Triple
T10368047
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Billy Bob Thornton |
E244306
|
entity |
| Predicate | birthName |
P65
|
FINISHED |
| Object | William Robert Thornton |
E244306
|
NE FINISHED |
How this triple was built (2 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 Robert Thornton | Statement: [Billy Bob Thornton, birthName, William Robert Thornton]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: William Robert Thornton Context triple: [Billy Bob Thornton, birthName, William Robert Thornton]
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A.
William Robert Thornton
chosen
William Robert Thornton, better known as Billy Bob Thornton, is an American actor, filmmaker, and musician recognized for his roles in films like "Sling Blade" and "A Simple Plan."
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B.
William Thornton
William Thornton is one of the children of American actor, filmmaker, and musician Billy Bob Thornton.
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C.
James Hoban
James Hoban was an Irish-born American architect best known for designing the White House in Washington, D.C.
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D.
Pierre Charles L’Enfant
Pierre Charles L’Enfant was a French-born American architect and civil engineer best known for creating the original plan for the city of Washington, D.C.
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E.
Robert Mills
Robert Mills was a prominent 19th-century American architect best known for designing major public monuments and buildings in the early United States.
- F. None of above.
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Provenance (3 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_69d381b3e328819094b23b8edcd29b5a |
completed | April 6, 2026, 9:49 a.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69d4e97106448190a075948e63184f47 |
completed | April 7, 2026, 11:24 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69d79546b078819089dec7628c95a681 |
completed | April 9, 2026, 12:02 p.m. |
Created at: April 6, 2026, 12:01 p.m.