Triple
T7024830
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | This Gun for Hire |
E162916
|
entity |
| Predicate | character |
P662
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Willard Gates
Willard Gates is a scheming, morally corrupt businessman and secondary antagonist in the 1942 film noir "This Gun for Hire."
|
E636818
|
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: Willard Gates | Statement: [This Gun for Hire, character, Willard Gates]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Willard Gates Context triple: [This Gun for Hire, character, Willard Gates]
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A.
William H. Gates Sr.
William H. Gates Sr. was an American attorney and philanthropist best known as the father of Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates and as a key leader in shaping the vision and early work of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.
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B.
Bill Gates
Bill Gates is an American business magnate, software pioneer, and philanthropist who co-created the Windows operating system and later co-founded one of the world’s largest charitable foundations.
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C.
Paul Allen
Paul Allen was an American entrepreneur, investor, and philanthropist best known as the co-founder of Microsoft alongside Bill Gates.
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D.
Benjamin Franklin Gates
Benjamin Franklin Gates is the fictional historian and treasure hunter protagonist of the "National Treasure" film series, known for deciphering historical clues to uncover hidden treasures.
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E.
Bill and Melinda Gates
Bill and Melinda Gates are American philanthropists best known for founding and leading the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, one of the world’s largest private charitable organizations focused on global health, education, and poverty alleviation.
- 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: Willard Gates Triple: [This Gun for Hire, character, Willard Gates]
Generated description
Willard Gates is a scheming, morally corrupt businessman and secondary antagonist in the 1942 film noir "This Gun for Hire."
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Willard Gates Target entity description: Willard Gates is a scheming, morally corrupt businessman and secondary antagonist in the 1942 film noir "This Gun for Hire."
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A.
William H. Gates Sr.
William H. Gates Sr. was an American attorney and philanthropist best known as the father of Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates and as a key leader in shaping the vision and early work of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.
-
B.
Bill Gates
Bill Gates is an American business magnate, software pioneer, and philanthropist who co-created the Windows operating system and later co-founded one of the world’s largest charitable foundations.
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C.
Paul Allen
Paul Allen was an American entrepreneur, investor, and philanthropist best known as the co-founder of Microsoft alongside Bill Gates.
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D.
Benjamin Franklin Gates
Benjamin Franklin Gates is the fictional historian and treasure hunter protagonist of the "National Treasure" film series, known for deciphering historical clues to uncover hidden treasures.
-
E.
Bill and Melinda Gates
Bill and Melinda Gates are American philanthropists best known for founding and leading the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, one of the world’s largest private charitable organizations focused on global health, education, and poverty alleviation.
- 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_69c6885b26248190a857541e3d10e299 |
completed | March 27, 2026, 1:38 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69c6e1fb8f0c8190b15dd7ce7ab6a8f2 |
completed | March 27, 2026, 8 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69c77581e2a88190ad2ec9855772c6a5 |
completed | March 28, 2026, 6:30 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69c7768f12648190a8e9855af2458a94 |
completed | March 28, 2026, 6:34 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69c776bdf56c8190a9fa83d6f2697f1b |
completed | March 28, 2026, 6:35 a.m. |
Created at: March 27, 2026, 2:35 p.m.