Triple

T5192411
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Billy Crudup E117187 entity
Predicate birthName P65 FINISHED
Object William Gaither Crudup
William Gaither Crudup is an American actor known for his versatile performances in films such as "Almost Famous," "Big Fish," and "Watchmen," as well as his acclaimed work on stage and television.
 E502226 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: William Gaither Crudup | Statement: [Billy Crudup, birthName, William Gaither Crudup]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: William Gaither Crudup
Context triple: [Billy Crudup, birthName, William Gaither Crudup]
  • A. Cecil Womack
    Cecil Womack was an American soul singer, songwriter, and record producer best known for his work both as a solo artist and as part of the duo Womack & Womack.
  • B. Carl Franklin
    Carl Franklin is an American actor and acclaimed film and television director known for works such as "One False Move" and "Devil in a Blue Dress."
  • C. Mel Tillis
    Mel Tillis was an American country music singer and songwriter known for penning numerous hits and for his distinctive stutter in speech but smooth singing voice.
  • D. Frizzell Gray
    Frizzell Gray is the birth name of Kweisi Mfume, an American politician and civil rights leader who served as president and CEO of the NAACP and as a U.S. Congressman from Maryland.
  • E. Swan Burnett
    Swan Burnett was an American physician best known as the husband of British-American novelist Frances Hodgson Burnett.
  • 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: William Gaither Crudup
Triple: [Billy Crudup, birthName, William Gaither Crudup]
Generated description
William Gaither Crudup is an American actor known for his versatile performances in films such as "Almost Famous," "Big Fish," and "Watchmen," as well as his acclaimed work on stage and television.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: William Gaither Crudup
Target entity description: William Gaither Crudup is an American actor known for his versatile performances in films such as "Almost Famous," "Big Fish," and "Watchmen," as well as his acclaimed work on stage and television.
  • A. Cecil Womack
    Cecil Womack was an American soul singer, songwriter, and record producer best known for his work both as a solo artist and as part of the duo Womack & Womack.
  • B. Carl Franklin
    Carl Franklin is an American actor and acclaimed film and television director known for works such as "One False Move" and "Devil in a Blue Dress."
  • C. Mel Tillis
    Mel Tillis was an American country music singer and songwriter known for penning numerous hits and for his distinctive stutter in speech but smooth singing voice.
  • D. Frizzell Gray
    Frizzell Gray is the birth name of Kweisi Mfume, an American politician and civil rights leader who served as president and CEO of the NAACP and as a U.S. Congressman from Maryland.
  • E. Swan Burnett
    Swan Burnett was an American physician best known as the husband of British-American novelist Frances Hodgson Burnett.
  • 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_69bd4462ed04819084fcb01eb9d2fa74 completed March 20, 2026, 12:58 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69bd79efd16c8190b0b16278a00baecd completed March 20, 2026, 4:46 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69bee0943ce48190838aff0cfd12c655 completed March 21, 2026, 6:16 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69bee5fc0c408190b4ad4b77e0045182 completed March 21, 2026, 6:39 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69bee6b954c08190a353ebcfe829888a completed March 21, 2026, 6:43 p.m.
Created at: March 20, 2026, 1:46 p.m.