Triple

T15167385
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Emmett Kelly E362388 entity
Predicate notableWork P4 FINISHED
Object Weary Willie
Weary Willie is the famous sad-faced hobo clown character created and performed by American circus clown Emmett Kelly.
E1141684 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: Weary Willie | Statement: [Emmett Kelly, notableWork, Weary Willie]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Weary Willie
Context triple: [Emmett Kelly, notableWork, Weary Willie]
  • A. Willie the Weeper
    "Willie the Weeper" is a classic early jazz tune, popularized in the 1920s and known for its vivid, drug-themed storytelling and recordings by major jazz artists.
  • B. Willie
    Willie is a character from the classic American television sitcom "Happy Days," which nostalgically portrays life in the 1950s and 1960s.
  • C. Willie
    Willie is the given name of Willie Blount, an American politician who served as governor of Tennessee in the early 19th century.
  • D. Willie
    Willie is a masculine given name commonly used in English-speaking countries, often as a diminutive of William.
  • E. Willie
    Willie is the first name of Willie Nelson, the iconic American country music singer-songwriter and cultural figure.
  • 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: Weary Willie
Triple: [Emmett Kelly, notableWork, Weary Willie]
Generated description
Weary Willie is the famous sad-faced hobo clown character created and performed by American circus clown Emmett Kelly.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Weary Willie
Target entity description: Weary Willie is the famous sad-faced hobo clown character created and performed by American circus clown Emmett Kelly.
  • A. Willie the Weeper
    "Willie the Weeper" is a classic early jazz tune, popularized in the 1920s and known for its vivid, drug-themed storytelling and recordings by major jazz artists.
  • B. Willie
    Willie is a character from the classic American television sitcom "Happy Days," which nostalgically portrays life in the 1950s and 1960s.
  • C. Willie
    Willie is the given name of Willie Blount, an American politician who served as governor of Tennessee in the early 19th century.
  • D. Willie
    Willie is the given name of Willie McCovey, a Hall of Fame American baseball player renowned for his powerful hitting with the San Francisco Giants.
  • E. Willie
    Willie is a masculine given name commonly used in English-speaking countries, often as a diminutive of William.
  • 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_69d85a087b7c81908baa94a53dac8d68 completed April 10, 2026, 2:01 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69e0064dba588190a4341775b472a6d3 completed April 15, 2026, 9:42 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69fec887fbf08190b42dd25a99b7770d completed May 9, 2026, 5:39 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69fec974f39c819081dcec5c18090cf7 completed May 9, 2026, 5:43 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69feca9d1a5c8190b0c649f83a74231b completed May 9, 2026, 5:48 a.m.
Created at: April 10, 2026, 3:08 a.m.