Triple

T22321804
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Cokie Roberts E551804 entity
Predicate spouse P13 FINISHED
Object Steven V. Roberts
Steven V. Roberts is an American journalist, author, and longtime political commentator who has taught journalism at George Washington University and frequently appeared in major U.S. media outlets.
E1561337 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: Steven V. Roberts | Statement: [Cokie Roberts, spouse, Steven V. Roberts]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Steven V. Roberts
Context triple: [Cokie Roberts, spouse, Steven V. Roberts]
  • A. Kevin D. Roberts
    Kevin D. Roberts is an American conservative policy leader and commentator who serves as president of the Heritage Foundation, a prominent right-leaning think tank.
  • B. Timothy E. Sullivan
    Timothy E. Sullivan is an American academic and legal scholar best known for serving as president of the College of William & Mary.
  • C. Stephen K. Robinson
    Stephen K. Robinson is a former NASA astronaut and aerospace engineer who flew on multiple Space Shuttle missions and conducted spacewalks to help assemble and repair the International Space Station.
  • D. David Ray Roberts
    David Ray Roberts is a former Major League Baseball outfielder and current manager, best known for his pivotal stolen base in the 2004 ALCS with the Boston Red Sox and for managing the Los Angeles Dodgers.
  • E. Timothy P. Sullivan
    Timothy P. Sullivan is an individual whose specific public notability is unclear beyond sharing a name with others named Timothy Sullivan.
  • 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: Steven V. Roberts
Triple: [Cokie Roberts, spouse, Steven V. Roberts]
Generated description
Steven V. Roberts is an American journalist, author, and longtime political commentator who has taught journalism at George Washington University and frequently appeared in major U.S. media outlets.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Steven V. Roberts
Target entity description: Steven V. Roberts is an American journalist, author, and longtime political commentator who has taught journalism at George Washington University and frequently appeared in major U.S. media outlets.
  • A. Kevin D. Roberts
    Kevin D. Roberts is an American conservative policy leader and commentator who serves as president of the Heritage Foundation, a prominent right-leaning think tank.
  • B. Timothy E. Sullivan
    Timothy E. Sullivan is an American academic and legal scholar best known for serving as president of the College of William & Mary.
  • C. Stephen K. Robinson
    Stephen K. Robinson is a former NASA astronaut and aerospace engineer who flew on multiple Space Shuttle missions and conducted spacewalks to help assemble and repair the International Space Station.
  • D. David Ray Roberts
    David Ray Roberts is a former Major League Baseball outfielder and current manager, best known for his pivotal stolen base in the 2004 ALCS with the Boston Red Sox and for managing the Los Angeles Dodgers.
  • E. Timothy P. Sullivan
    Timothy P. Sullivan is an individual whose specific public notability is unclear beyond sharing a name with others named Timothy Sullivan.
  • 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_69e11e4776588190abb21e5cea79973f completed April 16, 2026, 5:37 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69f15764d3a48190af79ce4642b7f563 completed April 29, 2026, 12:57 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_6a0bc22afa788190a93dc2beeeeedcc3 completed May 19, 2026, 1:51 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_6a0bc31b94f481909c437296742cfed8 completed May 19, 2026, 1:55 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_6a0bc38cf34c8190aaca05bbf32d28de completed May 19, 2026, 1:57 a.m.
Created at: April 16, 2026, 8:42 p.m.