Triple

T9578454
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject The Wayans Bros. E231107 entity
Predicate character P662 FINISHED
Object Shawn Williams
Shawn Williams is one of the main comedic protagonists on the sitcom "The Wayans Bros.," portrayed as a smooth, level-headed foil to his more outrageous brother Marlon.
 E809278 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: Shawn Williams | Statement: [The Wayans Bros., character, Shawn Williams]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Shawn Williams
Context triple: [The Wayans Bros., character, Shawn Williams]
  • A. Shawn Matthews
    Shawn Matthews is a senior executive associated with the financial services firm Cantor Fitzgerald.
  • B. Shawn Everett
    Shawn Everett is a Grammy-winning Canadian audio engineer and record producer known for his innovative, experimental approach to recording and mixing for artists across rock, pop, and alternative music.
  • C. Shawn Eichman
    Shawn Eichman is an American political activist best known as a defendant in the landmark U.S. Supreme Court case that struck down federal prohibitions on flag desecration as unconstitutional.
  • D. Shawn Estes
    Shawn Estes is a former Major League Baseball left-handed pitcher best known for his successful tenure with the San Francisco Giants in the late 1990s and early 2000s.
  • E. Shawn Patterson
    Shawn Patterson is an American composer and songwriter best known for his work on film and television scores, including the hit song "Everything Is Awesome" from The Lego Movie.
  • 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: Shawn Williams
Triple: [The Wayans Bros., character, Shawn Williams]
Generated description
Shawn Williams is one of the main comedic protagonists on the sitcom "The Wayans Bros.," portrayed as a smooth, level-headed foil to his more outrageous brother Marlon.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Shawn Williams
Target entity description: Shawn Williams is one of the main comedic protagonists on the sitcom "The Wayans Bros.," portrayed as a smooth, level-headed foil to his more outrageous brother Marlon.
  • A. Shawn Matthews
    Shawn Matthews is a senior executive associated with the financial services firm Cantor Fitzgerald.
  • B. Shawn Everett
    Shawn Everett is a Grammy-winning Canadian audio engineer and record producer known for his innovative, experimental approach to recording and mixing for artists across rock, pop, and alternative music.
  • C. Shawn Eichman
    Shawn Eichman is an American political activist best known as a defendant in the landmark U.S. Supreme Court case that struck down federal prohibitions on flag desecration as unconstitutional.
  • D. Shawn Estes
    Shawn Estes is a former Major League Baseball left-handed pitcher best known for his successful tenure with the San Francisco Giants in the late 1990s and early 2000s.
  • E. Shawn Patterson
    Shawn Patterson is an American composer and songwriter best known for his work on film and television scores, including the hit song "Everything Is Awesome" from The Lego Movie.
  • 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_69ca848091c48190bc313d6620d09555 completed March 30, 2026, 2:11 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69cd99aece1081908287e03106de020f completed April 1, 2026, 10:18 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69d1615d093c8190940037e9e0842db5 completed April 4, 2026, 7:07 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69d161e6a1308190932c8386e1c24f2e completed April 4, 2026, 7:09 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69d165a8c80081909e4d0837cbaabf95 completed April 4, 2026, 7:25 p.m.
Created at: March 30, 2026, 8:05 p.m.