Triple

T10287155
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Bud Cort E241260 entity
Predicate birthName P65 FINISHED
Object Walter Edward Cox
Walter Edward Cox, better known by his stage name Bud Cort, is an American actor and comedian best known for his role as Harold in the cult classic film "Harold and Maude."
E854734 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: Walter Edward Cox | Statement: [Bud Cort, birthName, Walter Edward Cox]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Walter Edward Cox
Context triple: [Bud Cort, birthName, Walter Edward Cox]
  • A. Samuel Lane Loomis
    Samuel Lane Loomis was an American Congregational minister, educator, and author active in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
  • B. William Gemmell Cochran
    William Gemmell Cochran was a prominent Scottish statistician known for his foundational contributions to experimental design, sampling techniques, and the development of modern statistical theory.
  • C. Edward F. Cox
    Edward F. Cox is an American lawyer and political figure best known as the son-in-law of President Richard Nixon and a longtime leader within the New York Republican Party.
  • D. Guyton Alston
    Guyton Alston was a key founding figure behind the prominent U.S. law firm Alston & Bird.
  • E. John W. Harvey
    John W. Harvey is an astronomer recognized for his significant contributions to solar physics and helioseismology, for which he received the prestigious George Ellery Hale Prize.
  • 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: Walter Edward Cox
Triple: [Bud Cort, birthName, Walter Edward Cox]
Generated description
Walter Edward Cox, better known by his stage name Bud Cort, is an American actor and comedian best known for his role as Harold in the cult classic film "Harold and Maude."
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Walter Edward Cox
Target entity description: Walter Edward Cox, better known by his stage name Bud Cort, is an American actor and comedian best known for his role as Harold in the cult classic film "Harold and Maude."
  • A. Samuel Lane Loomis
    Samuel Lane Loomis was an American Congregational minister, educator, and author active in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
  • B. William Gemmell Cochran
    William Gemmell Cochran was a prominent Scottish statistician known for his foundational contributions to experimental design, sampling techniques, and the development of modern statistical theory.
  • C. Edward F. Cox
    Edward F. Cox is an American lawyer and political figure best known as the son-in-law of President Richard Nixon and a longtime leader within the New York Republican Party.
  • D. Guyton Alston
    Guyton Alston was a key founding figure behind the prominent U.S. law firm Alston & Bird.
  • E. John W. Harvey
    John W. Harvey is an astronomer recognized for his significant contributions to solar physics and helioseismology, for which he received the prestigious George Ellery Hale Prize.
  • 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_69d381aaafc08190af475ef58dc16aba completed April 6, 2026, 9:49 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69d4d2b924908190879a7b6b70e0109a completed April 7, 2026, 9:47 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69d71d0b40d081908eb3f7ba24352a42 completed April 9, 2026, 3:29 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69d71f78bbd88190b0c7829f3541cedb completed April 9, 2026, 3:39 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69d7319f699881909a1e0dba5f5ffb06 completed April 9, 2026, 4:57 a.m.
Created at: April 6, 2026, 11:40 a.m.