Triple
T8304870
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Colin Welland |
E194438
|
entity |
| Predicate | birthName |
P65
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Colin Edward Williams
Colin Edward Williams, better known as Colin Welland, was an English actor and screenwriter renowned for winning an Academy Award for his screenplay for "Chariots of Fire."
|
E725403
|
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: Colin Edward Williams | Statement: [Colin Welland, birthName, Colin Edward Williams]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Colin Edward Williams Context triple: [Colin Welland, birthName, Colin Edward Williams]
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A.
David Edward Williams
David Edward Williams, better known by his stage name David Walliams, is a British comedian, actor, writer, and television personality famed for "Little Britain" and his role as a judge on "Britain's Got Talent."
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B.
Robert Peter Williams
Robert Peter Williams, better known as Robbie Williams, is a British pop singer and entertainer who rose to fame with the boy band Take That before achieving a highly successful solo career.
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C.
William Eric Williams
William Eric Williams is the son of American modernist poet and physician William Carlos Williams.
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D.
Colin Mullen
Colin Mullen is an individual notable enough to be recognized as a namesake of the surname Mullen.
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E.
Colin Meadows
Colin Meadows is an individual notable enough to be recognized as a namesake of the surname Meadows, though specific widely known public details about him are not clearly established.
- 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: Colin Edward Williams Triple: [Colin Welland, birthName, Colin Edward Williams]
Generated description
Colin Edward Williams, better known as Colin Welland, was an English actor and screenwriter renowned for winning an Academy Award for his screenplay for "Chariots of Fire."
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Colin Edward Williams Target entity description: Colin Edward Williams, better known as Colin Welland, was an English actor and screenwriter renowned for winning an Academy Award for his screenplay for "Chariots of Fire."
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A.
David Edward Williams
David Edward Williams, better known by his stage name David Walliams, is a British comedian, actor, writer, and television personality famed for "Little Britain" and his role as a judge on "Britain's Got Talent."
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B.
Robert Peter Williams
Robert Peter Williams, better known as Robbie Williams, is a British pop singer and entertainer who rose to fame with the boy band Take That before achieving a highly successful solo career.
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C.
William Eric Williams
William Eric Williams is the son of American modernist poet and physician William Carlos Williams.
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D.
Colin Mullen
Colin Mullen is an individual notable enough to be recognized as a namesake of the surname Mullen.
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E.
Colin Meadows
Colin Meadows is an individual notable enough to be recognized as a namesake of the surname Meadows, though specific widely known public details about him are not clearly established.
- 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_69ca82e613e88190bf8139669bbd0d53 |
completed | March 30, 2026, 2:04 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69cb7e8db3a8819083772db5c7a2454b |
completed | March 31, 2026, 7:58 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69cd9545ffc48190869906b02692b873 |
completed | April 1, 2026, 9:59 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69cdab5d649c819098a7643d5a0b7827 |
completed | April 1, 2026, 11:33 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69cdb2c2e2248190bf52466abaebfe29 |
completed | April 2, 2026, 12:05 a.m. |
Created at: March 30, 2026, 5:54 p.m.