Triple

T22131783
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Bill Ward E546920 entity
Predicate birthName P65 FINISHED
Object William Thomas Ward
William Thomas Ward, better known as Bill Ward, is an English drummer and co-founder of the pioneering heavy metal band Black Sabbath.
E1525357 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 Thomas Ward | Statement: [Bill Ward, birthName, William Thomas Ward]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: William Thomas Ward
Context triple: [Bill Ward, birthName, William Thomas Ward]
  • A. George Ward
    George Ward was a British Conservative politician who served in senior government roles during the mid-20th century, including as Minister of Supply.
  • B. George Ward
    George Ward is known as the stepfather of former professional boxer Dicky Eklund, who was portrayed in the film "The Fighter."
  • C. Alan Ward
    Alan Ward is a determined and idealistic FBI agent in the film "Mississippi Burning," who leads a federal investigation into the racially motivated murders of civil rights workers in 1960s Mississippi.
  • D. Marcus L. Ward
    Marcus L. Ward was a 19th-century American politician who served as Governor of New Jersey and later as a U.S. Congressman.
  • E. Phil Ward
    Phil Ward is a musician best known as a member of the British electronic big beat group Lo-Fidelity Allstars.
  • 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 Thomas Ward
Triple: [Bill Ward, birthName, William Thomas Ward]
Generated description
William Thomas Ward, better known as Bill Ward, is an English drummer and co-founder of the pioneering heavy metal band Black Sabbath.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: William Thomas Ward
Target entity description: William Thomas Ward, better known as Bill Ward, is an English drummer and co-founder of the pioneering heavy metal band Black Sabbath.
  • A. George Ward
    George Ward was a British Conservative politician who served in senior government roles during the mid-20th century, including as Minister of Supply.
  • B. George Ward
    George Ward is known as the stepfather of former professional boxer Dicky Eklund, who was portrayed in the film "The Fighter."
  • C. Alan Ward
    Alan Ward is a determined and idealistic FBI agent in the film "Mississippi Burning," who leads a federal investigation into the racially motivated murders of civil rights workers in 1960s Mississippi.
  • D. Marcus L. Ward
    Marcus L. Ward was a 19th-century American politician who served as Governor of New Jersey and later as a U.S. Congressman.
  • E. Phil Ward
    Phil Ward is a musician best known as a member of the British electronic big beat group Lo-Fidelity Allstars.
  • 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_69e11e39bf348190b541bfa16a7b71e0 completed April 16, 2026, 5:36 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69f1298746888190967b4e3ae0558e9e completed April 28, 2026, 9:41 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_6a0aae5b77bc819086562d9beb273ec2 completed May 18, 2026, 6:14 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_6a0aaf98f8548190b046af768e1d2beb completed May 18, 2026, 6:20 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_6a0aaff022608190be73f127ee44d7d9 completed May 18, 2026, 6:21 a.m.
Created at: April 16, 2026, 8:32 p.m.