Triple
T8207172
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | The Whole Town’s Talking |
E191715
|
entity |
| Predicate | character |
P662
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Arthur Ferguson Jones
Arthur Ferguson Jones is the mild-mannered, look-alike protagonist of the 1935 comedy film "The Whole Town’s Talking," whose life is upended when he is mistaken for a notorious gangster.
|
E729197
|
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: Arthur Ferguson Jones | Statement: [The Whole Town’s Talking, character, Arthur Ferguson Jones]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Arthur Ferguson Jones Context triple: [The Whole Town’s Talking, character, Arthur Ferguson Jones]
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A.
Felix Edward Aylmer Jones
Felix Edward Aylmer Jones, known professionally as Felix Aylmer, was a distinguished English character actor renowned for his numerous stage and film roles in the mid-20th century.
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B.
Hugh R. A. Jones
Hugh R. A. Jones is a British astronomer known for his work in exoplanet detection and characterization.
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C.
Arthur Whitten Brown
Arthur Whitten Brown was a British aviator best known as the navigator on the first non-stop transatlantic flight in 1919 alongside pilot John Alcock.
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D.
William Atkinson Jones
William Atkinson Jones was a U.S. Congressman from Virginia best known for sponsoring landmark legislation on American territorial policy, including measures affecting Puerto Rico and the Philippines.
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E.
Walter Maynard Ferguson
Walter Maynard Ferguson was a Canadian jazz trumpeter and bandleader renowned for his remarkable high-note trumpet playing and energetic big band performances.
- 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: Arthur Ferguson Jones Triple: [The Whole Town’s Talking, character, Arthur Ferguson Jones]
Generated description
Arthur Ferguson Jones is the mild-mannered, look-alike protagonist of the 1935 comedy film "The Whole Town’s Talking," whose life is upended when he is mistaken for a notorious gangster.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Arthur Ferguson Jones Target entity description: Arthur Ferguson Jones is the mild-mannered, look-alike protagonist of the 1935 comedy film "The Whole Town’s Talking," whose life is upended when he is mistaken for a notorious gangster.
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A.
Felix Edward Aylmer Jones
Felix Edward Aylmer Jones, known professionally as Felix Aylmer, was a distinguished English character actor renowned for his numerous stage and film roles in the mid-20th century.
-
B.
Hugh R. A. Jones
Hugh R. A. Jones is a British astronomer known for his work in exoplanet detection and characterization.
-
C.
Arthur Whitten Brown
Arthur Whitten Brown was a British aviator best known as the navigator on the first non-stop transatlantic flight in 1919 alongside pilot John Alcock.
-
D.
William Atkinson Jones
William Atkinson Jones was a U.S. Congressman from Virginia best known for sponsoring landmark legislation on American territorial policy, including measures affecting Puerto Rico and the Philippines.
-
E.
Walter Maynard Ferguson
Walter Maynard Ferguson was a Canadian jazz trumpeter and bandleader renowned for his remarkable high-note trumpet playing and energetic big band performances.
- 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_69ca82c7f3e08190857bf1fc63b2a10c |
completed | March 30, 2026, 2:03 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69cb726b520081908ce4a03bd14dfcdf |
completed | March 31, 2026, 7:06 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69cde73e4c3881908a845fd61373cbec |
completed | April 2, 2026, 3:49 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69cdeb1fa7308190810b1fcc2184374a |
completed | April 2, 2026, 4:05 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69cdec3081d88190ad0699f9072d3fc7 |
completed | April 2, 2026, 4:10 a.m. |
Created at: March 30, 2026, 5:43 p.m.