Triple

T2894034
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject The Nightmare Before Christmas E63894 entity
Predicate voiceActor P1507 FINISHED
Object William Hickey
William Hickey was an American character actor known for his distinctive raspy voice and eccentric roles in film, television, and theater.
 E308166 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 Hickey | Statement: [The Nightmare Before Christmas, voiceActor, William Hickey]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: William Hickey
Context triple: [The Nightmare Before Christmas, voiceActor, William Hickey]
  • A. Murray Slaughter
    Murray Slaughter is a fictional television news writer best known as a central character on the classic sitcom "The Mary Tyler Moore Show."
  • B. Douglas Guilfoyle
    Douglas Guilfoyle is an international law scholar known for his work on the law of the sea, maritime security, and international criminal law.
  • C. Richard Jolley
    Richard Jolley is an American glass artist renowned for his large-scale figurative sculptures and significant contributions to contemporary studio glass.
  • D. John Killoran
    John Killoran is an actor known for his role in the National Theatre’s acclaimed stage production of "Frankenstein."
  • E. Paul Guilfoyle
    Paul Guilfoyle is an American actor best known for playing Captain Jim Brass on the long-running television series CSI: Crime Scene Investigation.
  • 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 Hickey
Triple: [The Nightmare Before Christmas, voiceActor, William Hickey]
Generated description
William Hickey was an American character actor known for his distinctive raspy voice and eccentric roles in film, television, and theater.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: William Hickey
Target entity description: William Hickey was an American character actor known for his distinctive raspy voice and eccentric roles in film, television, and theater.
  • A. Murray Slaughter
    Murray Slaughter is a fictional television news writer best known as a central character on the classic sitcom "The Mary Tyler Moore Show."
  • B. Douglas Guilfoyle
    Douglas Guilfoyle is an international law scholar known for his work on the law of the sea, maritime security, and international criminal law.
  • C. Richard Jolley
    Richard Jolley is an American glass artist renowned for his large-scale figurative sculptures and significant contributions to contemporary studio glass.
  • D. John Killoran
    John Killoran is an actor known for his role in the National Theatre’s acclaimed stage production of "Frankenstein."
  • E. Paul Guilfoyle
    Paul Guilfoyle is an American actor best known for playing Captain Jim Brass on the long-running television series CSI: Crime Scene Investigation.
  • 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_69ab4c45822c8190830c5f2bb97bcfd0 completed March 6, 2026, 9:51 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69abe063de6c8190bce9ddefd1dd62e1 completed March 7, 2026, 8:23 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69b031814764819096a1664b468ec817 completed March 10, 2026, 2:58 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69b03206ad288190aaa97a9379f3438c completed March 10, 2026, 3 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69b0398b955c81909c6155706f4b90e9 completed March 10, 2026, 3:32 p.m.
Created at: March 6, 2026, 10:07 p.m.