Triple
T12919828
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Tennessee Williams |
E309086
|
entity |
| Predicate | alsoKnownAs |
P39
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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]
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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."
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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.
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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.
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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.