Triple

T18506986
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Robert Guillaume E452222 entity
Predicate birthName P65 FINISHED
Object Robert Peter Williams
Robert Peter Williams, better known as Robert Guillaume, was an American actor and singer renowned for his Emmy-winning role as Benson DuBois on the television series "Soap" and its spin-off "Benson."
E1327777 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: Robert Peter Williams | Statement: [Robert Guillaume, birthName, Robert Peter Williams]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Robert Peter Williams
Context triple: [Robert Guillaume, birthName, Robert Peter Williams]
  • A. Robert Peter Williams
    Robert Peter Williams, better known as Robbie Williams, is a British pop singer and entertainer who rose to fame with the boy band Take That before achieving a highly successful solo career.
  • B. William Eric Williams
    William Eric Williams is the son of American modernist poet and physician William Carlos Williams.
  • C. David Edward Williams
    David Edward Williams, better known by his stage name David Walliams, is a British comedian, actor, writer, and television personality famed for "Little Britain" and his role as a judge on "Britain's Got Talent."
  • D. Colin Edward Williams
    Colin Edward Williams, better known as Colin Welland, was an English actor and screenwriter renowned for winning an Academy Award for his screenplay for "Chariots of Fire."
  • E. Howard Andrew Williams
    Howard Andrew Williams, better known as Andy Williams, was an American pop singer famed for his smooth voice and timeless recordings of songs like "Moon River."
  • 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: Robert Peter Williams
Triple: [Robert Guillaume, birthName, Robert Peter Williams]
Generated description
Robert Peter Williams, better known as Robert Guillaume, was an American actor and singer renowned for his Emmy-winning role as Benson DuBois on the television series "Soap" and its spin-off "Benson."
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Robert Peter Williams
Target entity description: Robert Peter Williams, better known as Robert Guillaume, was an American actor and singer renowned for his Emmy-winning role as Benson DuBois on the television series "Soap" and its spin-off "Benson."
  • A. Robert Peter Williams
    Robert Peter Williams, better known as Robbie Williams, is a British pop singer and entertainer who rose to fame with the boy band Take That before achieving a highly successful solo career.
  • B. William Eric Williams
    William Eric Williams is the son of American modernist poet and physician William Carlos Williams.
  • C. David Edward Williams
    David Edward Williams, better known by his stage name David Walliams, is a British comedian, actor, writer, and television personality famed for "Little Britain" and his role as a judge on "Britain's Got Talent."
  • D. Colin Edward Williams
    Colin Edward Williams, better known as Colin Welland, was an English actor and screenwriter renowned for winning an Academy Award for his screenplay for "Chariots of Fire."
  • E. Howard Andrew Williams
    Howard Andrew Williams, better known as Andy Williams, was an American pop singer famed for his smooth voice and timeless recordings of songs like "Moon River."
  • 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_69d8d386df84819092355ebb260d848e completed April 10, 2026, 10:40 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69e5334266708190b59aca3a2218c095 completed April 19, 2026, 7:55 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_6a0471470bfc8190bf64c367d2e37a81 completed May 13, 2026, 12:40 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_6a047dabf1e481908179fd57c83215d0 completed May 13, 2026, 1:33 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_6a047e5148a08190b3288b2a07c7ed78 completed May 13, 2026, 1:36 p.m.
Created at: April 10, 2026, 11:36 a.m.