Triple
T1279687
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Bill Walton |
E27295
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entity |
| Predicate | fullName |
P16
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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.
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E147043
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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]
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A.
William Walton
William Walton was a prominent 20th-century English composer known for his orchestral works, film scores, and ceremonial music.
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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."
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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.
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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."
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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.
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A.
William Walton
William Walton was a prominent 20th-century English composer known for his orchestral works, film scores, and ceremonial music.
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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.