Triple

T8177297
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Shields E190968 entity
Predicate hasNotableBearer P458 FINISHED
Object Robert Shields (mime)
Robert Shields is an American mime and comedian best known as half of the 1970s–80s performance duo Shields and Yarnell, famed for their robotic mime characters and television appearances.
E716392 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: Robert Shields (mime) | Statement: [Shields, hasNotableBearer, Robert Shields (mime)]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Robert Shields (mime)
Context triple: [Shields, hasNotableBearer, Robert Shields (mime)]
  • A. Wayne Morris
    Wayne Morris was an American film actor best known for his roles in 1930s and 1940s Hollywood movies and later for his service as a decorated World War II naval aviator.
  • B. Irwin Corey
    Irwin Corey was an American stand-up comedian and actor known for his improvisational, stream-of-consciousness style and his long-running persona as “The World’s Foremost Authority.”
  • C. Marshall Flinkman
    Marshall Flinkman is a quirky, brilliant tech expert and gadget inventor from the television series "Alias," known for providing high-tech support to the show's spies.
  • D. Marvin Shaouni
    Marvin Shaouni is a music producer best known for his work on Kid Rock’s hit single “All Summer Long.”
  • E. Gil Doud
    Gil Doud was an American screenwriter best known for his work on mid-20th-century Hollywood films, particularly war and action dramas.
  • 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: Robert Shields (mime)
Triple: [Shields, hasNotableBearer, Robert Shields (mime)]
Generated description
Robert Shields is an American mime and comedian best known as half of the 1970s–80s performance duo Shields and Yarnell, famed for their robotic mime characters and television appearances.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Robert Shields (mime)
Target entity description: Robert Shields is an American mime and comedian best known as half of the 1970s–80s performance duo Shields and Yarnell, famed for their robotic mime characters and television appearances.
  • A. Wayne Morris
    Wayne Morris was an American film actor best known for his roles in 1930s and 1940s Hollywood movies and later for his service as a decorated World War II naval aviator.
  • B. Irwin Corey
    Irwin Corey was an American stand-up comedian and actor known for his improvisational, stream-of-consciousness style and his long-running persona as “The World’s Foremost Authority.”
  • C. Marshall Flinkman
    Marshall Flinkman is a quirky, brilliant tech expert and gadget inventor from the television series "Alias," known for providing high-tech support to the show's spies.
  • D. Marvin Shaouni
    Marvin Shaouni is a music producer best known for his work on Kid Rock’s hit single “All Summer Long.”
  • E. Gil Doud
    Gil Doud was an American screenwriter best known for his work on mid-20th-century Hollywood films, particularly war and action dramas.
  • 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_69ca82c1c0a08190bf8692b4d91a03ca completed March 30, 2026, 2:03 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69cb4aba0dd88190828080d0d89612eb completed March 31, 2026, 4:16 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69ccbf75bf2481908d585f7017be36a5 completed April 1, 2026, 6:47 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69ccc313ba7c81909b9ee65b37ed165e completed April 1, 2026, 7:02 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69ccd85aa2888190bd167148b21a3f93 completed April 1, 2026, 8:33 a.m.
Created at: March 30, 2026, 5:40 p.m.