Triple

T12919828
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Tennessee Williams E309086 entity
Predicate alsoKnownAs P39 FINISHED
Object Thomas L. Williams
Thomas L. Williams is the birth name of Tennessee Williams, the renowned American playwright known for works such as "A Streetcar Named Desire" and "The Glass Menagerie."
E1194634 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: Thomas L. Williams | Statement: [Tennessee Williams, alsoKnownAs, Thomas L. Williams]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Thomas L. Williams
Context triple: [Tennessee Williams, alsoKnownAs, Thomas L. Williams]
  • A. Ronald J. Williams
    Ronald J. Williams is a computer scientist known for his influential contributions to neural networks and machine learning, particularly in the development of backpropagation and reinforcement learning algorithms.
  • B. Arland D. Williams Jr.
    Arland D. Williams Jr. was an American passenger who became known for his heroic self-sacrifice during the 1982 Air Florida Flight 90 crash in Washington, D.C., repeatedly passing rescue lines to others before drowning.
  • C. William R. Wilkerson
    William R. Wilkerson was an American entrepreneur and publisher best known for founding The Hollywood Reporter and initiating the development of the Flamingo Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas.
  • D. John H. Wilson
    John H. Wilson was a business partner in the Wilson Brothers & Company firm, likely involved in its management and commercial operations.
  • E. James L. Wilmeth
    James L. Wilmeth was an American government official who served as a senior federal financial administrator in the early 20th century.
  • 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: Thomas L. Williams
Triple: [Tennessee Williams, alsoKnownAs, Thomas L. Williams]
Generated description
Thomas L. Williams is the birth name of Tennessee Williams, the renowned American playwright known for works such as "A Streetcar Named Desire" and "The Glass Menagerie."
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Thomas L. Williams
Target entity description: Thomas L. Williams is the birth name of Tennessee Williams, the renowned American playwright known for works such as "A Streetcar Named Desire" and "The Glass Menagerie."
  • A. Ronald J. Williams
    Ronald J. Williams is a computer scientist known for his influential contributions to neural networks and machine learning, particularly in the development of backpropagation and reinforcement learning algorithms.
  • B. Arland D. Williams Jr.
    Arland D. Williams Jr. was an American passenger who became known for his heroic self-sacrifice during the 1982 Air Florida Flight 90 crash in Washington, D.C., repeatedly passing rescue lines to others before drowning.
  • C. William R. Wilkerson
    William R. Wilkerson was an American entrepreneur and publisher best known for founding The Hollywood Reporter and initiating the development of the Flamingo Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas.
  • D. John H. Wilson
    John H. Wilson was a business partner in the Wilson Brothers & Company firm, likely involved in its management and commercial operations.
  • E. James L. Wilmeth
    James L. Wilmeth was an American government official who served as a senior federal financial administrator in the early 20th century.
  • 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_69d7bdf92b588190acdf2a2291ac4590 completed April 9, 2026, 2:55 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69d971e6d9fc8190b8a5244b26b5f78a completed April 10, 2026, 9:55 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69ffeb75ea708190a30153c76cde8e79 completed May 10, 2026, 2:20 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69ffec5cc1808190ae622027804b43f2 completed May 10, 2026, 2:24 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69ffed56235c8190b2075cce605ecf03 completed May 10, 2026, 2:28 a.m.
Created at: April 9, 2026, 5:41 p.m.