Triple

T2341803
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Ziegfeld Follies E45041 entity
Predicate notablePerformer P17435 FINISHED
Object Bert Williams
Bert Williams was a pioneering African American vaudeville and Broadway comedian, singer, and actor who became one of the most famous and influential entertainers of the early 20th century.
E260317 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: Bert Williams | Statement: [Ziegfeld Follies, notablePerformer, Bert Williams]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Bert Williams
Context triple: [Ziegfeld Follies, notablePerformer, Bert Williams]
  • A. Oscar Charleston
    Oscar Charleston was an American baseball center fielder widely regarded as one of the greatest players in Negro league history, known for his combination of power, speed, and defensive brilliance.
  • B. Eddie Cantor
    Eddie Cantor was a popular early 20th-century American comedian, singer, actor, and radio star known for his energetic performances and influential work in vaudeville, Broadway, film, and broadcasting.
  • C. George White
    George White was a British Army general best known for commanding the garrison during the Siege of Ladysmith in the Second Boer War.
  • D. Al Jolson
    Al Jolson was a hugely popular early 20th-century American singer and actor, often called "The World's Greatest Entertainer," known for his powerful stage presence and pioneering work in sound films.
  • E. Johnny Dodds
    Johnny Dodds was an influential early jazz clarinetist and bandleader associated with the New Orleans and Chicago jazz scenes of the 1920s.
  • 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: Bert Williams
Triple: [Ziegfeld Follies, notablePerformer, Bert Williams]
Generated description
Bert Williams was a pioneering African American vaudeville and Broadway comedian, singer, and actor who became one of the most famous and influential entertainers of the early 20th century.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Bert Williams
Target entity description: Bert Williams was a pioneering African American vaudeville and Broadway comedian, singer, and actor who became one of the most famous and influential entertainers of the early 20th century.
  • A. Oscar Charleston
    Oscar Charleston was an American baseball center fielder widely regarded as one of the greatest players in Negro league history, known for his combination of power, speed, and defensive brilliance.
  • B. Eddie Cantor
    Eddie Cantor was a popular early 20th-century American comedian, singer, actor, and radio star known for his energetic performances and influential work in vaudeville, Broadway, film, and broadcasting.
  • C. George White
    George White was a British Army general best known for commanding the garrison during the Siege of Ladysmith in the Second Boer War.
  • D. Al Jolson
    Al Jolson was a hugely popular early 20th-century American singer and actor, often called "The World's Greatest Entertainer," known for his powerful stage presence and pioneering work in sound films.
  • E. Johnny Dodds
    Johnny Dodds was an influential early jazz clarinetist and bandleader associated with the New Orleans and Chicago jazz scenes of the 1920s.
  • 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_69a88917935081909b755dbf38e81024 completed March 4, 2026, 7:33 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69abc6ad01fc81909e386986e9acc989 completed March 7, 2026, 6:33 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69aea88113988190b89abfc01f5bf6f4 completed March 9, 2026, 11:01 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69aeaacdb19081908561e845eda30143 completed March 9, 2026, 11:11 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69aeab435b7081909ec4815f64fe9ea1 completed March 9, 2026, 11:13 a.m.
Created at: March 4, 2026, 7:52 p.m.