Triple

T9735489
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Waiting for Superman E236046 entity
Predicate writer P1360 FINISHED
Object Billy Kimball
Billy Kimball is an American television writer and producer known for his work on satirical and documentary projects.
 E819566 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: Billy Kimball | Statement: [Waiting for Superman, writer, Billy Kimball]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Billy Kimball
Context triple: [Waiting for Superman, writer, Billy Kimball]
  • A. Stu Kimball
    Stu Kimball is an American guitarist best known for his long tenure in Bob Dylan’s touring band during the 2000s and 2010s.
  • B. Jim Kimsey
    Jim Kimsey was an American businessman and philanthropist best known as a co-founder and the first CEO of the pioneering internet company AOL.
  • C. Kimball Kinnison
    Kimball Kinnison is the heroic Galactic Patrol Lensman and central protagonist of E. E. "Doc" Smith’s classic space opera Lensman series.
  • D. Johnny Mantz
    Johnny Mantz was an American stock car racer best known for winning the first-ever Southern 500 at Darlington Raceway in 1950.
  • E. John Billingsley
    John Billingsley is an American actor best known for playing the Denobulan doctor Phlox on the television series Star Trek: Enterprise.
  • 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: Billy Kimball
Triple: [Waiting for Superman, writer, Billy Kimball]
Generated description
Billy Kimball is an American television writer and producer known for his work on satirical and documentary projects.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Billy Kimball
Target entity description: Billy Kimball is an American television writer and producer known for his work on satirical and documentary projects.
  • A. Stu Kimball
    Stu Kimball is an American guitarist best known for his long tenure in Bob Dylan’s touring band during the 2000s and 2010s.
  • B. Jim Kimsey
    Jim Kimsey was an American businessman and philanthropist best known as a co-founder and the first CEO of the pioneering internet company AOL.
  • C. Kimball Kinnison
    Kimball Kinnison is the heroic Galactic Patrol Lensman and central protagonist of E. E. "Doc" Smith’s classic space opera Lensman series.
  • D. Johnny Mantz
    Johnny Mantz was an American stock car racer best known for winning the first-ever Southern 500 at Darlington Raceway in 1950.
  • E. John Billingsley
    John Billingsley is an American actor best known for playing the Denobulan doctor Phlox on the television series Star Trek: Enterprise.
  • 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_69ca84d313e88190983ee6ffd0ef60d2 completed March 30, 2026, 2:12 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69cd9eee70d48190af5a833d7b33aaa5 completed April 1, 2026, 10:40 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69d1bccbb6988190a3733c97d520be67 completed April 5, 2026, 1:37 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69d1bd5820408190a4f5f7ef8b0e14aa completed April 5, 2026, 1:39 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69d1bdc0135881909b69814e6cf3741b completed April 5, 2026, 1:41 a.m.
Created at: March 30, 2026, 8:22 p.m.