Triple

T11559275
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Southern California Sun E274093 entity
Predicate notablePlayer P304 FINISHED
Object Dave Williams
Dave Williams is a former American football player best known for his role as a standout running back and return specialist in the World Football League and the NFL.
E935510 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: Dave Williams | Statement: [Southern California Sun, notablePlayer, Dave Williams]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Dave Williams
Context triple: [Southern California Sun, notablePlayer, Dave Williams]
  • A. Dave Williams
    Dave Williams is a Canadian astronaut, physician, and former Director of Space & Life Sciences at NASA who flew on two Space Shuttle missions and performed spacewalks on the International Space Station.
  • B. Jeff Williams
    Jeff Williams is an American technology executive who serves as Apple's Chief Operating Officer and a key leader in the development and launch of major Apple products.
  • C. Chris Williams
    Chris Williams is an American actor and comedian known for his roles in television series such as "Californication" and "Curb Your Enthusiasm."
  • D. Chris Williams
    Chris Williams is an American film director, screenwriter, and animator best known for his work on major Disney animated features such as Moana and Big Hero 6.
  • E. Ed Williams
    Ed Williams is an American character actor best known for his deadpan role as lab technician Ted Olson in the parody TV series "Police Squad!" and the subsequent "Naked Gun" films.
  • 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: Dave Williams
Triple: [Southern California Sun, notablePlayer, Dave Williams]
Generated description
Dave Williams is a former American football player best known for his role as a standout running back and return specialist in the World Football League and the NFL.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Dave Williams
Target entity description: Dave Williams is a former American football player best known for his role as a standout running back and return specialist in the World Football League and the NFL.
  • A. Dave Williams
    Dave Williams is a Canadian astronaut, physician, and former Director of Space & Life Sciences at NASA who flew on two Space Shuttle missions and performed spacewalks on the International Space Station.
  • B. Jeff Williams
    Jeff Williams is an American technology executive who serves as Apple's Chief Operating Officer and a key leader in the development and launch of major Apple products.
  • C. Chris Williams
    Chris Williams is an American actor and comedian known for his roles in television series such as "Californication" and "Curb Your Enthusiasm."
  • D. Chris Williams
    Chris Williams is an American film director, screenwriter, and animator best known for his work on major Disney animated features such as Moana and Big Hero 6.
  • E. Ed Williams
    Ed Williams is an American character actor best known for his deadpan role as lab technician Ted Olson in the parody TV series "Police Squad!" and the subsequent "Naked Gun" films.
  • 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_69d6aae4dfa48190a3ab0b19a159a3c5 completed April 8, 2026, 7:22 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69d88a899d4481909a3bce3147763b51 completed April 10, 2026, 5:28 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69e713a7e16481908faabcafe11daf37 completed April 21, 2026, 6:05 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69e75db0ed7081909b0a5349c5aa1db4 completed April 21, 2026, 11:21 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69e7ab2c33888190a10b50195edf04f7 completed April 21, 2026, 4:51 p.m.
Created at: April 8, 2026, 9:37 p.m.