Triple

T22620683
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Grant MacEwan E558267 entity
Predicate successor P78 FINISHED
Object Ralph Steinhauer
Ralph Steinhauer was a Canadian politician and the first Indigenous person to serve as Lieutenant Governor of Alberta.
 E1567354 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: Ralph Steinhauer | Statement: [Grant MacEwan, successor, Ralph Steinhauer]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Ralph Steinhauer
Context triple: [Grant MacEwan, successor, Ralph Steinhauer]
  • A. Paul Stekler
    Paul Stekler is an American documentary filmmaker and political scientist known for his films on U.S. politics and history.
  • B. Glenn Fleshler
    Glenn Fleshler is an American character actor known for his intense and often menacing roles in film and television, including appearances in projects like "True Detective," "Billions," and "Joker."
  • C. Ron Kerner
    Ron Kerner is a fictional character played by actor Rick Rossovich, best known as the muscular, tough-guy type he often portrays in film and television.
  • D. Ed Lauter
    Ed Lauter was an American character actor known for his distinctive bald-headed look and prolific supporting roles in films and television from the 1970s onward.
  • E. Robert R. Stempel
    Robert R. Stempel was an American automotive executive best known for serving as chairman and CEO of General Motors in the early 1990s.
  • 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: Ralph Steinhauer
Triple: [Grant MacEwan, successor, Ralph Steinhauer]
Generated description
Ralph Steinhauer was a Canadian politician and the first Indigenous person to serve as Lieutenant Governor of Alberta.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Ralph Steinhauer
Target entity description: Ralph Steinhauer was a Canadian politician and the first Indigenous person to serve as Lieutenant Governor of Alberta.
  • A. Paul Stekler
    Paul Stekler is an American documentary filmmaker and political scientist known for his films on U.S. politics and history.
  • B. Glenn Fleshler
    Glenn Fleshler is an American character actor known for his intense and often menacing roles in film and television, including appearances in projects like "True Detective," "Billions," and "Joker."
  • C. Ron Kerner
    Ron Kerner is a fictional character played by actor Rick Rossovich, best known as the muscular, tough-guy type he often portrays in film and television.
  • D. Ed Lauter
    Ed Lauter was an American character actor known for his distinctive bald-headed look and prolific supporting roles in films and television from the 1970s onward.
  • E. Robert R. Stempel
    Robert R. Stempel was an American automotive executive best known for serving as chairman and CEO of General Motors in the early 1990s.
  • 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_69e24545a8e08190bfa7482a2c725ff1 completed April 17, 2026, 2:35 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69f16e383b048190a432c540185916d0 completed April 29, 2026, 2:34 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_6a0bf28f11c481908d5e464f31aeada3 completed May 19, 2026, 5:18 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_6a0c0517a94881908591617655e65abc completed May 19, 2026, 6:37 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_6a0c056071648190b28406ecfb23473c completed May 19, 2026, 6:38 a.m.
Created at: April 17, 2026, 3 p.m.