Triple
T2547232
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | The Bells of San Angelo |
E57932
|
entity |
| Predicate | director |
P255
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
William Witney
William Witney was an American film director best known for his prolific work on action-packed B-movies and serials, particularly Westerns, during Hollywood’s mid-20th-century studio era.
|
E277290
|
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 Witney | Statement: [The Bells of San Angelo, director, William Witney]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: William Witney Context triple: [The Bells of San Angelo, director, William Witney]
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A.
Joe E. Brown
Joe E. Brown was a popular American comedian and film actor of the 1930s and 1940s, known for his wide-mouthed grin and roles in numerous Hollywood comedies.
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B.
Mack Swain
Mack Swain was an American silent film actor and comedian best known for his frequent collaborations with Charlie Chaplin and his roles in early slapstick comedies.
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C.
Charles 'Buddy' Rogers
Charles "Buddy" Rogers was an American actor and musician best known as a popular leading man of the late silent and early sound film era, often called "America's Boyfriend."
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D.
Raymond Griffith
Raymond Griffith was a prominent American silent film comedian and producer known for his sophisticated, understated style and influential work in early Hollywood cinema.
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E.
Andy Devine
Andy Devine was an American character actor best known for his distinctive raspy voice and roles in numerous Western films and the television series "The Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok."
- 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 Witney Triple: [The Bells of San Angelo, director, William Witney]
Generated description
William Witney was an American film director best known for his prolific work on action-packed B-movies and serials, particularly Westerns, during Hollywood’s mid-20th-century studio era.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: William Witney Target entity description: William Witney was an American film director best known for his prolific work on action-packed B-movies and serials, particularly Westerns, during Hollywood’s mid-20th-century studio era.
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A.
Joe E. Brown
Joe E. Brown was a popular American comedian and film actor of the 1930s and 1940s, known for his wide-mouthed grin and roles in numerous Hollywood comedies.
-
B.
Mack Swain
Mack Swain was an American silent film actor and comedian best known for his frequent collaborations with Charlie Chaplin and his roles in early slapstick comedies.
-
C.
Charles 'Buddy' Rogers
Charles "Buddy" Rogers was an American actor and musician best known as a popular leading man of the late silent and early sound film era, often called "America's Boyfriend."
-
D.
Raymond Griffith
Raymond Griffith was a prominent American silent film comedian and producer known for his sophisticated, understated style and influential work in early Hollywood cinema.
-
E.
Andy Devine
Andy Devine was an American character actor best known for his distinctive raspy voice and roles in numerous Western films and the television series "The Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok."
- 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_69ab4a5212d88190b989ce129f2ad87f |
completed | March 6, 2026, 9:42 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69abd2e672948190bb7fe9b47535a172 |
completed | March 7, 2026, 7:25 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69af5d0e6e188190be190965cc02838e |
completed | March 9, 2026, 11:51 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69af5d9dcf608190b580beb10619ab86 |
completed | March 9, 2026, 11:54 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69af5e781360819080b4b96942beb17d |
completed | March 9, 2026, 11:57 p.m. |
Created at: March 6, 2026, 9:47 p.m.