Triple

T14577049
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Pat Buttram E342079 entity
Predicate birthName P65 FINISHED
Object Maxwell Emmett Buttram
Maxwell Emmett Buttram, better known as Pat Buttram, was an American character actor and comedian famed for his distinctive voice and roles in Westerns and the TV series "Green Acres."
E1106121 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: Maxwell Emmett Buttram | Statement: [Pat Buttram, birthName, Maxwell Emmett Buttram]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Maxwell Emmett Buttram
Context triple: [Pat Buttram, birthName, Maxwell Emmett Buttram]
  • A. Edward Elmer Smith
    Edward Elmer Smith was an American science fiction author best known for his pioneering space opera works, including the Lensman and Skylark series.
  • B. Elbert L. Little
    Elbert L. Little was an American botanist and dendrologist known for his extensive work on the classification and mapping of North American trees.
  • C. William Van Tine
    William Van Tine was an American architect known for contributing to the design of Fair Lane, the historic Henry Ford estate in Dearborn, Michigan.
  • D. Lyman Anderson
    Lyman Anderson was an American artist and illustrator known for his work in early 20th-century magazines and books, and as a student of painter Harvey Dunn.
  • E. Forrest Landis
    Forrest Landis is an American former child actor best known for his role in the family comedy film "Cheaper by the Dozen."
  • 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: Maxwell Emmett Buttram
Triple: [Pat Buttram, birthName, Maxwell Emmett Buttram]
Generated description
Maxwell Emmett Buttram, better known as Pat Buttram, was an American character actor and comedian famed for his distinctive voice and roles in Westerns and the TV series "Green Acres."
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Maxwell Emmett Buttram
Target entity description: Maxwell Emmett Buttram, better known as Pat Buttram, was an American character actor and comedian famed for his distinctive voice and roles in Westerns and the TV series "Green Acres."
  • A. Edward Elmer Smith
    Edward Elmer Smith was an American science fiction author best known for his pioneering space opera works, including the Lensman and Skylark series.
  • B. Elbert L. Little
    Elbert L. Little was an American botanist and dendrologist known for his extensive work on the classification and mapping of North American trees.
  • C. William Van Tine
    William Van Tine was an American architect known for contributing to the design of Fair Lane, the historic Henry Ford estate in Dearborn, Michigan.
  • D. Lyman Anderson
    Lyman Anderson was an American artist and illustrator known for his work in early 20th-century magazines and books, and as a student of painter Harvey Dunn.
  • E. Forrest Landis
    Forrest Landis is an American former child actor best known for his role in the family comedy film "Cheaper by the Dozen."
  • 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_69d822dcc6248190bed689984bceb0e2 completed April 9, 2026, 10:06 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69deb3f5ec448190b2ef887fdf7b633e completed April 14, 2026, 9:39 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69fd8ace7da48190880a736ead5c4055 completed May 8, 2026, 7:03 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69fd8bb3c1188190b158d30e9c962911 completed May 8, 2026, 7:07 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69fd8c6e7d448190835f87e27c998623 completed May 8, 2026, 7:10 a.m.
Created at: April 10, 2026, 1:24 a.m.