Triple

T17619934
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject The Return of Dr. Fu Manchu E429682 entity
Predicate stars P1956 FINISHED
Object William Austin
William Austin was a British character actor of the early 20th century, known for his supporting roles in Hollywood films and serials.
 E1283936 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 Austin | Statement: [The Return of Dr. Fu Manchu, stars, William Austin]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: William Austin
Context triple: [The Return of Dr. Fu Manchu, stars, William Austin]
  • A. William Austin
    William Austin is a film editor known for his work on the movie "Shotgun."
  • B. Henry Austin
    Henry Austin was a prominent 19th-century American architect known for his eclectic designs and significant contributions to Victorian-era architecture, particularly in New England.
  • C. Albert Austin
    Albert Austin was a British-born silent film actor and comedian best known for his frequent collaborations with Charlie Chaplin at Keystone and Mutual Studios.
  • D. William Drinkard
    William Drinkard is a gospel singer best known as a member of the influential family group The Drinkard Singers, which helped shape mid-20th-century American gospel music.
  • E. William Rock
    William Rock is a notable individual distinguished enough to be recognized as a prominent bearer of the surname Rock.
  • 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 Austin
Triple: [The Return of Dr. Fu Manchu, stars, William Austin]
Generated description
William Austin was a British character actor of the early 20th century, known for his supporting roles in Hollywood films and serials.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: William Austin
Target entity description: William Austin was a British character actor of the early 20th century, known for his supporting roles in Hollywood films and serials.
  • A. William Austin
    William Austin is a film editor known for his work on the movie "Shotgun."
  • B. Henry Austin
    Henry Austin was a prominent 19th-century American architect known for his eclectic designs and significant contributions to Victorian-era architecture, particularly in New England.
  • C. Albert Austin
    Albert Austin was a British-born silent film actor and comedian best known for his frequent collaborations with Charlie Chaplin at Keystone and Mutual Studios.
  • D. William Drinkard
    William Drinkard is a gospel singer best known as a member of the influential family group The Drinkard Singers, which helped shape mid-20th-century American gospel music.
  • E. William Rock
    William Rock is a notable individual distinguished enough to be recognized as a prominent bearer of the surname Rock.
  • 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_69d889e37f308190a6aa0a69daff86c7 completed April 10, 2026, 5:25 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69e46d3547d88190ae3c9ffed63133c9 completed April 19, 2026, 5:50 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_6a023010f14c8190b0b3f82040d8d095 completed May 11, 2026, 7:37 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_6a0233cbee0c81909270f49f059d198f completed May 11, 2026, 7:53 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_6a02344ccb108190b239ecc4d54be186 completed May 11, 2026, 7:55 p.m.
Created at: April 10, 2026, 5:51 a.m.