Triple

T16478458
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Billy the Kid E400250 entity
Predicate birthName P65 FINISHED
Object Henry McCarty
Henry McCarty, better known as Billy the Kid, was a notorious 19th-century American outlaw and gunfighter of the Old West.
 E1228458 NE FINISHED

Named-entity recognition

Before disambiguation, gpt-5-mini classified whether the object phrase is a named entity — the step behind the object's NE type shown above.

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: Henry McCarty | Statement: [Billy the Kid, birthName, Henry McCarty]

Disambiguation candidates (2 decisions)

The exact options the model was shown at each disambiguation step, with the option it chose highlighted — the evidence behind this triple's disambiguated ids.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Henry McCarty
Context triple: [Billy the Kid, birthName, Henry McCarty]
  • A. Anthony Hancock
    Anthony Hancock is a bumbling, downtrodden everyman character portrayed by British comedian Tony Hancock, known for his pessimistic wit and social awkwardness.
  • B. Henry McDaniel
    Henry McDaniel was the father of Academy Award–winning actress Hattie McDaniel, known primarily in historical records for this parental connection.
  • C. Charles Furthman
    Charles Furthman was an American screenwriter active during the silent and early sound film era.
  • D. Oscar Furlong
    Oscar Furlong was an Argentine basketball player renowned as one of the sport’s early international stars, particularly for leading Argentina to prominence in the mid-20th century.
  • E. Henry McCarter
    Henry McCarter was an American painter, illustrator, and influential art instructor associated with the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts and known for his modernist approach.
  • F. None of above. chosen
  • G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Henry McCarty
Target entity description: Henry McCarty, better known as Billy the Kid, was a notorious 19th-century American outlaw and gunfighter of the Old West.
  • A. Anthony Hancock
    Anthony Hancock is a bumbling, downtrodden everyman character portrayed by British comedian Tony Hancock, known for his pessimistic wit and social awkwardness.
  • B. Henry McDaniel
    Henry McDaniel was the father of Academy Award–winning actress Hattie McDaniel, known primarily in historical records for this parental connection.
  • C. Charles Furthman
    Charles Furthman was an American screenwriter active during the silent and early sound film era.
  • D. Oscar Furlong
    Oscar Furlong was an Argentine basketball player renowned as one of the sport’s early international stars, particularly for leading Argentina to prominence in the mid-20th century.
  • E. Henry McCarter
    Henry McCarter was an American painter, illustrator, and influential art instructor associated with the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts and known for his modernist approach.
  • F. None of above. chosen

How the object was described

The object's one-sentence description was generated by prompting gpt-5.1 with the object name and this triple as context.

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: Henry McCarty
Triple: [Billy the Kid, birthName, Henry McCarty]
Generated description
Henry McCarty, better known as Billy the Kid, was a notorious 19th-century American outlaw and gunfighter of the Old West.

Provenance (5 batches)

Stage Batch ID Job type Status
creating batch_69d883813098819084f5409539723b59 elicitation completed
NER batch_69e32e01230881908b2147a25f78b7f4 ner completed
NED1 batch_6a008a2363208190beb218e633d0627e ned_source_triple completed
NED2 batch_6a008ce668f88190b80dc541262ae0f5 ned_description completed
NEDg batch_6a008c8adc188190adc6e85cc4c9f93a nedg completed
Created at: April 10, 2026, 5:13 a.m.