Triple
T2781798
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Meredith Willson |
E61713
|
entity |
| Predicate | birthName |
P65
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Robert Meredith Willson
Robert Meredith Willson was an American composer, conductor, and playwright best known for creating the hit Broadway musical "The Music Man."
|
E297654
|
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: Robert Meredith Willson | Statement: [Meredith Willson, birthName, Robert Meredith Willson]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Robert Meredith Willson Context triple: [Meredith Willson, birthName, Robert Meredith Willson]
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A.
John Williams Wilson
John Williams Wilson was a 19th-century Chilean naval officer of British origin who played a key role in Chile’s southern maritime exploration and settlement.
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B.
Wheeler Dryden
Wheeler Dryden was an English actor and film director of the silent era, best known as a half-brother of Charlie Chaplin and for his work in Chaplin’s film company.
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C.
Joseph Williams
Joseph Williams is an American singer, songwriter, and composer best known as the lead vocalist of the rock band Toto and the son of famed film composer John Williams.
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D.
Frank Oliver Howard
Frank Oliver Howard is the full name of Frank Howard, a notable American Major League Baseball slugger and outfielder/first baseman who played primarily in the 1960s and early 1970s.
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E.
George Merrill
George Merrill is an American songwriter best known for co-writing Whitney Houston’s hit songs “How Will I Know” and “I Wanna Dance with Somebody (Who Loves Me).”
- 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: Robert Meredith Willson Triple: [Meredith Willson, birthName, Robert Meredith Willson]
Generated description
Robert Meredith Willson was an American composer, conductor, and playwright best known for creating the hit Broadway musical "The Music Man."
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Robert Meredith Willson Target entity description: Robert Meredith Willson was an American composer, conductor, and playwright best known for creating the hit Broadway musical "The Music Man."
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A.
John Williams Wilson
John Williams Wilson was a 19th-century Chilean naval officer of British origin who played a key role in Chile’s southern maritime exploration and settlement.
-
B.
Wheeler Dryden
Wheeler Dryden was an English actor and film director of the silent era, best known as a half-brother of Charlie Chaplin and for his work in Chaplin’s film company.
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C.
Joseph Williams
Joseph Williams is an American singer, songwriter, and composer best known as the lead vocalist of the rock band Toto and the son of famed film composer John Williams.
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D.
Frank Oliver Howard
Frank Oliver Howard is the full name of Frank Howard, a notable American Major League Baseball slugger and outfielder/first baseman who played primarily in the 1960s and early 1970s.
-
E.
George Merrill
George Merrill is an American songwriter best known for co-writing Whitney Houston’s hit songs “How Will I Know” and “I Wanna Dance with Somebody (Who Loves Me).”
- 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_69ab4b7e43c48190997b8fc8fb1663ab |
completed | March 6, 2026, 9:47 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69abdd9b88888190ab021afbaf3aa3c0 |
completed | March 7, 2026, 8:11 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69afc05f4e7881908bf5b6f7df331041 |
completed | March 10, 2026, 6:55 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69afc1d3bec0819087bb787b7f570ddc |
completed | March 10, 2026, 7:01 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69afc229caf88190a26959c27e6a1a9e |
completed | March 10, 2026, 7:03 a.m. |
Created at: March 6, 2026, 9:57 p.m.