Triple

T2470607
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Hanna-Barbera E55363 entity
Predicate foundedBy P104 FINISHED
Object William Hanna
William Hanna was an American animator, director, and producer best known as the co-founder of the Hanna-Barbera studio, which created iconic cartoons such as Tom and Jerry, The Flintstones, and Scooby-Doo.
E282380 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 Hanna | Statement: [Hanna-Barbera, foundedBy, William Hanna]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: William Hanna
Context triple: [Hanna-Barbera, foundedBy, William Hanna]
  • A. Tex Avery
    Tex Avery was a pioneering American animator and director renowned for his wildly inventive, fast-paced, and irreverent cartoons that helped define the golden age of American animation.
  • B. Friz Freleng
    Friz Freleng was an American animator, cartoon director, and producer best known for shaping the classic Warner Bros. cartoon characters and style during the Golden Age of animation.
  • C. Arthur Freed
    Arthur Freed was an influential American film producer and lyricist best known for shaping the golden age of MGM musicals, including classics like "Singin’ in the Rain."
  • D. Robert McKimson
    Robert McKimson was an American animator and director best known for his work at Warner Bros. Cartoons, where he helped shape iconic characters such as Foghorn Leghorn and the Tasmanian Devil.
  • E. Ralph Kiner
    Ralph Kiner was a Hall of Fame power-hitting outfielder renowned for leading the National League in home runs for seven consecutive seasons in the late 1940s and early 1950s.
  • 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 Hanna
Triple: [Hanna-Barbera, foundedBy, William Hanna]
Generated description
William Hanna was an American animator, director, and producer best known as the co-founder of the Hanna-Barbera studio, which created iconic cartoons such as Tom and Jerry, The Flintstones, and Scooby-Doo.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: William Hanna
Target entity description: William Hanna was an American animator, director, and producer best known as the co-founder of the Hanna-Barbera studio, which created iconic cartoons such as Tom and Jerry, The Flintstones, and Scooby-Doo.
  • A. Tex Avery
    Tex Avery was a pioneering American animator and director renowned for his wildly inventive, fast-paced, and irreverent cartoons that helped define the golden age of American animation.
  • B. Friz Freleng
    Friz Freleng was an American animator, cartoon director, and producer best known for shaping the classic Warner Bros. cartoon characters and style during the Golden Age of animation.
  • C. Arthur Freed
    Arthur Freed was an influential American film producer and lyricist best known for shaping the golden age of MGM musicals, including classics like "Singin’ in the Rain."
  • D. Robert McKimson
    Robert McKimson was an American animator and director best known for his work at Warner Bros. Cartoons, where he helped shape iconic characters such as Foghorn Leghorn and the Tasmanian Devil.
  • E. Ralph Kiner
    Ralph Kiner was a Hall of Fame power-hitting outfielder renowned for leading the National League in home runs for seven consecutive seasons in the late 1940s and early 1950s.
  • 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_69ab49e3622c8190ad22afa2c4fbb807 completed March 6, 2026, 9:40 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69abd136f5388190801d0b9dc66ad36f completed March 7, 2026, 7:18 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69af8383c0988190885a865c3150c64d completed March 10, 2026, 2:35 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69af8684439c8190bf0b1772618e0b6d completed March 10, 2026, 2:48 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69af86e12a0c8190b19885bbf9a7d257 completed March 10, 2026, 2:50 a.m.
Created at: March 6, 2026, 9:44 p.m.