Triple

T13883874
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject The March of Time E333786 entity
Predicate hasNotableNarrator P17575 FINISHED
Object Westbrook Van Voorhis
Westbrook Van Voorhis was an American radio and newsreel announcer best known for his dramatic, authoritative narration style that made him one of the most recognizable voices of mid-20th-century news media.
E1070744 NE FINISHED

How this triple was built (5 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: Westbrook Van Voorhis | Statement: [The March of Time, hasNotableNarrator, Westbrook Van Voorhis]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Westbrook Van Voorhis
Context triple: [The March of Time, hasNotableNarrator, Westbrook Van Voorhis]
  • A. David Huddleston
    David Huddleston was an American character actor best known for his memorable supporting roles in film and television, including the title role in the cult classic comedy "The Big Lebowski."
  • B. Waite Phillips
    Waite Phillips was an American oilman, philanthropist, and member of the Phillips petroleum family, best known for his extensive charitable donations and landmark real estate developments.
  • C. Louis D. Wilson
    Louis D. Wilson was a 19th-century North Carolina politician and military officer after whom the city of Wilson, North Carolina, is named.
  • D. Whitman Chambers
    Whitman Chambers was an American screenwriter known for his work on mid-20th-century crime and mystery films.
  • E. William Farrand Prosser
    William Farrand Prosser was an American pioneer, politician, and early settler in Washington Territory whose leadership and development efforts in the Yakima Valley led to the city of Prosser being named in his honor.
  • 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: Westbrook Van Voorhis
Triple: [The March of Time, hasNotableNarrator, Westbrook Van Voorhis]
Generated description
Westbrook Van Voorhis was an American radio and newsreel announcer best known for his dramatic, authoritative narration style that made him one of the most recognizable voices of mid-20th-century news media.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Westbrook Van Voorhis
Target entity description: Westbrook Van Voorhis was an American radio and newsreel announcer best known for his dramatic, authoritative narration style that made him one of the most recognizable voices of mid-20th-century news media.
  • A. David Huddleston
    David Huddleston was an American character actor best known for his memorable supporting roles in film and television, including the title role in the cult classic comedy "The Big Lebowski."
  • B. Waite Phillips
    Waite Phillips was an American oilman, philanthropist, and member of the Phillips petroleum family, best known for his extensive charitable donations and landmark real estate developments.
  • C. Louis D. Wilson
    Louis D. Wilson was a 19th-century North Carolina politician and military officer after whom the city of Wilson, North Carolina, is named.
  • D. Whitman Chambers
    Whitman Chambers was an American screenwriter known for his work on mid-20th-century crime and mystery films.
  • E. William Farrand Prosser
    William Farrand Prosser was an American pioneer, politician, and early settler in Washington Territory whose leadership and development efforts in the Yakima Valley led to the city of Prosser being named in his honor.
  • F. None of above. chosen
PD Predicate disambiguation gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target predicate: hasNotableNarrator
Context triple: [The March of Time, hasNotableNarrator, Westbrook Van Voorhis]
  • A. hasNarration
    Indicates that an entity provides spoken or written commentary or storytelling for another entity, such as a work, event, or scene.
  • B. hasNotableExpositor
    Indicates that an entity has a person or source that is especially recognized for explaining, interpreting, or presenting it.
  • C. hasNotableWriter
    Indicates that an entity is associated with a writer who is recognized as significant or distinguished in some notable way.
  • D. narratorOf chosen
    Indicates that one entity serves as the narrator or storytelling voice for another entity, such as a text, story, or media work.
  • E. hasLyricNarrator
    Indicates that a musical or lyrical work is associated with a specific narrator who voices or presents its lyrics.
  • F. None of above.

Provenance (6 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_69d81c5dd2d48190b7a5fc1e009de936 completed April 9, 2026, 9:38 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69de23a101488190bd790b28033d38b9 completed April 14, 2026, 11:23 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69f7ce6facd48190b310099fbd52bdf0 completed May 3, 2026, 10:38 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69f7cfc5ebe481908a4d0324fa092990 completed May 3, 2026, 10:44 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69fb5504702081908a1492f1a8e24434 completed May 6, 2026, 2:49 p.m.
PD Predicate disambiguation batch_69de05972f3881909977b4c843984f88 completed April 14, 2026, 9:15 a.m.
Created at: April 9, 2026, 10:15 p.m.