Triple

T10812618
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Our Town E255139 entity
Predicate editor P1954 FINISHED
Object William H. Terhune
William H. Terhune was a film editor best known for his work on the classic 1940 adaptation of Thornton Wilder’s play "Our Town."
 E1142927 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 H. Terhune | Statement: [Our Town, editor, William H. Terhune]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: William H. Terhune
Context triple: [Our Town, editor, William H. Terhune]
  • A. Henry C. Mustin
    Henry C. Mustin was a pioneering U.S. Navy aviator and officer who played a key role in the early development of naval aviation.
  • B. John A. Hardenbrook
    John A. Hardenbrook was one of the early New York City brokers who helped found what became the New York Stock Exchange by signing the 1792 Buttonwood Agreement.
  • C. Henry W. Gerrard
    Henry W. Gerrard was an American cinematographer active in early 20th-century Hollywood, known for his work on classic genre films.
  • D. Albert S. Ruddy
    Albert S. Ruddy is a Canadian-born film and television producer best known for his Academy Award–winning work on landmark films such as "The Godfather" and "Million Dollar Baby."
  • E. William T. Granahan
    William T. Granahan was an American Democratic politician who served as a U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania in the mid-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: William H. Terhune
Triple: [Our Town, editor, William H. Terhune]
Generated description
William H. Terhune was a film editor best known for his work on the classic 1940 adaptation of Thornton Wilder’s play "Our Town."
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: William H. Terhune
Target entity description: William H. Terhune was a film editor best known for his work on the classic 1940 adaptation of Thornton Wilder’s play "Our Town."
  • A. Henry C. Mustin
    Henry C. Mustin was a pioneering U.S. Navy aviator and officer who played a key role in the early development of naval aviation.
  • B. John A. Hardenbrook
    John A. Hardenbrook was one of the early New York City brokers who helped found what became the New York Stock Exchange by signing the 1792 Buttonwood Agreement.
  • C. Henry W. Gerrard
    Henry W. Gerrard was an American cinematographer active in early 20th-century Hollywood, known for his work on classic genre films.
  • D. Albert S. Ruddy
    Albert S. Ruddy is a Canadian-born film and television producer best known for his Academy Award–winning work on landmark films such as "The Godfather" and "Million Dollar Baby."
  • E. William T. Granahan
    William T. Granahan was an American Democratic politician who served as a U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania in the mid-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_69d6aa61c15c8190a1839550c56e75e1 completed April 8, 2026, 7:20 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69d733eadda48190b2b1183ee60102cb completed April 9, 2026, 5:06 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69fed314bb9481908144c5399aa62ffa completed May 9, 2026, 6:24 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69fed47c88d08190a4396b955c9bb388 completed May 9, 2026, 6:30 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69fed50956408190b1426d578803974e completed May 9, 2026, 6:32 a.m.
Created at: April 8, 2026, 9:18 p.m.