Triple

T6550960
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Colbert E151125 entity
Predicate hasNotableBearer P458 FINISHED
Object William Colbert
William Colbert is an individual notable enough to be recognized as a bearer of the Colbert surname.
 E605523 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 Colbert | Statement: [Colbert, hasNotableBearer, William Colbert]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: William Colbert
Context triple: [Colbert, hasNotableBearer, William Colbert]
  • A. William Humphrey
    William Humphrey was an American actor and director of the silent film era, known for his character roles in early 20th-century cinema.
  • B. Christopher Smyth
    Christopher Smyth was a 19th-century mountaineer known for making the first recorded ascent of Mont Blanc du Tacul in the Mont Blanc massif of the Alps.
  • C. Christopher Smyth
    Christopher Smyth was one of the mountaineers who achieved the first recorded ascent of Dufourspitze, the highest peak in Switzerland and the Monte Rosa massif.
  • D. William Bishop
    William Bishop was an American film and television actor active in the 1940s and 1950s, known for his roles in Westerns and adventure films.
  • E. Samuel Ward
    Samuel Ward was a 19th-century American banker and art patron known for commissioning significant works such as Thomas Cole’s "The Voyage of Life" series.
  • 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 Colbert
Triple: [Colbert, hasNotableBearer, William Colbert]
Generated description
William Colbert is an individual notable enough to be recognized as a bearer of the Colbert surname.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: William Colbert
Target entity description: William Colbert is an individual notable enough to be recognized as a bearer of the Colbert surname.
  • A. William Humphrey
    William Humphrey was an American actor and director of the silent film era, known for his character roles in early 20th-century cinema.
  • B. Christopher Smyth
    Christopher Smyth was a 19th-century mountaineer known for making the first recorded ascent of Mont Blanc du Tacul in the Mont Blanc massif of the Alps.
  • C. Christopher Smyth
    Christopher Smyth was one of the mountaineers who achieved the first recorded ascent of Dufourspitze, the highest peak in Switzerland and the Monte Rosa massif.
  • D. William Bishop
    William Bishop was an American film and television actor active in the 1940s and 1950s, known for his roles in Westerns and adventure films.
  • E. Samuel Ward
    Samuel Ward was a 19th-century American banker and art patron known for commissioning significant works such as Thomas Cole’s "The Voyage of Life" series.
  • 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_69c687f3fd60819083bfa583e5bcfa71 completed March 27, 2026, 1:36 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69c6ae05cd988190a013226b14cd98f0 completed March 27, 2026, 4:19 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69c6d55113408190b96baf2747f36e3c completed March 27, 2026, 7:06 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69c6d82753288190bb8cd18254feee2d completed March 27, 2026, 7:19 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69c6d92bc2508190b0e1eaf8b46c958e completed March 27, 2026, 7:23 p.m.
Created at: March 27, 2026, 1:51 p.m.