Triple

T9854424
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Birdy E239548 entity
Predicate basedOnWorkAuthor P2806 FINISHED
Object William Wharton
William Wharton was an American novelist best known for his debut novel "Birdy," which won the National Book Award and was adapted into a critically acclaimed film.
 E866726 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 Wharton | Statement: [Birdy, basedOnWorkAuthor, William Wharton]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: William Wharton
Context triple: [Birdy, basedOnWorkAuthor, William Wharton]
  • A. William Wharton
    William Wharton is a sadistic, unhinged death row inmate and key antagonist in Stephen King’s novel "The Green Mile."
  • B. Arthur Aylesworth
    Arthur Aylesworth was an American character actor known for his supporting roles in numerous Hollywood films during the 1930s and 1940s.
  • C. Philip Holbrook
    Philip Holbrook is an individual notable enough to be recognized as a prominent bearer of the surname Holbrook.
  • D. John Wharton
    John Wharton is a fictional character known by the nickname "Breacher," typically portrayed as a tough, combat-hardened military or special-operations figure.
  • E. Arthur Winslow
    Arthur Winslow is the principled Edwardian father in Terence Rattigan’s play "The Winslow Boy," who risks his family’s security to clear his son’s name.
  • 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 Wharton
Triple: [Birdy, basedOnWorkAuthor, William Wharton]
Generated description
William Wharton was an American novelist best known for his debut novel "Birdy," which won the National Book Award and was adapted into a critically acclaimed film.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: William Wharton
Target entity description: William Wharton was an American novelist best known for his debut novel "Birdy," which won the National Book Award and was adapted into a critically acclaimed film.
  • A. William Wharton
    William Wharton is a sadistic, unhinged death row inmate and key antagonist in Stephen King’s novel "The Green Mile."
  • B. Arthur Aylesworth
    Arthur Aylesworth was an American character actor known for his supporting roles in numerous Hollywood films during the 1930s and 1940s.
  • C. Philip Holbrook
    Philip Holbrook is an individual notable enough to be recognized as a prominent bearer of the surname Holbrook.
  • D. John Wharton
    John Wharton is a fictional character known by the nickname "Breacher," typically portrayed as a tough, combat-hardened military or special-operations figure.
  • E. Arthur Winslow
    Arthur Winslow is the principled Edwardian father in Terence Rattigan’s play "The Winslow Boy," who risks his family’s security to clear his son’s name.
  • 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_69ca84e4fdc08190a624425bcef98665 completed March 30, 2026, 2:12 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69cdb3960fb481909c90d6d6cafc6222 completed April 2, 2026, 12:08 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69d8dbc697388190b384c7ed9e6a65dc completed April 10, 2026, 11:15 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69d8e8c683608190aa4333ed38e79f53 completed April 10, 2026, 12:10 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69d901c7684c8190837ed9ef0c2428af completed April 10, 2026, 1:57 p.m.
Created at: March 30, 2026, 8:34 p.m.