Triple

T17702297
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Shirley Douglas E441336 entity
Predicate spouse P13 FINISHED
Object Timothy Emil Sicks
Timothy Emil Sicks was the husband of Canadian actress and activist Shirley Douglas.
 E1292636 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: Timothy Emil Sicks | Statement: [Shirley Douglas, spouse, Timothy Emil Sicks]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Timothy Emil Sicks
Context triple: [Shirley Douglas, spouse, Timothy Emil Sicks]
  • A. Timothy Sullivan
    Timothy Sullivan is a name shared by several notable individuals, including politicians, judges, and academics, whose specific identity depends on the context in which it is used.
  • B. Timothy Edwards
    Timothy Edwards was a colonial New England Congregational minister and scholar, best known as the father of theologian Jonathan Edwards.
  • C. Timothy Shelley
    Timothy Shelley was an English baronet and Member of Parliament best known as the father of Romantic poet Percy Bysshe Shelley.
  • D. Timothy P. Lillicrap
    Timothy P. Lillicrap is a Canadian-born neuroscientist and DeepMind researcher known for influential work in deep reinforcement learning and neural network optimization.
  • E. Timothy Williamson
    Timothy Williamson is a prominent contemporary British philosopher known for his influential work in epistemology, metaphysics, and the philosophy of language.
  • 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: Timothy Emil Sicks
Triple: [Shirley Douglas, spouse, Timothy Emil Sicks]
Generated description
Timothy Emil Sicks was the husband of Canadian actress and activist Shirley Douglas.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Timothy Emil Sicks
Target entity description: Timothy Emil Sicks was the husband of Canadian actress and activist Shirley Douglas.
  • A. Timothy Sullivan
    Timothy Sullivan is a name shared by several notable individuals, including politicians, judges, and academics, whose specific identity depends on the context in which it is used.
  • B. Timothy Edwards
    Timothy Edwards was a colonial New England Congregational minister and scholar, best known as the father of theologian Jonathan Edwards.
  • C. Timothy Shelley
    Timothy Shelley was an English baronet and Member of Parliament best known as the father of Romantic poet Percy Bysshe Shelley.
  • D. Timothy P. Lillicrap
    Timothy P. Lillicrap is a Canadian-born neuroscientist and DeepMind researcher known for influential work in deep reinforcement learning and neural network optimization.
  • E. Timothy Williamson
    Timothy Williamson is a prominent contemporary British philosopher known for his influential work in epistemology, metaphysics, and the philosophy of language.
  • 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_69d8b9ea20b48190ace88bb46b01e6a9 completed April 10, 2026, 8:50 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69e4715c3980819094b080a871df1100 completed April 19, 2026, 6:08 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_6a030c4c80b48190b45e751038ca73fd completed May 12, 2026, 11:17 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_6a030d596fc08190b0d8576088332a01 completed May 12, 2026, 11:22 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_6a030dde2bbc8190b10f3c2d45c90f2b completed May 12, 2026, 11:24 a.m.
Created at: April 10, 2026, 10:05 a.m.