Triple

T2326727
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Claude Rains E48304 entity
Predicate birthName P65 FINISHED
Object William Claude Rains
William Claude Rains was a distinguished British-American character actor renowned for his roles in classic films such as "The Invisible Man," "Casablanca," and "Mr. Smith Goes to Washington."
E275264 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 Claude Rains | Statement: [Claude Rains, birthName, William Claude Rains]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: William Claude Rains
Context triple: [Claude Rains, birthName, William Claude Rains]
  • A. Ralph Bellamy
    Ralph Bellamy was an American actor known for his prolific film, television, and stage career, including notable roles in classic screwball comedies and the film "Rosemary's Baby."
  • B. Raymond Massey
    Raymond Massey was a Canadian-American actor known for his commanding screen presence and memorable roles in classic films and stage productions.
  • C. Adolphe Menjou
    Adolphe Menjou was an American actor known for his suave, debonair screen persona and prominent roles in early Hollywood films, including both silent and sound-era classics.
  • D. Henry Travers
    Henry Travers was a British-born character actor best known for his portrayal of the guardian angel Clarence Odbody in the classic film "It's a Wonderful Life."
  • E. Lloyd Richards
    Lloyd Richards is a character in the classic film and play "All About Eve," depicted as a talented and ambitious playwright closely involved in the theatrical world surrounding Margo Channing.
  • 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 Claude Rains
Triple: [Claude Rains, birthName, William Claude Rains]
Generated description
William Claude Rains was a distinguished British-American character actor renowned for his roles in classic films such as "The Invisible Man," "Casablanca," and "Mr. Smith Goes to Washington."
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: William Claude Rains
Target entity description: William Claude Rains was a distinguished British-American character actor renowned for his roles in classic films such as "The Invisible Man," "Casablanca," and "Mr. Smith Goes to Washington."
  • A. Ralph Bellamy
    Ralph Bellamy was an American actor known for his prolific film, television, and stage career, including notable roles in classic screwball comedies and the film "Rosemary's Baby."
  • B. Raymond Massey
    Raymond Massey was a Canadian-American actor known for his commanding screen presence and memorable roles in classic films and stage productions.
  • C. Adolphe Menjou
    Adolphe Menjou was an American actor known for his suave, debonair screen persona and prominent roles in early Hollywood films, including both silent and sound-era classics.
  • D. Henry Travers
    Henry Travers was a British-born character actor best known for his portrayal of the guardian angel Clarence Odbody in the classic film "It's a Wonderful Life."
  • E. Lloyd Richards
    Lloyd Richards is a character in the classic film and play "All About Eve," depicted as a talented and ambitious playwright closely involved in the theatrical world surrounding Margo Channing.
  • 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_69a88aa308a88190b0b86c011fda7fce completed March 4, 2026, 7:40 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69abc64b62a08190b5a415769ce42645 completed March 7, 2026, 6:31 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69af2b6475948190816531b026c7930c completed March 9, 2026, 8:19 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69af50127dd88190842ef229ad74d6e7 completed March 9, 2026, 10:56 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69af508ef3f081909507a1463117366a completed March 9, 2026, 10:58 p.m.
Created at: March 4, 2026, 7:50 p.m.