Triple

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Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Catherine Willows E211418 entity
Predicate relative P37 FINISHED
Object Sam Braun
Sam Braun is a wealthy Las Vegas casino owner and recurring character in the television series "CSI: Crime Scene Investigation," known for being Catherine Willows' estranged father.
E790586 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: Sam Braun | Statement: [Catherine Willows, relative, Sam Braun]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Sam Braun
Context triple: [Catherine Willows, relative, Sam Braun]
  • A. John Eisendrath
    John Eisendrath is a television writer and producer best known for his work on series such as "The Blacklist" and "Alias."
  • B. Fredric Steinkamp
    Fredric Steinkamp was an American film editor best known for his acclaimed work on major Hollywood productions, including the Oscar-winning epic "Out of Africa."
  • C. Carl Braun
    Carl Braun was a prominent American professional basketball player of the 1940s and 1950s, best known as a star guard for the New York Knicks and later a Hall of Famer.
  • D. Ben Fankhauser
    Ben Fankhauser is an American stage actor and singer best known for originating the role of Davey in the Broadway production of the musical "Newsies."
  • E. Joseph Weishaar
    Joseph Weishaar is an American architect and designer best known for winning the competition to create the National World War I Memorial in Washington, D.C.
  • 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: Sam Braun
Triple: [Catherine Willows, relative, Sam Braun]
Generated description
Sam Braun is a wealthy Las Vegas casino owner and recurring character in the television series "CSI: Crime Scene Investigation," known for being Catherine Willows' estranged father.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Sam Braun
Target entity description: Sam Braun is a wealthy Las Vegas casino owner and recurring character in the television series "CSI: Crime Scene Investigation," known for being Catherine Willows' estranged father.
  • A. John Eisendrath
    John Eisendrath is a television writer and producer best known for his work on series such as "The Blacklist" and "Alias."
  • B. Fredric Steinkamp
    Fredric Steinkamp was an American film editor best known for his acclaimed work on major Hollywood productions, including the Oscar-winning epic "Out of Africa."
  • C. Carl Braun
    Carl Braun was a prominent American professional basketball player of the 1940s and 1950s, best known as a star guard for the New York Knicks and later a Hall of Famer.
  • D. Ben Fankhauser
    Ben Fankhauser is an American stage actor and singer best known for originating the role of Davey in the Broadway production of the musical "Newsies."
  • E. Joseph Weishaar
    Joseph Weishaar is an American architect and designer best known for winning the competition to create the National World War I Memorial in Washington, D.C.
  • 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_69ca838f9e20819096ab1f236a70381a completed March 30, 2026, 2:07 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69cc6168e3d881908c58cf11cf5f9a0e completed April 1, 2026, 12:06 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69d0b165fb0c81908c79b6ade3cca20e completed April 4, 2026, 6:36 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69d0b57cf6b88190b5a35b58f88121ae completed April 4, 2026, 6:53 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69d0b5ca593c81908b032fd68ef73897 completed April 4, 2026, 6:55 a.m.
Created at: March 30, 2026, 6:53 p.m.