Triple

T9592543
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Shepard E231450 entity
Predicate hasVariant P455 FINISHED
Object Shephard
Shephard is a variant spelling of the surname "Shepard," commonly used as a family name in English-speaking countries.
 E809098 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: Shephard | Statement: [Shepard, hasVariant, Shephard]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Shephard
Context triple: [Shepard, hasVariant, Shephard]
  • A. Shriever
    Shriever is a surname, a variant spelling of "Shriver," borne by various individuals of English-speaking origin.
  • B. Shadbolt
    Shadbolt is a surname most notably associated with Sir Nigel Shadbolt, a prominent British computer scientist and artificial intelligence researcher.
  • C. Mordaunt
    Mordaunt is a vengeful and fanatical antagonist in Alexandre Dumas’ d'Artagnan romances, known as the ruthless son of Milady de Winter who seeks to destroy the musketeers.
  • D. Rackham
    Rackham is the surname of Arthur Rackham, the renowned English book illustrator celebrated for his distinctive, fantastical artwork in early 20th-century children’s literature and fairy tales.
  • E. Shafroth
    Shafroth is a surname most notably associated with John F. Shafroth, an American politician who served as a U.S. Representative, Senator, and Governor of Colorado in the early 20th century.
  • 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: Shephard
Triple: [Shepard, hasVariant, Shephard]
Generated description
Shephard is a variant spelling of the surname "Shepard," commonly used as a family name in English-speaking countries.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Shephard
Target entity description: Shephard is a variant spelling of the surname "Shepard," commonly used as a family name in English-speaking countries.
  • A. Shriever
    Shriever is a surname, a variant spelling of "Shriver," borne by various individuals of English-speaking origin.
  • B. Shadbolt
    Shadbolt is a surname most notably associated with Sir Nigel Shadbolt, a prominent British computer scientist and artificial intelligence researcher.
  • C. Mordaunt
    Mordaunt is a vengeful and fanatical antagonist in Alexandre Dumas’ d'Artagnan romances, known as the ruthless son of Milady de Winter who seeks to destroy the musketeers.
  • D. Rackham
    Rackham is the surname of Arthur Rackham, the renowned English book illustrator celebrated for his distinctive, fantastical artwork in early 20th-century children’s literature and fairy tales.
  • E. Shafroth
    Shafroth is a surname most notably associated with John F. Shafroth, an American politician who served as a U.S. Representative, Senator, and Governor of Colorado in the early 20th century.
  • 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_69ca8482884481908eccdfdf64d6fbf7 completed March 30, 2026, 2:11 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69cd9a11ec7081908dc580de2f369706 completed April 1, 2026, 10:20 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69d161938e108190aea76d528f9208a2 completed April 4, 2026, 7:08 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69d1624400b8819085b1c1a93cddc3f6 completed April 4, 2026, 7:11 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69d162b39c888190ae71b05ee2e132a8 completed April 4, 2026, 7:12 p.m.
Created at: March 30, 2026, 8:07 p.m.