Triple

T16478459
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Billy the Kid E400250 entity
Predicate alsoKnownAs P39 FINISHED
Object William H. Bonney
William H. Bonney is the real name of Billy the Kid, the infamous 19th-century American outlaw and gunfighter of the Old West.
 E1215102 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: William H. Bonney | Statement: [Billy the Kid, alsoKnownAs, William H. Bonney]

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: William H. Bonney
Context triple: [Billy the Kid, alsoKnownAs, William H. Bonney]
  • A. Henry H. Bingham
    Henry H. Bingham was a decorated American Civil War officer and long-serving U.S. Congressman from Pennsylvania, noted for his heroism at the Battle of Gettysburg.
  • B. John O. Meusebach
    John O. Meusebach was a 19th-century German-Texan statesman and colonizer best known for leading German immigration to Texas and negotiating a lasting peace treaty with the Comanche.
  • C. Zebulon Crocker
    Zebulon Crocker was a 19th-century American Congregational minister and author known for his writings on church polity and religious controversy.
  • D. William A. Clark
    William A. Clark was a wealthy 19th-century American copper magnate and U.S. senator from Montana, often cited as an archetype of the Gilded Age industrialist and political power broker.
  • E. William Janney
    William Janney was an American film actor active in the late 1920s and 1930s, known for his roles in early sound-era dramas and adventure films.
  • 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: William H. Bonney
Target entity description: William H. Bonney is the real name of Billy the Kid, the infamous 19th-century American outlaw and gunfighter of the Old West.
  • A. Henry H. Bingham
    Henry H. Bingham was a decorated American Civil War officer and long-serving U.S. Congressman from Pennsylvania, noted for his heroism at the Battle of Gettysburg.
  • B. John O. Meusebach
    John O. Meusebach was a 19th-century German-Texan statesman and colonizer best known for leading German immigration to Texas and negotiating a lasting peace treaty with the Comanche.
  • C. Zebulon Crocker
    Zebulon Crocker was a 19th-century American Congregational minister and author known for his writings on church polity and religious controversy.
  • D. William A. Clark
    William A. Clark was a wealthy 19th-century American copper magnate and U.S. senator from Montana, often cited as an archetype of the Gilded Age industrialist and political power broker.
  • E. William Janney
    William Janney was an American film actor active in the late 1920s and 1930s, known for his roles in early sound-era dramas and adventure films.
  • 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: William H. Bonney
Triple: [Billy the Kid, alsoKnownAs, William H. Bonney]
Generated description
William H. Bonney is the real name of Billy the Kid, the infamous 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_6a004f60ea8881908f073a28c407a1f4 ned_source_triple completed
NED2 batch_6a0051def1d48190b40f55c40ab269d2 ned_description completed
NEDg batch_6a00513b6fcc8190a548b30cb7b4b67f nedg completed
Created at: April 10, 2026, 5:13 a.m.