Triple
T2216138
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Billy Bob Thornton |
E48035
|
entity |
| Predicate | hasChild |
P369
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Harry James Thornton
Harry James Thornton is the son of American actor and filmmaker Billy Bob Thornton, known primarily for his connection to his father's public career.
|
E249136
|
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: Harry James Thornton | Statement: [Billy Bob Thornton, hasChild, Harry James Thornton]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Harry James Thornton Context triple: [Billy Bob Thornton, hasChild, Harry James Thornton]
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A.
Brian Thornton
Brian Thornton is an American college sports executive who serves as the commissioner of the Western Athletic Conference.
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B.
Aaron Ogden
Aaron Ogden was an early 19th-century American politician and steamboat operator whose state-granted monopoly became the focus of the landmark U.S. Supreme Court case Gibbons v. Ogden, which helped define federal power over interstate commerce.
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C.
Alan Dawson
Alan Dawson is an American jazz drummer and influential educator renowned for his work with artists like Dave Brubeck and for shaping modern drum pedagogy.
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D.
Dennis Burkley
Dennis Burkley was an American character actor known for his burly appearance and roles in numerous film and television productions from the 1970s through the early 2000s.
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E.
Neil Canton
Neil Canton is an American film producer best known for his work on the Back to the Future trilogy and other major Hollywood films.
- 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: Harry James Thornton Triple: [Billy Bob Thornton, hasChild, Harry James Thornton]
Generated description
Harry James Thornton is the son of American actor and filmmaker Billy Bob Thornton, known primarily for his connection to his father's public career.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Harry James Thornton Target entity description: Harry James Thornton is the son of American actor and filmmaker Billy Bob Thornton, known primarily for his connection to his father's public career.
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A.
Brian Thornton
Brian Thornton is an American college sports executive who serves as the commissioner of the Western Athletic Conference.
-
B.
Aaron Ogden
Aaron Ogden was an early 19th-century American politician and steamboat operator whose state-granted monopoly became the focus of the landmark U.S. Supreme Court case Gibbons v. Ogden, which helped define federal power over interstate commerce.
-
C.
Alan Dawson
Alan Dawson is an American jazz drummer and influential educator renowned for his work with artists like Dave Brubeck and for shaping modern drum pedagogy.
-
D.
Dennis Burkley
Dennis Burkley was an American character actor known for his burly appearance and roles in numerous film and television productions from the 1970s through the early 2000s.
-
E.
Neil Canton
Neil Canton is an American film producer best known for his work on the Back to the Future trilogy and other major Hollywood films.
- 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_69ae71b811748190b985972a74c0355d |
completed | March 9, 2026, 7:07 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69ae72a2b92c8190a7d4ff441f1cb1ce |
completed | March 9, 2026, 7:11 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69ae732a7cf08190b119ca7809350269 |
completed | March 9, 2026, 7:13 a.m. |
Created at: March 4, 2026, 7:46 p.m.