Triple
T13511449
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | William Conrad |
E321148
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entity |
| Predicate | birthName |
P65
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FINISHED |
| Object |
John William Cann Jr.
John William Cann Jr., better known by his stage name William Conrad, was an American actor, producer, and director renowned for his deep, resonant voice and starring roles in radio, film, and television, including the TV series "Cannon" and "Jake and the Fatman."
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E1044056
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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: John William Cann Jr. | Statement: [William Conrad, birthName, John William Cann Jr.]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: John William Cann Jr. Context triple: [William Conrad, birthName, John William Cann Jr.]
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A.
James William Cannon
James William Cannon was an American industrialist and textile magnate who built one of the South’s largest cotton mill enterprises in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
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B.
J. D. Cannon
J. D. Cannon was an American character actor best known for his tough, authoritative roles in film and television, including a prominent part on the TV series "McCloud."
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C.
Bruce Cannon
Bruce Cannon is a film editor best known for his work on movies such as the 1993 drama "Poetic Justice."
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D.
Lawrence Cannon
Lawrence Cannon is a Canadian politician and diplomat who served as Minister of Foreign Affairs under Prime Minister Stephen Harper.
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E.
John Carnes
John Carnes was an American industrialist best known for co-founding the Lima Locomotive Works, a major manufacturer of steam locomotives in the United States.
- 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: John William Cann Jr. Triple: [William Conrad, birthName, John William Cann Jr.]
Generated description
John William Cann Jr., better known by his stage name William Conrad, was an American actor, producer, and director renowned for his deep, resonant voice and starring roles in radio, film, and television, including the TV series "Cannon" and "Jake and the Fatman."
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: John William Cann Jr. Target entity description: John William Cann Jr., better known by his stage name William Conrad, was an American actor, producer, and director renowned for his deep, resonant voice and starring roles in radio, film, and television, including the TV series "Cannon" and "Jake and the Fatman."
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A.
James William Cannon
James William Cannon was an American industrialist and textile magnate who built one of the South’s largest cotton mill enterprises in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
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B.
J. D. Cannon
J. D. Cannon was an American character actor best known for his tough, authoritative roles in film and television, including a prominent part on the TV series "McCloud."
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C.
Bruce Cannon
Bruce Cannon is a film editor best known for his work on movies such as the 1993 drama "Poetic Justice."
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D.
Lawrence Cannon
Lawrence Cannon is a Canadian politician and diplomat who served as Minister of Foreign Affairs under Prime Minister Stephen Harper.
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E.
John Carnes
John Carnes was an American industrialist best known for co-founding the Lima Locomotive Works, a major manufacturer of steam locomotives in the United States.
- 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_69d807629d6c8190998f1b9bb12d2ed0 |
completed | April 9, 2026, 8:09 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69dbaf86a6208190be8c18f7a0158f23 |
completed | April 12, 2026, 2:43 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69f75490291c8190b5985d8c90ef1af6 |
completed | May 3, 2026, 1:58 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69f7556329648190be791afdd197b08c |
completed | May 3, 2026, 2:02 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69f755c52c648190a4912725ce65ff04 |
completed | May 3, 2026, 2:03 p.m. |
Created at: April 9, 2026, 9:43 p.m.