Triple

T16064304
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Michael Emerson E389692 entity
Predicate characterPortrayed P1507 FINISHED
Object William Hinks
William Hinks is a manipulative and mentally unstable client in the legal drama series "The Practice," known for his chilling interactions with defense attorney Alan Shore.
E1195256 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 Hinks | Statement: [Michael Emerson, characterPortrayed, William Hinks]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: William Hinks
Context triple: [Michael Emerson, characterPortrayed, William Hinks]
  • A. Henry Evans
    Henry Evans is the disturbingly sociopathic young boy and primary antagonist in the 1993 psychological thriller film "The Good Son."
  • B. Henry Smith
    Henry Smith was a wealthy 17th-century English merchant and philanthropist whose charitable endowments helped establish institutions such as Reigate Grammar School.
  • C. Henry Smith
    Henry Smith was an early Texas political leader who served as the first American-born governor during the Texas Revolution.
  • D. Henry Binns
    Henry Binns is a British musician and producer best known as one half of the downtempo electronic duo Zero 7.
  • E. Charles Millett
    Charles Millett was a person significant enough in botanical history that the plant genus Millettia was 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: William Hinks
Triple: [Michael Emerson, characterPortrayed, William Hinks]
Generated description
William Hinks is a manipulative and mentally unstable client in the legal drama series "The Practice," known for his chilling interactions with defense attorney Alan Shore.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: William Hinks
Target entity description: William Hinks is a manipulative and mentally unstable client in the legal drama series "The Practice," known for his chilling interactions with defense attorney Alan Shore.
  • A. Henry Evans
    Henry Evans is the disturbingly sociopathic young boy and primary antagonist in the 1993 psychological thriller film "The Good Son."
  • B. Henry Smith
    Henry Smith was a wealthy 17th-century English merchant and philanthropist whose charitable endowments helped establish institutions such as Reigate Grammar School.
  • C. Henry Smith
    Henry Smith was an early Texas political leader who served as the first American-born governor during the Texas Revolution.
  • D. Henry Binns
    Henry Binns is a British musician and producer best known as one half of the downtempo electronic duo Zero 7.
  • E. Charles Millett
    Charles Millett was a person significant enough in botanical history that the plant genus Millettia was named in his honor.
  • 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_69d86daf32ec8190a8c0466c8f49c3c0 completed April 10, 2026, 3:25 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69e1837b048881908326739bbede756f completed April 17, 2026, 12:48 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69fff299f14c8190a5f88754b6a78b1f completed May 10, 2026, 2:51 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69fff3478bfc8190bbcc0afbf6dbb089 completed May 10, 2026, 2:53 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69fff3d29f50819093a9355d016f48dd completed May 10, 2026, 2:56 a.m.
Created at: April 10, 2026, 4:57 a.m.