Triple
T5349687
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | The Waltons |
E124143
|
entity |
| Predicate | notableCastMember |
P7010
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Ellen Corby
Ellen Corby was an American character actress best known for her Emmy-winning role as the warm yet no-nonsense Grandma Esther Walton on the television series "The Waltons."
|
E524937
|
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: Ellen Corby | Statement: [The Waltons, notableCastMember, Ellen Corby]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Ellen Corby Context triple: [The Waltons, notableCastMember, Ellen Corby]
-
A.
Meryl Burbank
Meryl Burbank is a central character in the film "The Truman Show," portrayed as Truman's wife who secretly works as an actress complicit in the fabricated reality surrounding his life.
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B.
Ruth Hussey
Ruth Hussey was an American actress best known for her sharp-witted supporting roles in classic Hollywood films of the 1930s and 1940s, including her Oscar-nominated performance in "The Philadelphia Story."
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C.
Eileen Heckart
Eileen Heckart was an American character actress known for her versatile work on stage, film, and television, including an Academy Award–winning performance in "Butterflies Are Free."
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D.
Ellen Geer
Ellen Geer is an American actress, director, and educator known for her work in film, television, and theater, and for leading the Theatricum Botanicum, a renowned outdoor theater in California.
-
E.
Frances Bavier
Frances Bavier was an American actress best known for her portrayal of the warm but no-nonsense Aunt Bee on the classic television sitcom "The Andy Griffith Show."
- 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: Ellen Corby Triple: [The Waltons, notableCastMember, Ellen Corby]
Generated description
Ellen Corby was an American character actress best known for her Emmy-winning role as the warm yet no-nonsense Grandma Esther Walton on the television series "The Waltons."
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Ellen Corby Target entity description: Ellen Corby was an American character actress best known for her Emmy-winning role as the warm yet no-nonsense Grandma Esther Walton on the television series "The Waltons."
-
A.
Meryl Burbank
Meryl Burbank is a central character in the film "The Truman Show," portrayed as Truman's wife who secretly works as an actress complicit in the fabricated reality surrounding his life.
-
B.
Ruth Hussey
Ruth Hussey was an American actress best known for her sharp-witted supporting roles in classic Hollywood films of the 1930s and 1940s, including her Oscar-nominated performance in "The Philadelphia Story."
-
C.
Eileen Heckart
Eileen Heckart was an American character actress known for her versatile work on stage, film, and television, including an Academy Award–winning performance in "Butterflies Are Free."
-
D.
Ellen Geer
Ellen Geer is an American actress, director, and educator known for her work in film, television, and theater, and for leading the Theatricum Botanicum, a renowned outdoor theater in California.
-
E.
Frances Bavier
Frances Bavier was an American actress best known for her portrayal of the warm but no-nonsense Aunt Bee on the classic television sitcom "The Andy Griffith Show."
- 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_69bd464be27081908807b40b75c1bbae |
completed | March 20, 2026, 1:06 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69bd860ea7088190ad7be14132927d17 |
completed | March 20, 2026, 5:38 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69bf8335f5a48190973622011df4c108 |
completed | March 22, 2026, 5:50 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69bf83c14dac8190878c6929618a7905 |
completed | March 22, 2026, 5:53 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69bf8437ed0c8190a286489b0a34586a |
completed | March 22, 2026, 5:55 a.m. |
Created at: March 20, 2026, 2:01 p.m.