Triple

T18106435
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Herb Kāne E433355 entity
Predicate name P16 FINISHED
Object Herb Kāne
Herb Kāne was a Native Hawaiian artist, historian, and co-founder of the Polynesian Voyaging Society, renowned for his paintings and research on Polynesian navigation and culture.
 E1306408 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: Herb Kāne | Statement: [Herb Kāne, name, Herb Kāne]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Herb Kāne
Context triple: [Herb Kāne, name, Herb Kāne]
  • A. William Kane
    William Kane is a central fictional character in Jeffrey Archer’s novel "The Prodigal Daughter," portrayed as a powerful, ambitious American businessman and influential political figure.
  • B. Errol Taggart
    Errol Taggart was a Canadian-born film editor and director active in early Hollywood, known for his work on several silent and early sound films.
  • C. Lloyd Hubler
    Lloyd Hubler is a cinematographer best known for his work on the animated film "Megamind."
  • D. Mike McLintock
    Mike McLintock is a bumbling yet loyal communications director and longtime staffer to politician Selina Meyer on the television series "Veep."
  • E. Joseph Kane
    Joseph Kane was an American film director best known for his prolific work on B-Western movies during the mid-20th century.
  • 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: Herb Kāne
Triple: [Herb Kāne, name, Herb Kāne]
Generated description
Herb Kāne was a Native Hawaiian artist, historian, and co-founder of the Polynesian Voyaging Society, renowned for his paintings and research on Polynesian navigation and culture.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Herb Kāne
Target entity description: Herb Kāne was a Native Hawaiian artist, historian, and co-founder of the Polynesian Voyaging Society, renowned for his paintings and research on Polynesian navigation and culture.
  • A. William Kane
    William Kane is a central fictional character in Jeffrey Archer’s novel "The Prodigal Daughter," portrayed as a powerful, ambitious American businessman and influential political figure.
  • B. Errol Taggart
    Errol Taggart was a Canadian-born film editor and director active in early Hollywood, known for his work on several silent and early sound films.
  • C. Lloyd Hubler
    Lloyd Hubler is a cinematographer best known for his work on the animated film "Megamind."
  • D. Mike McLintock
    Mike McLintock is a bumbling yet loyal communications director and longtime staffer to politician Selina Meyer on the television series "Veep."
  • E. Joseph Kane
    Joseph Kane was an American film director best known for his prolific work on B-Western movies during the mid-20th century.
  • 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_69d8b90916008190a1f110bd7ced5473 completed April 10, 2026, 8:47 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69e4ddba6b288190af9a5d9c32d16e98 completed April 19, 2026, 1:50 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_6a037c36eea4819089619fd895c05893 completed May 12, 2026, 7:15 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_6a037e2086708190af48c53800a729fd completed May 12, 2026, 7:23 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_6a037eba5fb88190b2c131260f28df84 completed May 12, 2026, 7:25 p.m.
Created at: April 10, 2026, 10:28 a.m.