Triple

T11277211
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Ray Walston E266966 entity
Predicate birthName P65 FINISHED
Object Herman Raymond Walston
Herman Raymond Walston, better known as Ray Walston, was an American actor famed for his roles in the TV series "My Favorite Martian" and the film and stage versions of "Damn Yankees."
E935668 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: Herman Raymond Walston | Statement: [Ray Walston, birthName, Herman Raymond Walston]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Herman Raymond Walston
Context triple: [Ray Walston, birthName, Herman Raymond Walston]
  • A. Raymond Walburn
    Raymond Walburn was an American character actor known for his comedic and often pompous roles in Hollywood films of the 1930s and 1940s.
  • B. Walter Frank
    Walter Frank was a German historian and Nazi official known for directing the Reich Institute for the History of the New Germany and promoting antisemitic, ideologically driven scholarship.
  • C. Edward Walter Eberle
    Edward Walter Eberle was a United States Navy admiral who served as Chief of Naval Operations in the 1920s, overseeing the fleet during a period of modernization and post–World War I transition.
  • D. Walter Lundin
    Walter Lundin was an American cinematographer best known for his work on silent-era comedies, particularly films starring Harold Lloyd.
  • E. Ellsworth Hoagland
    Ellsworth Hoagland was an American film editor known for his work on numerous Hollywood productions 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: Herman Raymond Walston
Triple: [Ray Walston, birthName, Herman Raymond Walston]
Generated description
Herman Raymond Walston, better known as Ray Walston, was an American actor famed for his roles in the TV series "My Favorite Martian" and the film and stage versions of "Damn Yankees."
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Herman Raymond Walston
Target entity description: Herman Raymond Walston, better known as Ray Walston, was an American actor famed for his roles in the TV series "My Favorite Martian" and the film and stage versions of "Damn Yankees."
  • A. Raymond Walburn
    Raymond Walburn was an American character actor known for his comedic and often pompous roles in Hollywood films of the 1930s and 1940s.
  • B. Walter Frank
    Walter Frank was a German historian and Nazi official known for directing the Reich Institute for the History of the New Germany and promoting antisemitic, ideologically driven scholarship.
  • C. Edward Walter Eberle
    Edward Walter Eberle was a United States Navy admiral who served as Chief of Naval Operations in the 1920s, overseeing the fleet during a period of modernization and post–World War I transition.
  • D. Walter Lundin
    Walter Lundin was an American cinematographer best known for his work on silent-era comedies, particularly films starring Harold Lloyd.
  • E. Ellsworth Hoagland
    Ellsworth Hoagland was an American film editor known for his work on numerous Hollywood productions 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_69d6aac8c2f48190ad0596f1f89f0470 completed April 8, 2026, 7:21 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69d7e967ebb4819080b09ed3cec44e77 completed April 9, 2026, 6:01 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69e8a6df121c8190a8522ce0e366013c completed April 22, 2026, 10:45 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69e8aa378edc8190807451b1855a4502 completed April 22, 2026, 11 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69e8b05117988190aa029efa250053db completed April 22, 2026, 11:26 a.m.
Created at: April 8, 2026, 9:31 p.m.