Triple

T123119
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Ron Howard E2488 entity
Predicate fullName P16 FINISHED
Object Ronald William Howard
Ronald William Howard is an American filmmaker and former child actor best known for starring in "The Andy Griffith Show" and "Happy Days" and directing acclaimed films such as "Apollo 13" and "A Beautiful Mind."
E55811 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: Ronald William Howard | Statement: [Ron Howard, fullName, Ronald William Howard]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Ronald William Howard
Context triple: [Ron Howard, fullName, Ronald William Howard]
  • A. Walter Powell
    Walter Powell was an American entrepreneur best known as the founder of Powell’s City of Books, one of the world’s largest independent bookstores in Portland, Oregon.
  • B. Robert W. Taylor
    Robert W. Taylor was an influential American computer scientist and research manager who played a key role in the development of ARPANET and modern computer networking.
  • C. James Honaker
    James Honaker is a political scientist and statistician known for his work on methods for handling missing data and for coauthoring influential research with Gary King.
  • D. Philip M. Kaiser
    Philip M. Kaiser was an American diplomat and public servant who held several key ambassadorial posts during the Cold War era.
  • E. Harold A. Wheeler
    Harold A. Wheeler was an influential American electrical engineer and inventor known for his pioneering contributions to radio and radar technology.
  • 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: Ronald William Howard
Triple: [Ron Howard, fullName, Ronald William Howard]
Generated description
Ronald William Howard is an American filmmaker and former child actor best known for starring in "The Andy Griffith Show" and "Happy Days" and directing acclaimed films such as "Apollo 13" and "A Beautiful Mind."
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Ronald William Howard
Target entity description: Ronald William Howard is an American filmmaker and former child actor best known for starring in "The Andy Griffith Show" and "Happy Days" and directing acclaimed films such as "Apollo 13" and "A Beautiful Mind."
  • A. Walter Powell
    Walter Powell was an American entrepreneur best known as the founder of Powell’s City of Books, one of the world’s largest independent bookstores in Portland, Oregon.
  • B. Robert W. Taylor
    Robert W. Taylor was an influential American computer scientist and research manager who played a key role in the development of ARPANET and modern computer networking.
  • C. James Honaker
    James Honaker is a political scientist and statistician known for his work on methods for handling missing data and for coauthoring influential research with Gary King.
  • D. Philip M. Kaiser
    Philip M. Kaiser was an American diplomat and public servant who held several key ambassadorial posts during the Cold War era.
  • E. Harold A. Wheeler
    Harold A. Wheeler was an influential American electrical engineer and inventor known for his pioneering contributions to radio and radar technology.
  • 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_69a251b54ea88190b18281669f59b4c0 completed Feb. 28, 2026, 2:23 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69a2573b4e7481909ee09d2899f8a74b completed Feb. 28, 2026, 2:47 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69a43e6744888190b4514f057fc98498 completed March 1, 2026, 1:25 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69a43ffa92e88190a40155190dbf8b9c completed March 1, 2026, 1:32 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69a44046b4cc819085012cce79176fc6 completed March 1, 2026, 1:33 p.m.
Created at: Feb. 28, 2026, 2:27 a.m.