Triple

T9965269
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Burton's Gentleman's Magazine E195667 entity
Predicate publisher P29 FINISHED
Object William Evans Burton
William Evans Burton was a 19th-century English-born American actor, playwright, and editor best known for his work in early American theater and literary magazines.
 E832987 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 Evans Burton | Statement: [Burton's Gentleman's Magazine, publisher, William Evans Burton]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: William Evans Burton
Context triple: [Burton's Gentleman's Magazine, publisher, William Evans Burton]
  • A. Al Burton
    Al Burton was an American television producer and composer best known for his work on popular sitcoms such as "The Facts of Life."
  • B. Peter Burton
    Peter Burton was a British actor best known for originating the role of Major Boothroyd (Q) in the James Bond film series, appearing in "Dr. No" (1962).
  • C. Edward David Burt
    Edward David Burt is a Bermudian politician who has served as the Premier of Bermuda and leader of the Progressive Labour Party.
  • D. John Taylor Wood
    John Taylor Wood was a Confederate naval officer and raider during the American Civil War, known for his daring commerce-destroying operations and close family ties to Confederate President Jefferson Davis.
  • E. Nat Burton
    Nat Burton was an American songwriter best known for penning popular wartime lyrics during the World War II era.
  • 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 Evans Burton
Triple: [Burton's Gentleman's Magazine, publisher, William Evans Burton]
Generated description
William Evans Burton was a 19th-century English-born American actor, playwright, and editor best known for his work in early American theater and literary magazines.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: William Evans Burton
Target entity description: William Evans Burton was a 19th-century English-born American actor, playwright, and editor best known for his work in early American theater and literary magazines.
  • A. Al Burton
    Al Burton was an American television producer and composer best known for his work on popular sitcoms such as "The Facts of Life."
  • B. Peter Burton
    Peter Burton was a British actor best known for originating the role of Major Boothroyd (Q) in the James Bond film series, appearing in "Dr. No" (1962).
  • C. Edward David Burt
    Edward David Burt is a Bermudian politician who has served as the Premier of Bermuda and leader of the Progressive Labour Party.
  • D. John Taylor Wood
    John Taylor Wood was a Confederate naval officer and raider during the American Civil War, known for his daring commerce-destroying operations and close family ties to Confederate President Jefferson Davis.
  • E. Nat Burton
    Nat Burton was an American songwriter best known for penning popular wartime lyrics during the World War II era.
  • 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_69ca82ebd1288190912f9e4482d1fa35 completed March 30, 2026, 2:04 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69cdb71c38488190a6f3cda11994f6a2 completed April 2, 2026, 12:23 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69d23da2d7988190b8603ddb151996d9 completed April 5, 2026, 10:46 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69d23eb1c1f481908404225dcccd0697 completed April 5, 2026, 10:51 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69d242aea6a08190a73a836e59865c35 completed April 5, 2026, 11:08 a.m.
Created at: March 30, 2026, 8:47 p.m.