Triple

T9552925
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Howard Duff E230466 entity
Predicate familyName P18 FINISHED
Object Duff
Duff is a surname of Scottish origin borne by various notable individuals in fields such as entertainment, politics, and sports.
 E92945 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: Duff | Statement: [Howard Duff, familyName, Duff]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Duff
Context triple: [Howard Duff, familyName, Duff]
  • A. Duff
    Duff is a masculine given name of Scottish origin, traditionally derived from a Gaelic word meaning "dark" or "swarthy."
  • B. Duff
    Duff is a common nickname used by British rail enthusiasts for the British Rail Class 47 diesel-electric locomotive.
  • C. Huff-Duff
    Huff-Duff (high-frequency direction finding) was a World War II radio direction-finding technology used primarily by the Allies to locate enemy submarines and ships by tracking their radio transmissions.
  • D. Duff Dry
    Duff Dry is a fictional low-calorie beer brand from the animated television series "The Simpsons," marketed as a lighter variant of the iconic Duff Beer.
  • E. Duffy
    Duffy is a Welsh soul and pop singer-songwriter best known for her Grammy-winning hit single "Mercy" and her debut album "Rockferry."
  • 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: Duff
Triple: [Howard Duff, familyName, Duff]
Generated description
Duff is a surname of Scottish origin borne by various notable individuals in fields such as entertainment, politics, and sports.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Duff
Target entity description: Duff is a surname of Scottish origin borne by various notable individuals in fields such as entertainment, politics, and sports.
  • A. Duff chosen
    Duff is a masculine given name of Scottish origin, traditionally derived from a Gaelic word meaning "dark" or "swarthy."
  • B. Duff
    Duff is a common nickname used by British rail enthusiasts for the British Rail Class 47 diesel-electric locomotive.
  • C. Huff-Duff
    Huff-Duff (high-frequency direction finding) was a World War II radio direction-finding technology used primarily by the Allies to locate enemy submarines and ships by tracking their radio transmissions.
  • D. Duff Dry
    Duff Dry is a fictional low-calorie beer brand from the animated television series "The Simpsons," marketed as a lighter variant of the iconic Duff Beer.
  • E. Duffy
    Duffy is a Welsh soul and pop singer-songwriter best known for her Grammy-winning hit single "Mercy" and her debut album "Rockferry."
  • 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_69ca847d3be8819099c9dad2a7e786f1 completed March 30, 2026, 2:11 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69cd991f87e48190b5a5f4b3dfe7c1dd completed April 1, 2026, 10:15 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69d15286f7c881909258b9f06a81e464 completed April 4, 2026, 6:03 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69d154e80dc081909af88042ef0bebce completed April 4, 2026, 6:14 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69d155977ab481908951906946b74248 completed April 4, 2026, 6:16 p.m.
Created at: March 30, 2026, 8:02 p.m.