Triple
T14659243
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Bo Hopkins |
E344191
|
entity |
| Predicate | birthName |
P65
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
William Mauldin Hopkins
William Mauldin Hopkins, better known as Bo Hopkins, was an American actor recognized for his tough-guy roles in films such as "The Wild Bunch" and "American Graffiti."
|
E1112298
|
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 Mauldin Hopkins | Statement: [Bo Hopkins, birthName, William Mauldin Hopkins]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: William Mauldin Hopkins Context triple: [Bo Hopkins, birthName, William Mauldin Hopkins]
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A.
William Henry Mauldin
William Henry Mauldin was a Pulitzer Prize–winning American editorial cartoonist best known for his World War II cartoons depicting weary infantrymen and the realities of combat.
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B.
Bill Blunden
Bill Blunden is a film editor best known for his work on various feature films, including the 1990 adaptation of "The Handmaid's Tale."
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C.
Gene Davis
Gene Davis was an American painter best known for his vibrant vertical stripe paintings that became emblematic of the Washington Color School and post-painterly abstraction.
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D.
Gene Davis
Gene Davis was an American actor known for his roles in 1970s and 1980s films and television, often portraying intense or offbeat characters.
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E.
Bill Mauldin
Bill Mauldin was an American editorial cartoonist and World War II veteran best known for his gritty, satirical depictions of soldiers and postwar political commentary.
- 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 Mauldin Hopkins Triple: [Bo Hopkins, birthName, William Mauldin Hopkins]
Generated description
William Mauldin Hopkins, better known as Bo Hopkins, was an American actor recognized for his tough-guy roles in films such as "The Wild Bunch" and "American Graffiti."
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: William Mauldin Hopkins Target entity description: William Mauldin Hopkins, better known as Bo Hopkins, was an American actor recognized for his tough-guy roles in films such as "The Wild Bunch" and "American Graffiti."
-
A.
William Henry Mauldin
William Henry Mauldin was a Pulitzer Prize–winning American editorial cartoonist best known for his World War II cartoons depicting weary infantrymen and the realities of combat.
-
B.
Bill Blunden
Bill Blunden is a film editor best known for his work on various feature films, including the 1990 adaptation of "The Handmaid's Tale."
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C.
Gene Davis
Gene Davis was an American painter best known for his vibrant vertical stripe paintings that became emblematic of the Washington Color School and post-painterly abstraction.
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D.
Gene Davis
Gene Davis was an American actor known for his roles in 1970s and 1980s films and television, often portraying intense or offbeat characters.
-
E.
Bill Mauldin
Bill Mauldin was an American editorial cartoonist and World War II veteran best known for his gritty, satirical depictions of soldiers and postwar political commentary.
- 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_69d822e283fc8190a0e4c235cf880052 |
completed | April 9, 2026, 10:06 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69deb51b6a248190a44050c0e0ec2d16 |
completed | April 14, 2026, 9:43 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69fdd5e01cd081909c71fdcf67c3b1f5 |
completed | May 8, 2026, 12:24 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69fdd65a6c24819088fb18ffcdfe6404 |
completed | May 8, 2026, 12:26 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69fdd6f172288190ba7097518b1a971e |
completed | May 8, 2026, 12:28 p.m. |
Created at: April 10, 2026, 1:27 a.m.