Triple

T10124316
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject To Live and Die in L.A. E226173 entity
Predicate leadActor P1507 FINISHED
Object William L. Petersen
William L. Petersen is an American actor best known for his role as Gil Grissom on the television series "CSI: Crime Scene Investigation."
 E841579 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: William L. Petersen | Statement: [To Live and Die in L.A., leadActor, William L. Petersen]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: William L. Petersen
Context triple: [To Live and Die in L.A., leadActor, William L. Petersen]
  • A. William A. Petersen
    William A. Petersen was a 19th-century Washington, D.C. tailor and boardinghouse owner whose home became historically significant as the place where President Abraham Lincoln died.
  • B. John McCrea
    John McCrea is a British actor and singer best known for originating the title role in the West End musical "Everybody's Talking About Jamie" and for his film work, including a role in Disney's "Cruella."
  • C. Jack B. Sowards
    Jack B. Sowards was an American screenwriter best known for writing the screenplay for the film Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan.
  • D. John H. Hinchcliffe
    John H. Hinchcliffe was a prominent New Jersey political figure who served as mayor of Paterson and as a U.S. Representative in the early 20th century.
  • E. Lewis G. Stevenson
    Lewis G. Stevenson was an American politician and public official from Illinois, known for his role in the prominent Stevenson political family.
  • 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: William L. Petersen
Triple: [To Live and Die in L.A., leadActor, William L. Petersen]
Generated description
William L. Petersen is an American actor best known for his role as Gil Grissom on the television series "CSI: Crime Scene Investigation."
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: William L. Petersen
Target entity description: William L. Petersen is an American actor best known for his role as Gil Grissom on the television series "CSI: Crime Scene Investigation."
  • A. William A. Petersen
    William A. Petersen was a 19th-century Washington, D.C. tailor and boardinghouse owner whose home became historically significant as the place where President Abraham Lincoln died.
  • B. John McCrea
    John McCrea is a British actor and singer best known for originating the title role in the West End musical "Everybody's Talking About Jamie" and for his film work, including a role in Disney's "Cruella."
  • C. Jack B. Sowards
    Jack B. Sowards was an American screenwriter best known for writing the screenplay for the film Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan.
  • D. John H. Hinchcliffe
    John H. Hinchcliffe was a prominent New Jersey political figure who served as mayor of Paterson and as a U.S. Representative in the early 20th century.
  • E. Lewis G. Stevenson
    Lewis G. Stevenson was an American politician and public official from Illinois, known for his role in the prominent Stevenson political family.
  • 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_69ca843057b48190a86730167f5d6b98 completed March 30, 2026, 2:09 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69cdd2ebe4548190a484c145639d92f0 completed April 2, 2026, 2:22 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69d2cc52a4948190a7397c83912f3b15 completed April 5, 2026, 8:55 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69d2cd901c148190afb27759cc176f89 completed April 5, 2026, 9:01 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69d2ce71fa888190b8dd13df83a2cd78 completed April 5, 2026, 9:04 p.m.
Created at: March 30, 2026, 9:05 p.m.