Triple

T13087817
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Pierson E310381 entity
Predicate hasNotableBearer P458 FINISHED
Object William Gillies Pierson
William Gillies Pierson was an American actor and stage performer best known for his work in mid-20th-century theater and film.
 E1027517 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 Gillies Pierson | Statement: [Pierson, hasNotableBearer, William Gillies Pierson]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: William Gillies Pierson
Context triple: [Pierson, hasNotableBearer, William Gillies Pierson]
  • A. William Gillies
    William Gillies is a name shared by several notable figures, including politicians and artists, whose specific identity depends on the historical and professional context.
  • B. Francis Johnston
    Francis Johnston was a prominent early 19th-century Irish architect known for his influential public and ecclesiastical buildings in Dublin and across Ireland.
  • C. Martin P. Catherwood
    Martin P. Catherwood was an American labor and industrial relations expert who served in prominent public roles in New York State government.
  • D. John Gillespie
    John Gillespie is the husband of American journalist and author Susan Orlean.
  • E. Francis Wallace Burns
    Francis Wallace Burns was one of the sons of the famed Scottish poet Robert Burns, remembered primarily through his connection to his father's legacy.
  • 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 Gillies Pierson
Triple: [Pierson, hasNotableBearer, William Gillies Pierson]
Generated description
William Gillies Pierson was an American actor and stage performer best known for his work in mid-20th-century theater and film.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: William Gillies Pierson
Target entity description: William Gillies Pierson was an American actor and stage performer best known for his work in mid-20th-century theater and film.
  • A. William Gillies
    William Gillies is a name shared by several notable figures, including politicians and artists, whose specific identity depends on the historical and professional context.
  • B. Francis Johnston
    Francis Johnston was a prominent early 19th-century Irish architect known for his influential public and ecclesiastical buildings in Dublin and across Ireland.
  • C. Martin P. Catherwood
    Martin P. Catherwood was an American labor and industrial relations expert who served in prominent public roles in New York State government.
  • D. John Gillespie
    John Gillespie is the husband of American journalist and author Susan Orlean.
  • E. Francis Wallace Burns
    Francis Wallace Burns was one of the sons of the famed Scottish poet Robert Burns, remembered primarily through his connection to his father's legacy.
  • 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_69d806a733548190989cfd4ce981ca33 completed April 9, 2026, 8:05 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69d981378dd08190b4f00e4e5df0e480 completed April 10, 2026, 11:01 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69f6f5cafd6c81908cb16bc0129ae74e completed May 3, 2026, 7:14 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69f6f8df46508190b31ee0f5272df05f completed May 3, 2026, 7:27 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69f6fa323f288190909492ce610007a4 completed May 3, 2026, 7:33 a.m.
Created at: April 9, 2026, 9:02 p.m.