Triple

T23464466
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Howard Martin Temin E569067 entity
Predicate givenName P17 FINISHED
Object Howard
Howard is a masculine given name of Old English origin that has been borne by various notable figures in fields such as science, politics, and entertainment.
E277141 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: Howard | Statement: [Howard Martin Temin, givenName, Howard]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Howard
Context triple: [Howard Martin Temin, givenName, Howard]
  • A. Howard
    Howard is the middle name of William Howard Taft, the 27th president of the United States and later Chief Justice of the Supreme Court.
  • B. Howard
    Howard is the given first name of Howie Meeker, a former professional ice hockey player, coach, and broadcaster best known for his time with the Toronto Maple Leafs and his work on "Hockey Night in Canada."
  • C. Howard
    Howard is the surname of Australian rapper, singer, and songwriter The Kid LAROI, whose full name is Charlton Kenneth Jeffrey Howard.
  • D. Howard
    Howard is the given name of the influential American film director, producer, and screenwriter Howard Hawks.
  • E. Howard
    Howard is a common English surname shared by numerous notable figures across entertainment, politics, and other fields.
  • 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: Howard
Triple: [Howard Martin Temin, givenName, Howard]
Generated description
Howard is a masculine given name of Old English origin that has been borne by various notable figures in fields such as science, politics, and entertainment.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Howard
Target entity description: Howard is a masculine given name of Old English origin that has been borne by various notable figures in fields such as science, politics, and entertainment.
  • A. Howard chosen
    Howard is a masculine given name of Old English origin meaning "high guardian" or "noble watchman," borne by numerous notable figures across politics, arts, and academia.
  • B. Howard
    Howard is a common English surname shared by numerous notable figures across entertainment, politics, and other fields.
  • C. Howard
    Howard is the given name of the influential American film director, producer, and screenwriter Howard Hawks.
  • D. Howard
    Howard is the middle name of the English astronomer and mathematician G. H. Darwin, son of naturalist Charles Darwin.
  • E. Howard
    Howard is the middle name of Edwin H. Armstrong, the pioneering American electrical engineer and inventor of FM radio.
  • 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_69e2458ebd808190b3298163132cfb0b completed April 17, 2026, 2:37 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69f1a6f9e59081909e8cf224ee46109c completed April 29, 2026, 6:36 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_6a0c82530b8081908e04e647180d8195 completed May 19, 2026, 3:31 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_6a0ca6efb0d88190bf15b18cc3f12482 completed May 19, 2026, 6:07 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_6a0ca80db6288190ae99313c1f2485db completed May 19, 2026, 6:12 p.m.
Created at: April 17, 2026, 5:54 p.m.