Triple

T23372711
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Sons of Ben E593516 entity
Predicate hasMember P10 FINISHED
Object James Howell
James Howell was a 17th-century Welsh writer and historian best known for his epistolary work "Familiar Letters" and for serving as historiographer royal to King Charles II.
E758033 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: James Howell | Statement: [Sons of Ben, hasMember, James Howell]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: James Howell
Context triple: [Sons of Ben, hasMember, James Howell]
  • A. James Howell
    James Howell was a 17th-century Welsh writer and historian best known for his epistolary work "Familiar Letters" and for serving as historiographer royal to King Charles I of England.
  • B. Thomas Howell
    Thomas Howell is a relatively common personal name that may refer to various individuals across different fields, such as politics, academia, or the arts.
  • C. Brutus Howell
    Brutus Howell is a senior prison guard and close colleague of Paul Edgecombe in Stephen King’s novel "The Green Mile," known for his fairness and compassion toward death row inmates.
  • D. James Widdoes
    James Widdoes is an American actor, director, and television producer best known for directing and producing numerous sitcoms, including extensive work on series like Two and a Half Men and Mom.
  • E. George Woodbridge
    George Woodbridge was a British character actor known for his frequent roles in mid-20th-century horror and comedy films, often portraying genial or rustic supporting characters.
  • 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: James Howell
Triple: [Sons of Ben, hasMember, James Howell]
Generated description
James Howell was a 17th-century Welsh writer and historian best known for his epistolary work "Familiar Letters" and for serving as historiographer royal to King Charles II.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: James Howell
Target entity description: James Howell was a 17th-century Welsh writer and historian best known for his epistolary work "Familiar Letters" and for serving as historiographer royal to King Charles II.
  • A. James Howell chosen
    James Howell was a 17th-century Welsh writer and historian best known for his epistolary work "Familiar Letters" and for serving as historiographer royal to King Charles I of England.
  • B. Thomas Howell
    Thomas Howell is a relatively common personal name that may refer to various individuals across different fields, such as politics, academia, or the arts.
  • C. Brutus Howell
    Brutus Howell is a senior prison guard and close colleague of Paul Edgecombe in Stephen King’s novel "The Green Mile," known for his fairness and compassion toward death row inmates.
  • D. James Widdoes
    James Widdoes is an American actor, director, and television producer best known for directing and producing numerous sitcoms, including extensive work on series like Two and a Half Men and Mom.
  • E. George Woodbridge
    George Woodbridge was a British character actor known for his frequent roles in mid-20th-century horror and comedy films, often portraying genial or rustic supporting characters.
  • F. None of above.

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_69e25d2593c88190bcdf4a716a94ccb2 completed April 17, 2026, 4:17 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69f1a3b0bc3c8190b1093f7ea29d015c completed April 29, 2026, 6:22 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_6a0c5ddde5608190acd427c4b8740733 completed May 19, 2026, 12:55 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_6a0c5f3e57308190865e48b43cc83d10 completed May 19, 2026, 1:01 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_6a0c5ffbea40819088a5a01a3763c718 completed May 19, 2026, 1:05 p.m.
Created at: April 17, 2026, 5:33 p.m.