Triple

T7853559
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Van Johnson E182115 entity
Predicate birthName P65 FINISHED
Object Charles Van Dell Johnson
Charles Van Dell Johnson, better known as Van Johnson, was a popular American film and television actor prominent in the 1940s and 1950s, especially known for his roles in MGM musicals and war dramas.
E695695 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: Charles Van Dell Johnson | Statement: [Van Johnson, birthName, Charles Van Dell Johnson]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Charles Van Dell Johnson
Context triple: [Van Johnson, birthName, Charles Van Dell Johnson]
  • A. Charles E. Fuller
    Charles E. Fuller was an influential American evangelical radio preacher and Christian leader whose ministry and vision led to the establishment of Fuller Theological Seminary.
  • B. Charles S. Johnson
    Charles S. Johnson was an influential African American sociologist, editor, and civil rights leader whose work on race relations and urban Black life made him a key intellectual figure of the early 20th century.
  • C. George DuBose
    George DuBose is an American music photographer and album cover designer known for his influential work with punk, new wave, and hip-hop artists.
  • D. David McDowell Brown
    David McDowell Brown was a United States Navy captain and NASA astronaut who flew as a mission specialist on the ill-fated Space Shuttle Columbia STS-107 mission.
  • E. Joseph MacMillan Johnson
    Joseph MacMillan Johnson was a Hollywood art director and production designer best known for his work on classic films such as Alfred Hitchcock’s "Rear Window."
  • 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: Charles Van Dell Johnson
Triple: [Van Johnson, birthName, Charles Van Dell Johnson]
Generated description
Charles Van Dell Johnson, better known as Van Johnson, was a popular American film and television actor prominent in the 1940s and 1950s, especially known for his roles in MGM musicals and war dramas.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Charles Van Dell Johnson
Target entity description: Charles Van Dell Johnson, better known as Van Johnson, was a popular American film and television actor prominent in the 1940s and 1950s, especially known for his roles in MGM musicals and war dramas.
  • A. Charles E. Fuller
    Charles E. Fuller was an influential American evangelical radio preacher and Christian leader whose ministry and vision led to the establishment of Fuller Theological Seminary.
  • B. Charles S. Johnson
    Charles S. Johnson was an influential African American sociologist, editor, and civil rights leader whose work on race relations and urban Black life made him a key intellectual figure of the early 20th century.
  • C. George DuBose
    George DuBose is an American music photographer and album cover designer known for his influential work with punk, new wave, and hip-hop artists.
  • D. David McDowell Brown
    David McDowell Brown was a United States Navy captain and NASA astronaut who flew as a mission specialist on the ill-fated Space Shuttle Columbia STS-107 mission.
  • E. Joseph MacMillan Johnson
    Joseph MacMillan Johnson was a Hollywood art director and production designer best known for his work on classic films such as Alfred Hitchcock’s "Rear Window."
  • 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_69ca82869ee08190b8f9040dbc2c0467 completed March 30, 2026, 2:02 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69cb18ed56d481909266d862e0ae152d completed March 31, 2026, 12:44 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69cb5b1e9e808190a0eb2dea5288e743 completed March 31, 2026, 5:26 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69cb5def38e88190864d84abd7959aa3 completed March 31, 2026, 5:38 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69cb767b198481909cfc1f7a44e6f0d8 completed March 31, 2026, 7:23 a.m.
Created at: March 30, 2026, 4:51 p.m.