Triple

T1279687
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Bill Walton E27295 entity
Predicate fullName P16 FINISHED
Object William Theodore Walton III
William Theodore Walton III is an American former professional basketball player and Hall of Famer known for his standout college career at UCLA and his NBA success with the Portland Trail Blazers and Boston Celtics, as well as his later work as a sports broadcaster.
E147043 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 Theodore Walton III | Statement: [Bill Walton, fullName, William Theodore Walton III]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: William Theodore Walton III
Context triple: [Bill Walton, fullName, William Theodore Walton III]
  • A. William Walton
    William Walton was a prominent 20th-century English composer known for his orchestral works, film scores, and ceremonial music.
  • B. Malcolm Arnold
    Malcolm Arnold was a prominent 20th-century English composer best known for his symphonies, concertos, and acclaimed film scores such as "The Bridge on the River Kwai."
  • C. Sir Peter Maxwell Davies
    Sir Peter Maxwell Davies was a prominent 20th-century British composer and conductor, known for his modernist works and for serving as Master of the Queen’s Music.
  • D. Benjamin Britten
    Benjamin Britten was a prominent 20th-century English composer, conductor, and pianist best known for works such as the opera "Peter Grimes" and "The War Requiem."
  • E. John Harbison
    John Harbison is an American composer renowned for his orchestral, chamber, choral, and operatic works, and for his influential role in contemporary classical music.
  • 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 Theodore Walton III
Triple: [Bill Walton, fullName, William Theodore Walton III]
Generated description
William Theodore Walton III is an American former professional basketball player and Hall of Famer known for his standout college career at UCLA and his NBA success with the Portland Trail Blazers and Boston Celtics, as well as his later work as a sports broadcaster.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: William Theodore Walton III
Target entity description: William Theodore Walton III is an American former professional basketball player and Hall of Famer known for his standout college career at UCLA and his NBA success with the Portland Trail Blazers and Boston Celtics, as well as his later work as a sports broadcaster.
  • A. William Walton
    William Walton was a prominent 20th-century English composer known for his orchestral works, film scores, and ceremonial music.
  • B. Malcolm Arnold
    Malcolm Arnold was a prominent 20th-century English composer best known for his symphonies, concertos, and acclaimed film scores such as "The Bridge on the River Kwai."
  • C. Sir Peter Maxwell Davies
    Sir Peter Maxwell Davies was a prominent 20th-century British composer and conductor, known for his modernist works and for serving as Master of the Queen’s Music.
  • D. Benjamin Britten
    Benjamin Britten was a prominent 20th-century English composer, conductor, and pianist best known for works such as the opera "Peter Grimes" and "The War Requiem."
  • E. John Harbison
    John Harbison is an American composer renowned for his orchestral, chamber, choral, and operatic works, and for his influential role in contemporary classical music.
  • 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_69a496d3710c8190955dee8bc0dacb50 completed March 1, 2026, 7:43 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69a4c092eb688190bf42bbd59e4ff289 completed March 1, 2026, 10:41 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69aca2f91b348190b2994af7edaf4f67 completed March 7, 2026, 10:13 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69aca3ee6d748190bb5b214471f5c191 completed March 7, 2026, 10:17 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69aca44c41908190981d4ccdcaa7b613 completed March 7, 2026, 10:18 p.m.
Created at: March 1, 2026, 7:50 p.m.