Triple

T18136030
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Seán Mac Stíofáin E434138 entity
Predicate birthName P65 FINISHED
Object John Edward Drayton Stephenson
John Edward Drayton Stephenson, better known as Seán Mac Stíofáin, was a prominent Irish republican who served as the first chief of staff of the Provisional Irish Republican Army.
 E1307516 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: John Edward Drayton Stephenson | Statement: [Seán Mac Stíofáin, birthName, John Edward Drayton Stephenson]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: John Edward Drayton Stephenson
Context triple: [Seán Mac Stíofáin, birthName, John Edward Drayton Stephenson]
  • A. Kenneth Noble Stevens
    Kenneth Noble Stevens was a pioneering American electrical engineer and acoustician renowned for his foundational work in acoustic phonetics and speech science.
  • B. James Dale Robinson
    James Dale Robinson is a British comic book writer and screenwriter known for his work on titles like "Starman" and for writing the film adaptation of "The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen."
  • C. John Steadman
    John Steadman is a name shared by several notable individuals, including figures in fields such as sports journalism and acting.
  • D. Ronald Stephens
    Ronald Stephens is a private individual known primarily as a relative of Wren Alexander Stephens.
  • E. David Marvin Blake
    David Marvin Blake is an American rapper, DJ, and record producer best known by his stage name DJ Quik, a prominent figure in West Coast hip hop.
  • 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: John Edward Drayton Stephenson
Triple: [Seán Mac Stíofáin, birthName, John Edward Drayton Stephenson]
Generated description
John Edward Drayton Stephenson, better known as Seán Mac Stíofáin, was a prominent Irish republican who served as the first chief of staff of the Provisional Irish Republican Army.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: John Edward Drayton Stephenson
Target entity description: John Edward Drayton Stephenson, better known as Seán Mac Stíofáin, was a prominent Irish republican who served as the first chief of staff of the Provisional Irish Republican Army.
  • A. Kenneth Noble Stevens
    Kenneth Noble Stevens was a pioneering American electrical engineer and acoustician renowned for his foundational work in acoustic phonetics and speech science.
  • B. James Dale Robinson
    James Dale Robinson is a British comic book writer and screenwriter known for his work on titles like "Starman" and for writing the film adaptation of "The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen."
  • C. John Steadman
    John Steadman is a name shared by several notable individuals, including figures in fields such as sports journalism and acting.
  • D. Ronald Stephens
    Ronald Stephens is a private individual known primarily as a relative of Wren Alexander Stephens.
  • E. David Marvin Blake
    David Marvin Blake is an American rapper, DJ, and record producer best known by his stage name DJ Quik, a prominent figure in West Coast hip hop.
  • 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_69d8b909e8cc81908df4cc2b8ea6d11f completed April 10, 2026, 8:47 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69e4de0677088190aaf584882b3d74a1 completed April 19, 2026, 1:52 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_6a03854b5f0c8190b98070b06f67a766 completed May 12, 2026, 7:53 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_6a03861898948190b3ada048d9ea274c completed May 12, 2026, 7:57 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_6a0386b90e308190807af4d407840985 completed May 12, 2026, 7:59 p.m.
Created at: April 10, 2026, 10:29 a.m.