Triple

T10680576
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject The Old Nest E251739 entity
Predicate starring P1507 FINISHED
Object John Bowers
John Bowers was an American silent film actor prominent in the 1910s and 1920s, known for his leading roles in numerous dramas and romances.
 E916615 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: John Bowers | Statement: [The Old Nest, starring, John Bowers]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: John Bowers
Context triple: [The Old Nest, starring, John Bowers]
  • A. John Bowers
    John Bowers is a prominent American engineer and physicist renowned for his pioneering contributions to photonics and optoelectronics, particularly in the development of high-speed and energy-efficient optical communication technologies.
  • B. Dale Bowers
    Dale Bowers is an Anglican bishop who serves as the ecclesiastical leader of the Diocese of St Helena, overseeing the church’s ministry on the remote South Atlantic islands of St Helena and Ascension.
  • C. Byron Bowers
    Byron Bowers is an American stand-up comedian, writer, and actor known for his work in television, film, and comedy specials.
  • D. Dallas Bower
    Dallas Bower was a British film and television producer, director, and writer known for his work in early sound cinema and wartime propaganda films.
  • E. Doug Bowne
    Doug Bowne is a musician best known for his work with the new wave band Tom Tom Club.
  • 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: John Bowers
Triple: [The Old Nest, starring, John Bowers]
Generated description
John Bowers was an American silent film actor prominent in the 1910s and 1920s, known for his leading roles in numerous dramas and romances.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: John Bowers
Target entity description: John Bowers was an American silent film actor prominent in the 1910s and 1920s, known for his leading roles in numerous dramas and romances.
  • A. John Bowers
    John Bowers is a prominent American engineer and physicist renowned for his pioneering contributions to photonics and optoelectronics, particularly in the development of high-speed and energy-efficient optical communication technologies.
  • B. Dale Bowers
    Dale Bowers is an Anglican bishop who serves as the ecclesiastical leader of the Diocese of St Helena, overseeing the church’s ministry on the remote South Atlantic islands of St Helena and Ascension.
  • C. Byron Bowers
    Byron Bowers is an American stand-up comedian, writer, and actor known for his work in television, film, and comedy specials.
  • D. Dallas Bower
    Dallas Bower was a British film and television producer, director, and writer known for his work in early sound cinema and wartime propaganda films.
  • E. Doug Bowne
    Doug Bowne is a musician best known for his work with the new wave band Tom Tom Club.
  • 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_69d6aa5bd7c08190a816e733b4045c23 completed April 8, 2026, 7:19 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69d6fcc1b8d4819082fde22db39d8b24 completed April 9, 2026, 1:11 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69e5099f57ac81909e7734b83ad96a40 completed April 19, 2026, 4:58 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69e50ec6ad388190b2518692d30c371c completed April 19, 2026, 5:20 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69e5168c8da0819093bf61d8ea5f9e35 completed April 19, 2026, 5:53 p.m.
Created at: April 8, 2026, 9:10 p.m.