Triple

T15174903
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Bill Nunn E362581 entity
Predicate birthName P65 FINISHED
Object William Goldwyn Nunn III
William Goldwyn Nunn III, better known as Bill Nunn, was an American actor renowned for his memorable role as Radio Raheem in Spike Lee’s film "Do the Right Thing."
E1142220 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 Goldwyn Nunn III | Statement: [Bill Nunn, birthName, William Goldwyn Nunn III]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: William Goldwyn Nunn III
Context triple: [Bill Nunn, birthName, William Goldwyn Nunn III]
  • A. Samuel Goldwyn Jr.
    Samuel Goldwyn Jr. was an American film producer and son of legendary mogul Samuel Goldwyn, known for championing independent and quality cinema through films like "The Preacher's Wife" and for founding The Samuel Goldwyn Company.
  • B. Edward Francis Hutton
    Edward Francis Hutton was a prominent American financier and co-founder of the E. F. Hutton & Co. brokerage firm, known as one of Wall Street’s leading figures in the early to mid-20th century.
  • C. Tony Goldwyn
    Tony Goldwyn is an American actor, director, and producer best known for his roles in films like "Ghost" and the TV series "Scandal."
  • D. Norman Wooland
    Norman Wooland was a British character actor known for his supporting roles in mid-20th-century films, particularly in Shakespearean and historical dramas.
  • E. Morris L. Wise
    Morris L. Wise is an individual notable enough to be recognized as a distinguished bearer of the surname Wise, though specific widely known biographical details about him are not readily available.
  • 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 Goldwyn Nunn III
Triple: [Bill Nunn, birthName, William Goldwyn Nunn III]
Generated description
William Goldwyn Nunn III, better known as Bill Nunn, was an American actor renowned for his memorable role as Radio Raheem in Spike Lee’s film "Do the Right Thing."
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: William Goldwyn Nunn III
Target entity description: William Goldwyn Nunn III, better known as Bill Nunn, was an American actor renowned for his memorable role as Radio Raheem in Spike Lee’s film "Do the Right Thing."
  • A. Samuel Goldwyn Jr.
    Samuel Goldwyn Jr. was an American film producer and son of legendary mogul Samuel Goldwyn, known for championing independent and quality cinema through films like "The Preacher's Wife" and for founding The Samuel Goldwyn Company.
  • B. Edward Francis Hutton
    Edward Francis Hutton was a prominent American financier and co-founder of the E. F. Hutton & Co. brokerage firm, known as one of Wall Street’s leading figures in the early to mid-20th century.
  • C. Tony Goldwyn
    Tony Goldwyn is an American actor, director, and producer best known for his roles in films like "Ghost" and the TV series "Scandal."
  • D. Norman Wooland
    Norman Wooland was a British character actor known for his supporting roles in mid-20th-century films, particularly in Shakespearean and historical dramas.
  • E. Morris L. Wise
    Morris L. Wise is an individual notable enough to be recognized as a distinguished bearer of the surname Wise, though specific widely known biographical details about him are not readily available.
  • 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_69e0066236d481909e8ac47f496861ad completed April 15, 2026, 9:42 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69fec88e7ff481909e3d2b280689aeba completed May 9, 2026, 5:39 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69fecb7b5bdc81908bb5330bf4035b51 completed May 9, 2026, 5:51 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69fecbeb73f081909695e10aff1b0743 completed May 9, 2026, 5:53 a.m.
Created at: April 10, 2026, 3:09 a.m.