Triple

T6791175
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject About a Boy E155934 entity
Predicate character P662 FINISHED
Object Will Freeman
Will Freeman is the charming, commitment-averse bachelor at the center of Nick Hornby’s novel "About a Boy," whose carefree lifestyle is upended when he befriends a socially awkward young boy.
 E618985 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: Will Freeman | Statement: [About a Boy, character, Will Freeman]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Will Freeman
Context triple: [About a Boy, character, Will Freeman]
  • A. Jack Atwood
    Jack Atwood is a film editor known for his work on the animated short "Hockey Homicide."
  • B. Tobias Wilson
    Tobias Wilson is a recurring character in the animated television series "The Amazing World of Gumball," known as a colorful, athletic student at Elmore Junior High.
  • C. Ben Stephenson
    Ben Stephenson is a British television executive and producer known for his influential work overseeing high-profile drama series in both the UK and the US.
  • D. Leon Wilkeson
    Leon Wilkeson was the longtime bassist for the Southern rock band Lynyrd Skynyrd, known for his melodic playing and distinctive stage presence.
  • E. Guy Chambers
    Guy Chambers is a British songwriter, musician, and producer best known for co-writing many of Robbie Williams' biggest hits.
  • 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: Will Freeman
Triple: [About a Boy, character, Will Freeman]
Generated description
Will Freeman is the charming, commitment-averse bachelor at the center of Nick Hornby’s novel "About a Boy," whose carefree lifestyle is upended when he befriends a socially awkward young boy.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Will Freeman
Target entity description: Will Freeman is the charming, commitment-averse bachelor at the center of Nick Hornby’s novel "About a Boy," whose carefree lifestyle is upended when he befriends a socially awkward young boy.
  • A. Jack Atwood
    Jack Atwood is a film editor known for his work on the animated short "Hockey Homicide."
  • B. Tobias Wilson
    Tobias Wilson is a recurring character in the animated television series "The Amazing World of Gumball," known as a colorful, athletic student at Elmore Junior High.
  • C. Ben Stephenson
    Ben Stephenson is a British television executive and producer known for his influential work overseeing high-profile drama series in both the UK and the US.
  • D. Leon Wilkeson
    Leon Wilkeson was the longtime bassist for the Southern rock band Lynyrd Skynyrd, known for his melodic playing and distinctive stage presence.
  • E. Guy Chambers
    Guy Chambers is a British songwriter, musician, and producer best known for co-writing many of Robbie Williams' biggest hits.
  • 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_69c6881770fc8190972b2906390380f5 completed March 27, 2026, 1:37 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69c6d2acbfc0819081f2d6cebfb91765 completed March 27, 2026, 6:55 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69c71a8c445c8190abea97a04d648f52 completed March 28, 2026, 12:02 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69c71b186238819096ef6162f9068543 completed March 28, 2026, 12:04 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69c71b98b8008190a972cc0a215295c0 completed March 28, 2026, 12:06 a.m.
Created at: March 27, 2026, 2:15 p.m.