Triple
T22731286
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | C. Thomas Howell |
E562139
|
entity |
| Predicate | birthName |
P65
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Christopher Thomas Howell |
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NE NERFINISHED |
How this triple was built (2 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: Christopher Thomas Howell | Statement: [C. Thomas Howell, birthName, Christopher Thomas Howell]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Christopher Thomas Howell Context triple: [C. Thomas Howell, birthName, Christopher Thomas Howell]
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A.
C. Thomas Howell
chosen
C. Thomas Howell is an American actor best known for his breakout role in "The Outsiders" and a long career in film and television spanning several decades.
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B.
Richard Barr
Richard Barr was an American theater and film producer known for his influential work on Broadway and his collaborations on notable plays and adaptations in the mid-20th century.
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C.
Ray Hudson
Ray Hudson is an English former professional footballer and colorful television commentator known for his exuberant, metaphor-rich analysis of soccer matches.
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D.
Richard H. Thomas
Richard H. Thomas was an American background artist and layout designer best known for his work on classic Warner Bros. animated cartoons.
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E.
Ron Boone
Ron Boone is a former American professional basketball guard best known for his durability and scoring in the ABA and NBA, particularly with the Utah Stars.
- F. None of above.
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Provenance (2 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_69e24550859c81908727d91efc3a81b4 |
completed | April 17, 2026, 2:36 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69f1792de040819093aa904bf751a788 |
completed | April 29, 2026, 3:21 a.m. |
Created at: April 17, 2026, 3:21 p.m.