Triple

T4716690
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject John William Ferrell E104657 entity
Predicate hasGivenName P17 FINISHED
Object John
John is the given name of American actor and comedian John William Ferrell, best known for his work on "Saturday Night Live" and in films like "Anchorman" and "Elf."
E104657 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: John | Statement: [John William Ferrell, hasGivenName, John]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: John
Context triple: [John William Ferrell, hasGivenName, John]
  • A. John
    John is the given name of the renowned British mathematician John H. Conway, known for his work in group theory, number theory, and the invention of the Game of Life.
  • B. John
    John is the given name of John Nance Garner, who served as the 32nd vice president of the United States under President Franklin D. Roosevelt.
  • C. John
    John is the given first name of J. Michael Bishop, the American immunologist and Nobel Prize–winning scientist known for his work on oncogenes.
  • D. John
    John is the given name of John H. Hammond Jr., the influential American record producer and talent scout known for discovering and promoting numerous major jazz, blues, and rock musicians.
  • E. John
    John is the given name of John F. Sattler, likely referring to him in a more informal or abbreviated context.
  • 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: John
Triple: [John William Ferrell, hasGivenName, John]
Generated description
John is the given name of American actor and comedian John William Ferrell, best known for his work on "Saturday Night Live" and in films like "Anchorman" and "Elf."
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: John
Target entity description: John is the given name of American actor and comedian John William Ferrell, best known for his work on "Saturday Night Live" and in films like "Anchorman" and "Elf."
  • A. John chosen
    John is the first name of American comedian and actor Will Ferrell, known for his work on Saturday Night Live and numerous comedy films.
  • B. John
    John is the given name of the late American comedian and actor John Belushi, famed for his work on "Saturday Night Live" and in films like "Animal House" and "The Blues Brothers."
  • C. John
    John is the given name of John Witherspoon, an American actor and comedian best known for his roles in the "Friday" film series and the television show "The Wayans Bros."
  • D. John
    John is the given name of the late Canadian actor and comedian John Candy, known for his roles in films like "Planes, Trains and Automobiles" and "Uncle Buck."
  • E. John
    John is the given name of American actor John Goodman, renowned for his roles in film, television, and theater.
  • F. None of above.

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_69bd43ec4a348190bc41afae43375e71 completed March 20, 2026, 12:56 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69bd640a32ec8190850146957885c3cf completed March 20, 2026, 3:13 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69be43a4c23481908c60a0a6ec0226b2 completed March 21, 2026, 7:07 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69be450d99c88190b63ec471a57c3c0f completed March 21, 2026, 7:13 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69be45a1d8b88190a5b0c6be49532f1a completed March 21, 2026, 7:15 a.m.
Created at: March 20, 2026, 1:18 p.m.