Triple
T21921472
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Groundskeeper Willie |
E541326
|
entity |
| Predicate | fullName |
P16
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FINISHED |
| Object |
William MacDougal
William MacDougal, better known as Groundskeeper Willie, is the hot-tempered Scottish janitor and groundskeeper at Springfield Elementary School on the animated television series "The Simpsons."
|
E1538509
|
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 MacDougal | Statement: [Groundskeeper Willie, fullName, William MacDougal]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: William MacDougal Context triple: [Groundskeeper Willie, fullName, William MacDougal]
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A.
Thomas A. Muldoon
Thomas A. Muldoon is a film editor known for his work on the action-comedy movie "Pain & Gain."
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B.
James G. Richardson
James G. Richardson is an actor known for his role in the film "The Sergeant."
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C.
George W. Campbell
George W. Campbell was an early 19th-century American politician and statesman who served in roles such as U.S. senator and Secretary of the Treasury.
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D.
Charles Willard McLaughlin
Charles Willard McLaughlin, better known as Willard Mack, was a Canadian-born American playwright, actor, and director prominent in early 20th-century theater and film.
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E.
William Vans Murray
William Vans Murray was an American diplomat and politician best known for helping negotiate peace with France during the Quasi-War at the turn of the 19th century.
- 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 MacDougal Triple: [Groundskeeper Willie, fullName, William MacDougal]
Generated description
William MacDougal, better known as Groundskeeper Willie, is the hot-tempered Scottish janitor and groundskeeper at Springfield Elementary School on the animated television series "The Simpsons."
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: William MacDougal Target entity description: William MacDougal, better known as Groundskeeper Willie, is the hot-tempered Scottish janitor and groundskeeper at Springfield Elementary School on the animated television series "The Simpsons."
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A.
Thomas A. Muldoon
Thomas A. Muldoon is a film editor known for his work on the action-comedy movie "Pain & Gain."
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B.
James G. Richardson
James G. Richardson is an actor known for his role in the film "The Sergeant."
-
C.
George W. Campbell
George W. Campbell was an early 19th-century American politician and statesman who served in roles such as U.S. senator and Secretary of the Treasury.
-
D.
Charles Willard McLaughlin
Charles Willard McLaughlin, better known as Willard Mack, was a Canadian-born American playwright, actor, and director prominent in early 20th-century theater and film.
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E.
William Vans Murray
William Vans Murray was an American diplomat and politician best known for helping negotiate peace with France during the Quasi-War at the turn of the 19th century.
- 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_69e0c47d74488190a15119108794a307 |
completed | April 16, 2026, 11:14 a.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69f1233c29008190b84ae551b14eb2db |
completed | April 28, 2026, 9:14 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_6a0b123f82a88190ba5566936787dd6e |
completed | May 18, 2026, 1:21 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_6a0b14c8ff14819082d82bd8f2260a66 |
completed | May 18, 2026, 1:31 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_6a0b14f6e8248190af75b3e1215b42bc |
completed | May 18, 2026, 1:32 p.m. |
Created at: April 16, 2026, 7:45 p.m.