Triple
T9217322
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | William Hopper |
E221273
|
entity |
| Predicate | birthName |
P65
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
William DeWolf Hopper Jr.
William DeWolf Hopper Jr., known professionally as William Hopper, was an American actor best remembered for his role as private investigator Paul Drake on the television series "Perry Mason."
|
E785975
|
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 DeWolf Hopper Jr. | Statement: [William Hopper, birthName, William DeWolf Hopper Jr.]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: William DeWolf Hopper Jr. Context triple: [William Hopper, birthName, William DeWolf Hopper Jr.]
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A.
Captain Leland Stottlemeyer
Captain Leland Stottlemeyer is a gruff but loyal San Francisco police captain who serves as Adrian Monk’s long-suffering boss and friend in the television series "Monk."
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B.
Skip Woods
Skip Woods is an American screenwriter and film producer known for writing action films such as "Swordfish," "Hitman," and "A Good Day to Die Hard."
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C.
Captain Frank Furillo
Captain Frank Furillo is the dedicated, level-headed precinct commander at the heart of the 1980s police drama "Hill Street Blues," known for balancing gritty street crime with complex personal and political pressures.
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D.
Harry C. Baker
Harry C. Baker was an early 20th-century American roller coaster designer and builder known for creating classic wooden coasters such as the Dragon Coaster.
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E.
Russell Vought
Russell Vought is an American political operative and policy advisor who served as Director of the Office of Management and Budget under President Donald Trump.
- 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 DeWolf Hopper Jr. Triple: [William Hopper, birthName, William DeWolf Hopper Jr.]
Generated description
William DeWolf Hopper Jr., known professionally as William Hopper, was an American actor best remembered for his role as private investigator Paul Drake on the television series "Perry Mason."
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: William DeWolf Hopper Jr. Target entity description: William DeWolf Hopper Jr., known professionally as William Hopper, was an American actor best remembered for his role as private investigator Paul Drake on the television series "Perry Mason."
-
A.
Captain Leland Stottlemeyer
Captain Leland Stottlemeyer is a gruff but loyal San Francisco police captain who serves as Adrian Monk’s long-suffering boss and friend in the television series "Monk."
-
B.
Skip Woods
Skip Woods is an American screenwriter and film producer known for writing action films such as "Swordfish," "Hitman," and "A Good Day to Die Hard."
-
C.
Captain Frank Furillo
Captain Frank Furillo is the dedicated, level-headed precinct commander at the heart of the 1980s police drama "Hill Street Blues," known for balancing gritty street crime with complex personal and political pressures.
-
D.
Harry C. Baker
Harry C. Baker was an early 20th-century American roller coaster designer and builder known for creating classic wooden coasters such as the Dragon Coaster.
-
E.
Russell Vought
Russell Vought is an American political operative and policy advisor who served as Director of the Office of Management and Budget under President Donald Trump.
- 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_69ca83eae42c8190a0ea9e040710a277 |
completed | March 30, 2026, 2:08 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69ccda0ae3d081908ff3f5dab52df5ae |
completed | April 1, 2026, 8:40 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69d0662427dc81908cb9bfacc5b9e0f5 |
completed | April 4, 2026, 1:15 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69d0697b506c8190b14acbec1266f4bc |
completed | April 4, 2026, 1:29 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69d06a01520081908f697cf285c88c00 |
completed | April 4, 2026, 1:31 a.m. |
Created at: March 30, 2026, 7:27 p.m.