Triple
T12883685
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | William Hickey |
E308166
|
entity |
| Predicate | birthName |
P65
|
FINISHED |
| Object | William Edward Hickey |
E308166
|
NE FINISHED |
How this triple was built (2 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 Edward Hickey | Statement: [William Hickey, birthName, William Edward Hickey]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: William Edward Hickey Context triple: [William Hickey, birthName, William Edward Hickey]
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A.
William Hickey
chosen
William Hickey was an American character actor known for his distinctive raspy voice and eccentric roles in film, television, and theater.
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B.
Earl Hickey
Earl Hickey is the bumbling, well-meaning protagonist of the sitcom "My Name Is Earl," who devotes himself to making amends for his past misdeeds through a self-imposed karmic to-do list.
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C.
Harold McCusker
Harold McCusker was a Northern Irish unionist politician who served as a Member of Parliament and was known for his hardline unionist stance during the Troubles.
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D.
William Reeves
William Reeves is a pioneering computer graphics and animation expert at Pixar, known for his influential work on early CGI films and development of key rendering techniques.
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E.
George Haines
George Haines was a renowned American swimming coach best known for developing numerous Olympic champions and elevating U.S. competitive swimming in the mid-20th century.
- F. None of above.
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Provenance (3 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_69d7bdf7c1f0819098102569a8d8cbf5 |
completed | April 9, 2026, 2:55 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69d970fd15888190baf90fc30f2a3e25 |
completed | April 10, 2026, 9:51 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69f7396b901c81908bfac5b40e3caed4 |
completed | May 3, 2026, 12:02 p.m. |
Created at: April 9, 2026, 5:39 p.m.