Triple

T123163
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Ron Howard E2488 entity
Predicate parent P120 FINISHED
Object Rance Howard
Rance Howard was an American character actor known for his extensive work in film and television and as the patriarch of the Howard acting and directing family.
 E20546 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: Rance Howard | Statement: [Ron Howard, parent, Rance Howard]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Rance Howard
Context triple: [Ron Howard, parent, Rance Howard]
  • A. Ralph Nelson
    Ralph Nelson was an American film and television director, producer, and writer known for works such as "Lilies of the Field" and "Requiem for a Heavyweight."
  • B. Robert Empie Rogers
    Robert Empie Rogers was a 19th-century American chemist and educator known for his contributions to analytical chemistry and his role in advancing scientific education.
  • C. Basil Rathbone
    Basil Rathbone was a British actor best known for his definitive film portrayals of Sherlock Holmes in the 1930s and 1940s.
  • D. Douglas Fairbanks Jr.
    Douglas Fairbanks Jr. was an American actor and producer, known for his roles in adventure films and as the son of silent film star Douglas Fairbanks.
  • E. Norman Lloyd
    Norman Lloyd was an American actor, producer, and director whose career in film, television, and theater spanned more than eight decades.
  • 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: Rance Howard
Triple: [Ron Howard, parent, Rance Howard]
Generated description
Rance Howard was an American character actor known for his extensive work in film and television and as the patriarch of the Howard acting and directing family.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Rance Howard
Target entity description: Rance Howard was an American character actor known for his extensive work in film and television and as the patriarch of the Howard acting and directing family.
  • A. Ralph Nelson
    Ralph Nelson was an American film and television director, producer, and writer known for works such as "Lilies of the Field" and "Requiem for a Heavyweight."
  • B. Robert Empie Rogers
    Robert Empie Rogers was a 19th-century American chemist and educator known for his contributions to analytical chemistry and his role in advancing scientific education.
  • C. Basil Rathbone
    Basil Rathbone was a British actor best known for his definitive film portrayals of Sherlock Holmes in the 1930s and 1940s.
  • D. Douglas Fairbanks Jr.
    Douglas Fairbanks Jr. was an American actor and producer, known for his roles in adventure films and as the son of silent film star Douglas Fairbanks.
  • E. Norman Lloyd
    Norman Lloyd was an American actor, producer, and director whose career in film, television, and theater spanned more than eight decades.
  • 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_69a251b54ea88190b18281669f59b4c0 completed Feb. 28, 2026, 2:23 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69a2573b4e7481909ee09d2899f8a74b completed Feb. 28, 2026, 2:47 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69a2db5239308190bbea75f856b8dfbe completed Feb. 28, 2026, 12:10 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69a2dbef3bc0819082bfee90b392744b completed Feb. 28, 2026, 12:13 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69a2dcc92c34819089205228e459469a completed Feb. 28, 2026, 12:17 p.m.
Created at: Feb. 28, 2026, 2:27 a.m.