Triple

T14041605
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Barbara Johns E337859 entity
Predicate spouse P13 FINISHED
Object William Powell
William Powell was a prominent American film actor of Hollywood's Golden Age, best known for his suave, sophisticated roles in classics such as "The Thin Man" series.
 E163451 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 Powell | Statement: [Barbara Johns, spouse, William Powell]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: William Powell
Context triple: [Barbara Johns, spouse, William Powell]
  • A. William Powell
    William Powell was a prominent American actor best known for his sophisticated roles in classic Hollywood films such as "The Thin Man" series.
  • B. Harry Davenport
    Harry Davenport was an American character actor best known for his numerous supporting roles in classic Hollywood films of the 1930s and 1940s.
  • C. John Gilbert
    John Gilbert was a prominent American silent film actor of the 1920s, best known for his romantic leading roles and collaborations with Greta Garbo.
  • D. John Gilbert
    John Gilbert was an 18th-century English engineer and land agent best known for his pioneering work on canal construction during the early Industrial Revolution.
  • E. John Gilbert
    John Gilbert is a New Zealand film editor best known for his Academy Award-winning work on Peter Jackson’s The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring and Hacksaw Ridge.
  • 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 Powell
Triple: [Barbara Johns, spouse, William Powell]
Generated description
William Powell was a prominent American film actor of Hollywood's Golden Age, best known for his suave, sophisticated roles in classics such as "The Thin Man" series.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: William Powell
Target entity description: William Powell was a prominent American film actor of Hollywood's Golden Age, best known for his suave, sophisticated roles in classics such as "The Thin Man" series.
  • A. William Powell chosen
    William Powell was a prominent American actor best known for his sophisticated roles in classic Hollywood films such as "The Thin Man" series.
  • B. Harry Davenport
    Harry Davenport was an American character actor best known for his numerous supporting roles in classic Hollywood films of the 1930s and 1940s.
  • C. John Gilbert
    John Gilbert was an 18th-century English engineer and land agent best known for his pioneering work on canal construction during the early Industrial Revolution.
  • D. John Gilbert
    John Gilbert is a New Zealand film editor best known for his Academy Award-winning work on Peter Jackson’s The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring and Hacksaw Ridge.
  • E. John Gilbert
    John Gilbert was a prominent American silent film actor of the 1920s, best known for his romantic leading roles and collaborations with Greta Garbo.
  • F. None of above.

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_69d81c664e48819088cbd8f433aeffe5 completed April 9, 2026, 9:38 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69de311814e48190adb637e1c97c0658 completed April 14, 2026, 12:20 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69fbc33dbc8c819080b6cb3d589da7a1 completed May 6, 2026, 10:39 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69fbc6d1048081908fb2e798cbc9902f completed May 6, 2026, 10:55 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69fbc76610008190bd3c7f357666c8db completed May 6, 2026, 10:57 p.m.
Created at: April 9, 2026, 10:20 p.m.