Triple

T11667512
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject William Witney E277290 entity
Predicate birthName P65 FINISHED
Object William Nuelsen Witney
William Nuelsen Witney was an American film and television director best known for his influential work on action-packed movie serials and Westerns in the mid-20th century.
E939369 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 Nuelsen Witney | Statement: [William Witney, birthName, William Nuelsen Witney]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: William Nuelsen Witney
Context triple: [William Witney, birthName, William Nuelsen Witney]
  • A. William Van Tine
    William Van Tine was an American architect known for contributing to the design of Fair Lane, the historic Henry Ford estate in Dearborn, Michigan.
  • B. Willard Hewitt
    Willard Hewitt is a lovable, somewhat awkward small-town teenager who becomes Ren McCormack’s loyal best friend and comic relief in the musical and film "Footloose."
  • C. Edward Clark Whiting
    Edward Clark Whiting was an American landscape architect associated with the renowned Olmsted Brothers firm, contributing to early 20th-century park and urban design projects.
  • D. Robert Maclay Widney
    Robert Maclay Widney was a 19th-century American judge, civic leader, and educator best known for spearheading the creation of the University of Southern California in Los Angeles.
  • E. William Henry Rinehart
    William Henry Rinehart was a prominent 19th-century American sculptor known for his neoclassical works and significant contributions to American art.
  • 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 Nuelsen Witney
Triple: [William Witney, birthName, William Nuelsen Witney]
Generated description
William Nuelsen Witney was an American film and television director best known for his influential work on action-packed movie serials and Westerns in the mid-20th century.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: William Nuelsen Witney
Target entity description: William Nuelsen Witney was an American film and television director best known for his influential work on action-packed movie serials and Westerns in the mid-20th century.
  • A. William Van Tine
    William Van Tine was an American architect known for contributing to the design of Fair Lane, the historic Henry Ford estate in Dearborn, Michigan.
  • B. Willard Hewitt
    Willard Hewitt is a lovable, somewhat awkward small-town teenager who becomes Ren McCormack’s loyal best friend and comic relief in the musical and film "Footloose."
  • C. Edward Clark Whiting
    Edward Clark Whiting was an American landscape architect associated with the renowned Olmsted Brothers firm, contributing to early 20th-century park and urban design projects.
  • D. Robert Maclay Widney
    Robert Maclay Widney was a 19th-century American judge, civic leader, and educator best known for spearheading the creation of the University of Southern California in Los Angeles.
  • E. William Henry Rinehart
    William Henry Rinehart was a prominent 19th-century American sculptor known for his neoclassical works and significant contributions to American art.
  • 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_69d6aafd0a448190b44da30af8c6c519 completed April 8, 2026, 7:22 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69d8a440d8a481909a13c97813408bc8 completed April 10, 2026, 7:18 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69ef13b36ae4819096e6dfca23a69250 completed April 27, 2026, 7:43 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69ef3550fae881909246cd4cca047a19 completed April 27, 2026, 10:07 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69ef519f95488190b4b5a167aa930133 completed April 27, 2026, 12:08 p.m.
Created at: April 8, 2026, 9:39 p.m.