Triple

T2216103
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Billy Bob Thornton E48035 entity
Predicate fullName P16 FINISHED
Object William Robert Thornton
William Robert Thornton, better known as Billy Bob Thornton, is an American actor, filmmaker, and musician recognized for his roles in films like "Sling Blade" and "A Simple Plan."
E244306 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 Robert Thornton | Statement: [Billy Bob Thornton, fullName, William Robert Thornton]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: William Robert Thornton
Context triple: [Billy Bob Thornton, fullName, William Robert Thornton]
  • A. James Hoban
    James Hoban was an Irish-born American architect best known for designing the White House in Washington, D.C.
  • B. Pierre Charles L’Enfant
    Pierre Charles L’Enfant was a French-born American architect and civil engineer best known for creating the original plan for the city of Washington, D.C.
  • C. Robert Mills
    Robert Mills was a prominent 19th-century American architect best known for designing major public monuments and buildings in the early United States.
  • D. Benjamin Henry Latrobe
    Benjamin Henry Latrobe was a pioneering British-American architect often regarded as the father of American architecture, known for his influential work on the United States Capitol and other early federal buildings.
  • E. Charles Bulfinch
    Charles Bulfinch was a prominent early American architect, often regarded as the first native-born professional architect in the United States, known for his influential Federal-style designs.
  • 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 Robert Thornton
Triple: [Billy Bob Thornton, fullName, William Robert Thornton]
Generated description
William Robert Thornton, better known as Billy Bob Thornton, is an American actor, filmmaker, and musician recognized for his roles in films like "Sling Blade" and "A Simple Plan."
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: William Robert Thornton
Target entity description: William Robert Thornton, better known as Billy Bob Thornton, is an American actor, filmmaker, and musician recognized for his roles in films like "Sling Blade" and "A Simple Plan."
  • A. James Hoban
    James Hoban was an Irish-born American architect best known for designing the White House in Washington, D.C.
  • B. Pierre Charles L’Enfant
    Pierre Charles L’Enfant was a French-born American architect and civil engineer best known for creating the original plan for the city of Washington, D.C.
  • C. Robert Mills
    Robert Mills was a prominent 19th-century American architect best known for designing major public monuments and buildings in the early United States.
  • D. Benjamin Henry Latrobe
    Benjamin Henry Latrobe was a pioneering British-American architect often regarded as the father of American architecture, known for his influential work on the United States Capitol and other early federal buildings.
  • E. Charles Bulfinch
    Charles Bulfinch was a prominent early American architect, often regarded as the first native-born professional architect in the United States, known for his influential Federal-style designs.
  • 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_69a88aa1ee708190862c8c378c41e9eb completed March 4, 2026, 7:40 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69abc00f4c3881909d03301fcdfa8b67 completed March 7, 2026, 6:05 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69ae65571b9481908f992cee85ee59eb completed March 9, 2026, 6:14 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69ae66411d848190a529018ad3765597 completed March 9, 2026, 6:18 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69ae66a8cd9881908df2873e6159f293 completed March 9, 2026, 6:20 a.m.
Created at: March 4, 2026, 7:46 p.m.