Triple

T3056300
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Hocus Pocus E60487 entity
Predicate character P662 FINISHED
Object Billy Butcherson
Billy Butcherson is a comedic zombie character from the Hocus Pocus franchise, known for being Winifred Sanderson’s resurrected ex-lover who ultimately aids the protagonists.
E331886 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: Billy Butcherson | Statement: [Hocus Pocus, character, Billy Butcherson]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Billy Butcherson
Context triple: [Hocus Pocus, character, Billy Butcherson]
  • A. Billy Butts
    Billy Butts was an actor who appeared in early American cinema, including the 1926 silent film "Sparrows."
  • B. Kim Boggs
    Kim Boggs is the compassionate teenage girl who becomes Edward’s love interest and moral anchor in the fantasy film "Edward Scissorhands."
  • C. Robin Yount
    Robin Yount is a Hall of Fame former Major League Baseball shortstop and center fielder who spent his entire 20-year career with the Milwaukee Brewers and won two American League MVP awards.
  • D. Buck Weaver
    Buck Weaver was a talented third baseman for the Chicago White Sox who became infamous for his lifetime ban from Major League Baseball due to his alleged involvement in the 1919 Black Sox Scandal.
  • E. Buddy Buie
    Buddy Buie was an American songwriter and producer best known for crafting numerous hits in the 1960s and 1970s, particularly with the Atlanta Rhythm Section and Classics IV.
  • 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: Billy Butcherson
Triple: [Hocus Pocus, character, Billy Butcherson]
Generated description
Billy Butcherson is a comedic zombie character from the Hocus Pocus franchise, known for being Winifred Sanderson’s resurrected ex-lover who ultimately aids the protagonists.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Billy Butcherson
Target entity description: Billy Butcherson is a comedic zombie character from the Hocus Pocus franchise, known for being Winifred Sanderson’s resurrected ex-lover who ultimately aids the protagonists.
  • A. Billy Butts
    Billy Butts was an actor who appeared in early American cinema, including the 1926 silent film "Sparrows."
  • B. Kim Boggs
    Kim Boggs is the compassionate teenage girl who becomes Edward’s love interest and moral anchor in the fantasy film "Edward Scissorhands."
  • C. Robin Yount
    Robin Yount is a Hall of Fame former Major League Baseball shortstop and center fielder who spent his entire 20-year career with the Milwaukee Brewers and won two American League MVP awards.
  • D. Buck Weaver
    Buck Weaver was a talented third baseman for the Chicago White Sox who became infamous for his lifetime ban from Major League Baseball due to his alleged involvement in the 1919 Black Sox Scandal.
  • E. Buddy Buie
    Buddy Buie was an American songwriter and producer best known for crafting numerous hits in the 1960s and 1970s, particularly with the Atlanta Rhythm Section and Classics IV.
  • 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_69ad8578137c81908259dcb27c7d6d7c completed March 8, 2026, 2:19 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69ad9bf7ebd48190ad5748a18fa9a56a completed March 8, 2026, 3:55 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69b224b717e081909462645d78b33cc9 completed March 12, 2026, 2:28 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69b22574e7c881908e9645f0869d95a8 completed March 12, 2026, 2:31 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69b225f0e0b0819096f8b5f7e7ddd8c3 completed March 12, 2026, 2:33 a.m.
Created at: March 8, 2026, 3:02 p.m.