Triple
T12014569
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | John Pickford |
E285991
|
entity |
| Predicate | familyName |
P18
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Pickford
Pickford is an English surname most famously associated with silent film star Mary Pickford and, in modern times, England football goalkeeper Jordan Pickford.
|
E960686
|
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: Pickford | Statement: [John Pickford, familyName, Pickford]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Pickford Context triple: [John Pickford, familyName, Pickford]
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A.
Jack Pickford
Jack Pickford was a Canadian-American actor and film director of the silent era, known both for his own screen career and as the younger brother of movie star Mary Pickford.
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B.
Lottie Pickford
Lottie Pickford was a Canadian-American silent film actress and member of the famous Pickford acting family, known as the younger sister of film star Mary Pickford.
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C.
Hepburn Ferrer
Hepburn Ferrer is the family name of Sean Hepburn Ferrer, the son of iconic actress Audrey Hepburn and actor Mel Ferrer.
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D.
Willa Fitzgerald
Willa Fitzgerald is an American actress known for her roles in television series such as MTV's "Scream," "Little Women" (2017), and "Reacher."
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E.
Dorothy Tennant
Dorothy Tennant was a British Victorian-era painter and illustrator known for her genre scenes and society portraits, as well as for editing and illustrating the memoirs of her husband, explorer Henry Morton Stanley.
- 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: Pickford Triple: [John Pickford, familyName, Pickford]
Generated description
Pickford is an English surname most famously associated with silent film star Mary Pickford and, in modern times, England football goalkeeper Jordan Pickford.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Pickford Target entity description: Pickford is an English surname most famously associated with silent film star Mary Pickford and, in modern times, England football goalkeeper Jordan Pickford.
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A.
Jack Pickford
Jack Pickford was a Canadian-American actor and film director of the silent era, known both for his own screen career and as the younger brother of movie star Mary Pickford.
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B.
Lottie Pickford
Lottie Pickford was a Canadian-American silent film actress and member of the famous Pickford acting family, known as the younger sister of film star Mary Pickford.
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C.
Hepburn Ferrer
Hepburn Ferrer is the family name of Sean Hepburn Ferrer, the son of iconic actress Audrey Hepburn and actor Mel Ferrer.
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D.
Willa Fitzgerald
Willa Fitzgerald is an American actress known for her roles in television series such as MTV's "Scream," "Little Women" (2017), and "Reacher."
-
E.
Dorothy Tennant
Dorothy Tennant was a British Victorian-era painter and illustrator known for her genre scenes and society portraits, as well as for editing and illustrating the memoirs of her husband, explorer Henry Morton Stanley.
- 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_69d6ab45a368819084fce08bf0dc3705 |
completed | April 8, 2026, 7:23 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69d903d884488190b4450a98088208ef |
completed | April 10, 2026, 2:06 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69f48b4535f48190ac5b2cabb4daf4af |
completed | May 1, 2026, 11:15 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69f490cb9328819095481a4d0fb0c625 |
completed | May 1, 2026, 11:38 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69f495cc50908190aab4f8ca64c66ef3 |
completed | May 1, 2026, noon |
Created at: April 8, 2026, 9:46 p.m.