Triple

T8430377
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Billy Zane E199100 entity
Predicate birthName P65 FINISHED
Object William George Zane Jr.
William George Zane Jr. is an American actor best known for his roles in films such as "Titanic," "The Phantom," and "Dead Calm."
 E732642 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: William George Zane Jr. | Statement: [Billy Zane, birthName, William George Zane Jr.]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: William George Zane Jr.
Context triple: [Billy Zane, birthName, William George Zane Jr.]
  • A. William Ragsdale
    William Ragsdale is an American actor best known for his lead role in the 1985 horror-comedy film "Fright Night" and its sequel.
  • B. Patrick Wheeler
    Patrick Wheeler is a central character in the 2013 American drama film "Ain't Them Bodies Saints," which explores love, crime, and sacrifice in rural Texas.
  • C. William Henry Drayton
    William Henry Drayton was an American lawyer and South Carolina statesman who became a prominent Patriot leader and a signer of the Articles of Confederation during the American Revolution.
  • D. Zachariah Rigby
    Zachariah Rigby is a vengeful former member of a serial-killing duo in the dark comedy crime film "Seven Psychopaths."
  • E. William Forrest
    William Forrest was an American character actor known for his numerous supporting roles in mid-20th-century films and television.
  • 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: William George Zane Jr.
Triple: [Billy Zane, birthName, William George Zane Jr.]
Generated description
William George Zane Jr. is an American actor best known for his roles in films such as "Titanic," "The Phantom," and "Dead Calm."
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: William George Zane Jr.
Target entity description: William George Zane Jr. is an American actor best known for his roles in films such as "Titanic," "The Phantom," and "Dead Calm."
  • A. William Ragsdale
    William Ragsdale is an American actor best known for his lead role in the 1985 horror-comedy film "Fright Night" and its sequel.
  • B. Patrick Wheeler
    Patrick Wheeler is a central character in the 2013 American drama film "Ain't Them Bodies Saints," which explores love, crime, and sacrifice in rural Texas.
  • C. William Henry Drayton
    William Henry Drayton was an American lawyer and South Carolina statesman who became a prominent Patriot leader and a signer of the Articles of Confederation during the American Revolution.
  • D. Zachariah Rigby
    Zachariah Rigby is a vengeful former member of a serial-killing duo in the dark comedy crime film "Seven Psychopaths."
  • E. William Forrest
    William Forrest was an American character actor known for his numerous supporting roles in mid-20th-century films and television.
  • 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_69ca8313c99081909a5c6d83b91de5b3 completed March 30, 2026, 2:05 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69cbd1a2efa08190b92c75812003ffdb completed March 31, 2026, 1:52 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69ce0380ed948190bdba247d67769ade completed April 2, 2026, 5:49 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69ce07851c4081909a9468a386035bb2 completed April 2, 2026, 6:07 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69ce07ec00248190bb10fee54265c7f9 completed April 2, 2026, 6:08 a.m.
Created at: March 30, 2026, 6:07 p.m.