Triple
T2147518
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Billy Boyd |
E47101
|
entity |
| Predicate | birthName |
P65
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
William Nathan Boyd
William Nathan Boyd is a Scottish actor and musician best known for playing the hobbit Peregrin "Pippin" Took in the "Lord of the Rings" film trilogy.
|
E280643
|
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 Nathan Boyd | Statement: [Billy Boyd, birthName, William Nathan Boyd]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: William Nathan Boyd Context triple: [Billy Boyd, birthName, William Nathan Boyd]
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A.
Russell Boyd
Russell Boyd is an acclaimed Australian cinematographer best known for his work on films such as "Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World," for which he won an Academy Award.
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B.
Francis Wallace Burns
Francis Wallace Burns was one of the sons of the famed Scottish poet Robert Burns, remembered primarily through his connection to his father's legacy.
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C.
William Wellington Cairns
William Wellington Cairns was a 19th-century British colonial administrator who served as Governor of Queensland, after whom the Australian city of Cairns is named.
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D.
Philip Woodruff
Philip Woodruff was the pen name of British civil servant Philip Mason, best known for his influential writings on the British Raj and the Indian Civil Service.
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E.
Ogden Mills Reid
Ogden Mills Reid was an American newspaper publisher who led the New York Herald Tribune and was part of the influential Reid media family.
- 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 Nathan Boyd Triple: [Billy Boyd, birthName, William Nathan Boyd]
Generated description
William Nathan Boyd is a Scottish actor and musician best known for playing the hobbit Peregrin "Pippin" Took in the "Lord of the Rings" film trilogy.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: William Nathan Boyd Target entity description: William Nathan Boyd is a Scottish actor and musician best known for playing the hobbit Peregrin "Pippin" Took in the "Lord of the Rings" film trilogy.
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A.
Russell Boyd
Russell Boyd is an acclaimed Australian cinematographer best known for his work on films such as "Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World," for which he won an Academy Award.
-
B.
Francis Wallace Burns
Francis Wallace Burns was one of the sons of the famed Scottish poet Robert Burns, remembered primarily through his connection to his father's legacy.
-
C.
William Wellington Cairns
William Wellington Cairns was a 19th-century British colonial administrator who served as Governor of Queensland, after whom the Australian city of Cairns is named.
-
D.
Philip Woodruff
Philip Woodruff was the pen name of British civil servant Philip Mason, best known for his influential writings on the British Raj and the Indian Civil Service.
-
E.
Ogden Mills Reid
Ogden Mills Reid was an American newspaper publisher who led the New York Herald Tribune and was part of the influential Reid media family.
- 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_69a88a1933e0819094f18426ed74180f |
completed | March 4, 2026, 7:38 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69abbe271adc8190888c9086e9b8cc0c |
completed | March 7, 2026, 5:56 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69af834e87b48190b3299c70a0679b47 |
completed | March 10, 2026, 2:34 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69af840b2fb881909755b06563b8c561 |
completed | March 10, 2026, 2:38 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69af8487bcac819085b6f5827a48696a |
completed | March 10, 2026, 2:40 a.m. |
Created at: March 4, 2026, 7:44 p.m.