Triple

T14626579
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Michael Wincott E343363 entity
Predicate familyName P18 FINISHED
Object Wincott
Wincott is an English-language surname most notably associated with Canadian actor Michael Wincott, known for his distinctive gravelly voice and villainous roles.
 E1109956 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: Wincott | Statement: [Michael Wincott, familyName, Wincott]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Wincott
Context triple: [Michael Wincott, familyName, Wincott]
  • A. Wolcott
    Wolcott is a small suburban town in central Connecticut known for its residential character and proximity to the city of Waterbury.
  • B. Wiggin
    Wiggin is a surname most notably associated with individuals such as former American football player and coach Paul Wiggin.
  • C. Webling
    Webling is a surname most notably associated with Peggy Webling, the British playwright and novelist known for her early stage adaptation of Mary Shelley's "Frankenstein."
  • D. McClurg
    McClurg is the namesake of the historic McClurg Building, a notable structure recognized for its architectural and cultural significance.
  • E. Childrey
    Childrey is a small village and civil parish in Oxfordshire, England, situated in the Vale of White Horse near the town of Wantage.
  • 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: Wincott
Triple: [Michael Wincott, familyName, Wincott]
Generated description
Wincott is an English-language surname most notably associated with Canadian actor Michael Wincott, known for his distinctive gravelly voice and villainous roles.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Wincott
Target entity description: Wincott is an English-language surname most notably associated with Canadian actor Michael Wincott, known for his distinctive gravelly voice and villainous roles.
  • A. Wolcott
    Wolcott is a small suburban town in central Connecticut known for its residential character and proximity to the city of Waterbury.
  • B. Wiggin
    Wiggin is a surname most notably associated with individuals such as former American football player and coach Paul Wiggin.
  • C. Webling
    Webling is a surname most notably associated with Peggy Webling, the British playwright and novelist known for her early stage adaptation of Mary Shelley's "Frankenstein."
  • D. McClurg
    McClurg is the namesake of the historic McClurg Building, a notable structure recognized for its architectural and cultural significance.
  • E. Childrey
    Childrey is a small village and civil parish in Oxfordshire, England, situated in the Vale of White Horse near the town of Wantage.
  • 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_69d822dffc3c8190aa173b90761bffda completed April 9, 2026, 10:06 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69deb46a4a9081908472b0a542028a7f completed April 14, 2026, 9:40 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69fda92a6b9c8190bdb220444cfbe34a completed May 8, 2026, 9:13 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69fdb1ad32a4819088e5831f3d74ea4e completed May 8, 2026, 9:49 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69fdb316479c81909343196bb89e5e57 completed May 8, 2026, 9:55 a.m.
Created at: April 10, 2026, 1:26 a.m.