. Michael Greenberg
    Michael Greenberg is an American businessman best known as the co-founder and longtime executive leader of the global footwear company Skechers.
  • 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_69d889d520008190a26917a95bf1c2ea completed April 10, 2026, 5:25 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69e43a2dae648190b7f3487919a446af completed April 19, 2026, 2:13 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_6a0337953a888190ad6e68f748696142 completed May 12, 2026, 2:22 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_6a0338b0d72881909cbb6e03cb527523 completed May 12, 2026, 2:26 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_6a033cb498248190a3805cd356832cd0 completed May 12, 2026, 2:44 p.m.
Created at: April 10, 2026, 5:44 a.m.