Triple

T14013621
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject The Shadow E337149 entity
Predicate titleCharacterVoiceActor P13156 FINISHED
Object Bill Johnstone
Bill Johnstone was an American radio actor best known for portraying the mysterious crime-fighter in the classic radio drama series "The Shadow" during the late 1930s and early 1940s.
E1107994 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: Bill Johnstone | Statement: [The Shadow, titleCharacterVoiceActor, Bill Johnstone]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Bill Johnstone
Context triple: [The Shadow, titleCharacterVoiceActor, Bill Johnstone]
  • A. James Johnstone
    James Johnstone was a British newspaper proprietor best known for establishing the London daily newspaper that became the Evening Standard.
  • B. Billy Johnston
    Billy Johnston is a musician best known as a member of the Scottish alternative rock band Beecake.
  • C. Graham Jessop
    Graham Jessop is a British marine archaeologist and shipwreck hunter known for his work on deep-sea salvage and underwater exploration projects.
  • D. Joel Johnstone
    Joel Johnstone is an American actor known for his work in television comedies and dramas, including notable roles on series such as Getting On and The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel.
  • E. Christopher Jessop
    Christopher Jessop is a person notable enough to be recorded as a distinct individual, though specific widely known public details about him are not provided in this context.
  • 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: Bill Johnstone
Triple: [The Shadow, titleCharacterVoiceActor, Bill Johnstone]
Generated description
Bill Johnstone was an American radio actor best known for portraying the mysterious crime-fighter in the classic radio drama series "The Shadow" during the late 1930s and early 1940s.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Bill Johnstone
Target entity description: Bill Johnstone was an American radio actor best known for portraying the mysterious crime-fighter in the classic radio drama series "The Shadow" during the late 1930s and early 1940s.
  • A. James Johnstone
    James Johnstone was a British newspaper proprietor best known for establishing the London daily newspaper that became the Evening Standard.
  • B. Billy Johnston
    Billy Johnston is a musician best known as a member of the Scottish alternative rock band Beecake.
  • C. Graham Jessop
    Graham Jessop is a British marine archaeologist and shipwreck hunter known for his work on deep-sea salvage and underwater exploration projects.
  • D. Joel Johnstone
    Joel Johnstone is an American actor known for his work in television comedies and dramas, including notable roles on series such as Getting On and The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel.
  • E. Christopher Jessop
    Christopher Jessop is a person notable enough to be recorded as a distinct individual, though specific widely known public details about him are not provided in this context.
  • 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_69d81c645c5c8190b1fd16a285a1b78a completed April 9, 2026, 9:38 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69de2f37d11481909159bdb9e1e8d38e completed April 14, 2026, 12:12 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69fd949b9fc481908c7717c412e05fac completed May 8, 2026, 7:45 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69fd97010630819095fb229f77387865 completed May 8, 2026, 7:55 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69fd97e5b2e08190b6f3a6c1584be95d completed May 8, 2026, 7:59 a.m.
Created at: April 9, 2026, 10:19 p.m.