Triple
T6503900
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | The Power and the Glory (1933 film) |
E148957
|
entity |
| Predicate | director |
P255
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
William K. Howard
William K. Howard was an American film director of the silent and early sound eras, known for his sophisticated visual style and work across drama, comedy, and crime films in Hollywood.
|
E740270
|
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 K. Howard | Statement: [The Power and the Glory (1933 film), director, William K. Howard]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: William K. Howard Context triple: [The Power and the Glory (1933 film), director, William K. Howard]
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A.
George W. Howard
George W. Howard was a prominent American labor leader and organizer associated with the American Railway Union during the late 19th century.
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B.
Oliver H. Payne
Oliver H. Payne was an American industrialist and financier who became a prominent early partner and major shareholder in John D. Rockefeller’s Standard Oil empire.
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C.
Benjamin C. Howard
Benjamin C. Howard was a 19th-century American lawyer and court reporter best known for serving as the Reporter of Decisions for the U.S. Supreme Court, where he compiled and published the official Howard Reports.
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D.
Thomas F. Wilson
Thomas F. Wilson is an American actor and comedian best known for playing bully Biff Tannen and his relatives across the Back to the Future film trilogy.
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E.
Floyd E. Kellam
Floyd E. Kellam was a prominent local figure in Virginia Beach, likely a civic leader or educator, for whom Kellam High School was named in recognition of his contributions to the community.
- 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 K. Howard Triple: [The Power and the Glory (1933 film), director, William K. Howard]
Generated description
William K. Howard was an American film director of the silent and early sound eras, known for his sophisticated visual style and work across drama, comedy, and crime films in Hollywood.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: William K. Howard Target entity description: William K. Howard was an American film director of the silent and early sound eras, known for his sophisticated visual style and work across drama, comedy, and crime films in Hollywood.
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A.
George W. Howard
George W. Howard was a prominent American labor leader and organizer associated with the American Railway Union during the late 19th century.
-
B.
Oliver H. Payne
Oliver H. Payne was an American industrialist and financier who became a prominent early partner and major shareholder in John D. Rockefeller’s Standard Oil empire.
-
C.
Benjamin C. Howard
Benjamin C. Howard was a 19th-century American lawyer and court reporter best known for serving as the Reporter of Decisions for the U.S. Supreme Court, where he compiled and published the official Howard Reports.
-
D.
Thomas F. Wilson
Thomas F. Wilson is an American actor and comedian best known for playing bully Biff Tannen and his relatives across the Back to the Future film trilogy.
-
E.
Floyd E. Kellam
Floyd E. Kellam was a prominent local figure in Virginia Beach, likely a civic leader or educator, for whom Kellam High School was named in recognition of his contributions to the community.
- 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_69c687e9ad288190bae5bcac9c8ac855 |
completed | March 27, 2026, 1:36 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69c69965c8448190b9eb0c50711dd44f |
completed | March 27, 2026, 2:51 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69ce6c7d795081909fc85cc99e11c971 |
completed | April 2, 2026, 1:17 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69ce6e66c5e48190badcc5e075892006 |
completed | April 2, 2026, 1:25 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69ce6f0cc434819089e78d24dfee5361 |
completed | April 2, 2026, 1:28 p.m. |
Created at: March 27, 2026, 1:42 p.m.