Triple

T13052172
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject The Apple (TOS episode) E327472 entity
Predicate costumeDesigner P184 FINISHED
Object William Ware Theiss
William Ware Theiss was an American costume designer best known for his innovative and often daring futuristic costumes on the original Star Trek television series.
E1044922 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 Ware Theiss | Statement: [The Apple (TOS episode), costumeDesigner, William Ware Theiss]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: William Ware Theiss
Context triple: [The Apple (TOS episode), costumeDesigner, William Ware Theiss]
  • A. Edward H. Heinemann
    Edward H. Heinemann was a renowned American aeronautical engineer and aircraft designer best known for creating several iconic military aircraft for Douglas Aircraft Company, including the A-4 Skyhawk and A-26 Invader.
  • B. R. G. Tifft
    R. G. Tifft is an astronomer known for his work on galaxy observations, including the discovery of the Tucana Dwarf Galaxy.
  • C. Frederick C. Peters
    Frederick C. Peters was an American land developer and businessman best known for establishing the city of Plantation, Florida.
  • D. Philip J. Suess
    Philip J. Suess is an American politician who serves as the mayor of Wheaton, Illinois.
  • E. George Corson
    George Corson was a 19th-century British architect known for his significant contributions to the architectural landscape of Leeds, England.
  • 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 Ware Theiss
Triple: [The Apple (TOS episode), costumeDesigner, William Ware Theiss]
Generated description
William Ware Theiss was an American costume designer best known for his innovative and often daring futuristic costumes on the original Star Trek television series.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: William Ware Theiss
Target entity description: William Ware Theiss was an American costume designer best known for his innovative and often daring futuristic costumes on the original Star Trek television series.
  • A. Edward H. Heinemann
    Edward H. Heinemann was a renowned American aeronautical engineer and aircraft designer best known for creating several iconic military aircraft for Douglas Aircraft Company, including the A-4 Skyhawk and A-26 Invader.
  • B. R. G. Tifft
    R. G. Tifft is an astronomer known for his work on galaxy observations, including the discovery of the Tucana Dwarf Galaxy.
  • C. Frederick C. Peters
    Frederick C. Peters was an American land developer and businessman best known for establishing the city of Plantation, Florida.
  • D. Philip J. Suess
    Philip J. Suess is an American politician who serves as the mayor of Wheaton, Illinois.
  • E. George Corson
    George Corson was a 19th-century British architect known for his significant contributions to the architectural landscape of Leeds, England.
  • 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_69d8076e64308190904fb5c93517c901 completed April 9, 2026, 8:09 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69d980b98fa081908cfa92116799e874 completed April 10, 2026, 10:59 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69f75469a3f08190a7e417872147b455 completed May 3, 2026, 1:58 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69f755d330c481909c159d3801c18f59 completed May 3, 2026, 2:04 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69f756773b9c81908250ae7ffc2d8d99 completed May 3, 2026, 2:06 p.m.
Created at: April 9, 2026, 8:57 p.m.