Triple

T2894300
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Tennessee Williams E63900 entity
Predicate fullName P16 FINISHED
Object Thomas Lanier Williams III
Thomas Lanier Williams III, better known as Tennessee Williams, was a major 20th-century American playwright renowned for works such as "A Streetcar Named Desire" and "The Glass Menagerie."
E308212 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: Thomas Lanier Williams III | Statement: [Tennessee Williams, fullName, Thomas Lanier Williams III]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Thomas Lanier Williams III
Context triple: [Tennessee Williams, fullName, Thomas Lanier Williams III]
  • A. Jaki Byard
    Jaki Byard was an innovative American jazz pianist, composer, and educator known for his eclectic style and work with Charles Mingus and other leading jazz figures.
  • B. Charles Ray Wiggins
    Charles Ray Wiggins, better known as Raphael Saadiq, is an American singer, songwriter, musician, and producer renowned for his influential work in contemporary R&B and neo-soul.
  • C. Clarence Avant
    Clarence Avant was an influential American music executive, entrepreneur, and mentor known as “The Black Godfather” for his pivotal role in shaping Black entertainment and advancing the careers of numerous artists and executives.
  • D. Thomas A. Dorsey
    Thomas A. Dorsey was an influential American composer and pianist known as the “Father of Gospel Music” for pioneering the fusion of sacred lyrics with blues and jazz styles.
  • E. Richard Wayne Penniman
    Richard Wayne Penniman, better known as Little Richard, was a pioneering American rock and roll singer, songwriter, and pianist whose flamboyant style and energetic performances helped shape the genre in the 1950s.
  • 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: Thomas Lanier Williams III
Triple: [Tennessee Williams, fullName, Thomas Lanier Williams III]
Generated description
Thomas Lanier Williams III, better known as Tennessee Williams, was a major 20th-century American playwright renowned for works such as "A Streetcar Named Desire" and "The Glass Menagerie."
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Thomas Lanier Williams III
Target entity description: Thomas Lanier Williams III, better known as Tennessee Williams, was a major 20th-century American playwright renowned for works such as "A Streetcar Named Desire" and "The Glass Menagerie."
  • A. Jaki Byard
    Jaki Byard was an innovative American jazz pianist, composer, and educator known for his eclectic style and work with Charles Mingus and other leading jazz figures.
  • B. Charles Ray Wiggins
    Charles Ray Wiggins, better known as Raphael Saadiq, is an American singer, songwriter, musician, and producer renowned for his influential work in contemporary R&B and neo-soul.
  • C. Clarence Avant
    Clarence Avant was an influential American music executive, entrepreneur, and mentor known as “The Black Godfather” for his pivotal role in shaping Black entertainment and advancing the careers of numerous artists and executives.
  • D. Thomas A. Dorsey
    Thomas A. Dorsey was an influential American composer and pianist known as the “Father of Gospel Music” for pioneering the fusion of sacred lyrics with blues and jazz styles.
  • E. Richard Wayne Penniman
    Richard Wayne Penniman, better known as Little Richard, was a pioneering American rock and roll singer, songwriter, and pianist whose flamboyant style and energetic performances helped shape the genre in the 1950s.
  • 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_69ab4c45822c8190830c5f2bb97bcfd0 completed March 6, 2026, 9:51 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69abe063de6c8190bce9ddefd1dd62e1 completed March 7, 2026, 8:23 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69b031814764819096a1664b468ec817 completed March 10, 2026, 2:58 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69b03206ad288190aaa97a9379f3438c completed March 10, 2026, 3 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69b0398b955c81909c6155706f4b90e9 completed March 10, 2026, 3:32 p.m.
Created at: March 6, 2026, 10:07 p.m.