Triple
T2249675
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Leslie Howard |
E49586
|
entity |
| Predicate | child |
P120
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Ronald Howard
Ronald Howard was a British actor and writer best known for his film and television work in the mid-20th century, including portraying Sherlock Holmes in a 1954 TV series.
|
E247476
|
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: Ronald Howard | Statement: [Leslie Howard, child, Ronald Howard]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Ronald Howard Context triple: [Leslie Howard, child, Ronald Howard]
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A.
Ronald William Howard
Ronald William Howard is an American filmmaker and former child actor best known for starring in "The Andy Griffith Show" and "Happy Days" and directing acclaimed films such as "Apollo 13" and "A Beautiful Mind."
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B.
Milburn G. Apt
Milburn G. Apt was a United States Air Force test pilot and the first person to exceed Mach 3, who died in the crash of the Bell X-2 during a record-setting flight in 1956.
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C.
Donald A. Henderson
Donald A. Henderson was an American epidemiologist who led the World Health Organization’s successful global campaign to eradicate smallpox.
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D.
Philip M. Kaiser
Philip M. Kaiser was an American diplomat and public servant who held several key ambassadorial posts during the Cold War era.
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E.
Robert S. Boyer
Robert S. Boyer is an American computer scientist and logician known for his pioneering work in automated theorem proving and formal methods in software verification.
- 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: Ronald Howard Triple: [Leslie Howard, child, Ronald Howard]
Generated description
Ronald Howard was a British actor and writer best known for his film and television work in the mid-20th century, including portraying Sherlock Holmes in a 1954 TV series.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Ronald Howard Target entity description: Ronald Howard was a British actor and writer best known for his film and television work in the mid-20th century, including portraying Sherlock Holmes in a 1954 TV series.
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A.
Ronald William Howard
Ronald William Howard is an American filmmaker and former child actor best known for starring in "The Andy Griffith Show" and "Happy Days" and directing acclaimed films such as "Apollo 13" and "A Beautiful Mind."
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B.
Milburn G. Apt
Milburn G. Apt was a United States Air Force test pilot and the first person to exceed Mach 3, who died in the crash of the Bell X-2 during a record-setting flight in 1956.
-
C.
Donald A. Henderson
Donald A. Henderson was an American epidemiologist who led the World Health Organization’s successful global campaign to eradicate smallpox.
-
D.
Philip M. Kaiser
Philip M. Kaiser was an American diplomat and public servant who held several key ambassadorial posts during the Cold War era.
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E.
Robert S. Boyer
Robert S. Boyer is an American computer scientist and logician known for his pioneering work in automated theorem proving and formal methods in software verification.
- 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_69a88aa979788190ad6500f1d8eee2fc |
completed | March 4, 2026, 7:40 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69abc0ef74988190a0af51d983cf5658 |
completed | March 7, 2026, 6:08 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69ae6b1948cc8190921b9fcc12c28db0 |
completed | March 9, 2026, 6:39 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69ae6b73bb688190bcade17d991c4862 |
completed | March 9, 2026, 6:40 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69ae6be4431c81909c9b4ad82226215d |
completed | March 9, 2026, 6:42 a.m. |
Created at: March 4, 2026, 7:47 p.m.