Triple

T2415093
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject The Apartment E52283 entity
Predicate starring P1507 FINISHED
Object Ray Walston
Ray Walston was an American character actor best known for his roles in the TV series "My Favorite Martian" and films such as "Fast Times at Ridgemont High" and "Picket Fences."
E266966 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: Ray Walston | Statement: [The Apartment, starring, Ray Walston]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Ray Walston
Context triple: [The Apartment, starring, Ray Walston]
  • A. Leo Chapman
    Leo Chapman was the first husband of prominent American suffragist and peace activist Carrie Chapman Catt.
  • B. Richard Marden
    Richard Marden was a British film editor known for his work on notable mid-20th-century films, including adaptations of classic literature.
  • C. Bert Whalley
    Bert Whalley was an English football coach and former player for Manchester United who tragically died in the 1958 Munich air disaster.
  • D. Gus Gerard
    Gus Gerard is a former American professional basketball forward best known for his play in the ABA during the 1970s.
  • E. Timothy Ball
    Timothy Ball is a Canadian climatologist known for his outspoken skepticism of mainstream climate change science and involvement in public debates over global warming.
  • 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: Ray Walston
Triple: [The Apartment, starring, Ray Walston]
Generated description
Ray Walston was an American character actor best known for his roles in the TV series "My Favorite Martian" and films such as "Fast Times at Ridgemont High" and "Picket Fences."
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Ray Walston
Target entity description: Ray Walston was an American character actor best known for his roles in the TV series "My Favorite Martian" and films such as "Fast Times at Ridgemont High" and "Picket Fences."
  • A. Leo Chapman
    Leo Chapman was the first husband of prominent American suffragist and peace activist Carrie Chapman Catt.
  • B. Richard Marden
    Richard Marden was a British film editor known for his work on notable mid-20th-century films, including adaptations of classic literature.
  • C. Bert Whalley
    Bert Whalley was an English football coach and former player for Manchester United who tragically died in the 1958 Munich air disaster.
  • D. Gus Gerard
    Gus Gerard is a former American professional basketball forward best known for his play in the ABA during the 1970s.
  • E. Timothy Ball
    Timothy Ball is a Canadian climatologist known for his outspoken skepticism of mainstream climate change science and involvement in public debates over global warming.
  • 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_69ab495622948190bc6bc6e4cddaf645 completed March 6, 2026, 9:38 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69abc94bd7ec81909f5b4a16a406165b completed March 7, 2026, 6:44 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69aef09efc108190b309dfe993526a26 completed March 9, 2026, 4:09 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69aef58eff2c81909cbf3346705940a3 completed March 9, 2026, 4:30 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69aef656ae0c81908753cc5a8b5fe704 completed March 9, 2026, 4:33 p.m.
Created at: March 6, 2026, 9:41 p.m.