Triple

T10144606
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Bill Foulkes E231671 entity
Predicate fullName P16 FINISHED
Object William Anthony Foulkes
William Anthony Foulkes was an English footballer best known as a long-serving defender for Manchester United and a survivor of the 1958 Munich air disaster.
E844402 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 Anthony Foulkes | Statement: [Bill Foulkes, fullName, William Anthony Foulkes]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: William Anthony Foulkes
Context triple: [Bill Foulkes, fullName, William Anthony Foulkes]
  • A. Charles Foulkes
    Charles Foulkes was a senior Canadian Army officer in the Second World War who rose to become Chief of the General Staff and played a key role in the final Allied operations in Northwest Europe.
  • B. Robert Fryer
    Robert Fryer was a prominent American theatrical and film producer known for staging major Broadway musicals and plays in the mid-20th century.
  • C. George Milner
    George Milner is a personal name shared by several notable individuals, including figures in fields such as linguistics, politics, and the military.
  • D. Francis Knowles
    Francis Knowles was a benefactor or notable figure in whose honor the Knowles Memorial Chapel was dedicated.
  • E. Richard G. Wilkinson
    Richard G. Wilkinson is a British social epidemiologist known for his influential research on income inequality and its effects on health and social outcomes.
  • 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 Anthony Foulkes
Triple: [Bill Foulkes, fullName, William Anthony Foulkes]
Generated description
William Anthony Foulkes was an English footballer best known as a long-serving defender for Manchester United and a survivor of the 1958 Munich air disaster.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: William Anthony Foulkes
Target entity description: William Anthony Foulkes was an English footballer best known as a long-serving defender for Manchester United and a survivor of the 1958 Munich air disaster.
  • A. Charles Foulkes
    Charles Foulkes was a senior Canadian Army officer in the Second World War who rose to become Chief of the General Staff and played a key role in the final Allied operations in Northwest Europe.
  • B. Robert Fryer
    Robert Fryer was a prominent American theatrical and film producer known for staging major Broadway musicals and plays in the mid-20th century.
  • C. George Milner
    George Milner is a personal name shared by several notable individuals, including figures in fields such as linguistics, politics, and the military.
  • D. Francis Knowles
    Francis Knowles was a benefactor or notable figure in whose honor the Knowles Memorial Chapel was dedicated.
  • E. Richard G. Wilkinson
    Richard G. Wilkinson is a British social epidemiologist known for his influential research on income inequality and its effects on health and social outcomes.
  • 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_69ca848364f881908a24366a6feec1db completed March 30, 2026, 2:11 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69cdeb28a1708190b46499dbe51a694a completed April 2, 2026, 4:06 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69d2e62236c88190a6ddaf4957cb8b5f completed April 5, 2026, 10:45 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69d2e73fd6988190a338a9e49dc3671b completed April 5, 2026, 10:50 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69d2e8c425b88190b20f1706fe3343f4 completed April 5, 2026, 10:57 p.m.
Created at: March 30, 2026, 9:07 p.m.