Triple

T3239274
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject The Cosby Show E67928 entity
Predicate starring P1507 FINISHED
Object Clarence Williams III
Clarence Williams III was an American actor best known for his intense, charismatic performances in film and television, including his breakout role on the 1960s series "The Mod Squad."
E340991 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: Clarence Williams III | Statement: [The Cosby Show, starring, Clarence Williams III]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Clarence Williams III
Context triple: [The Cosby Show, starring, Clarence Williams III]
  • A. Clarence Avant
    Clarence Avant was an influential American music executive, entrepreneur, and mentor known as “The Black Godfather” for his pivotal role in shaping Black entertainment and advancing the careers of numerous artists and executives.
  • B. Clarence Williams
    Clarence Williams was an influential early jazz pianist, composer, and bandleader who played a key role in developing and popularizing New Orleans and Harlem jazz in the 1920s and 1930s.
  • C. Lionel Jefferson
    Lionel Jefferson is a central character in the sitcom universe of All in the Family and its spin-off The Jeffersons, known as the intelligent and witty son of George and Louise Jefferson.
  • D. C. Aubrey Smith
    C. Aubrey Smith was an English cricketer-turned-character actor known for his commanding presence and frequent portrayals of dignified British gentlemen in early Hollywood films.
  • E. Clarence LaVaughn Franklin
    Clarence LaVaughn Franklin was a prominent American Baptist minister and civil rights activist, best known as the father of singer Aretha Franklin and for his influential preaching and radio broadcasts.
  • 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: Clarence Williams III
Triple: [The Cosby Show, starring, Clarence Williams III]
Generated description
Clarence Williams III was an American actor best known for his intense, charismatic performances in film and television, including his breakout role on the 1960s series "The Mod Squad."
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Clarence Williams III
Target entity description: Clarence Williams III was an American actor best known for his intense, charismatic performances in film and television, including his breakout role on the 1960s series "The Mod Squad."
  • A. Clarence Avant
    Clarence Avant was an influential American music executive, entrepreneur, and mentor known as “The Black Godfather” for his pivotal role in shaping Black entertainment and advancing the careers of numerous artists and executives.
  • B. Clarence Williams
    Clarence Williams was an influential early jazz pianist, composer, and bandleader who played a key role in developing and popularizing New Orleans and Harlem jazz in the 1920s and 1930s.
  • C. Lionel Jefferson
    Lionel Jefferson is a central character in the sitcom universe of All in the Family and its spin-off The Jeffersons, known as the intelligent and witty son of George and Louise Jefferson.
  • D. C. Aubrey Smith
    C. Aubrey Smith was an English cricketer-turned-character actor known for his commanding presence and frequent portrayals of dignified British gentlemen in early Hollywood films.
  • E. Clarence LaVaughn Franklin
    Clarence LaVaughn Franklin was a prominent American Baptist minister and civil rights activist, best known as the father of singer Aretha Franklin and for his influential preaching and radio broadcasts.
  • 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_69ad858d27348190abb61c280b4c86a9 completed March 8, 2026, 2:19 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69adaef4c0bc819095e4f84296fe7cb6 completed March 8, 2026, 5:16 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69b2774f93448190b8493b457636ae48 completed March 12, 2026, 8:20 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69b2786b7d388190ad0d97bd41a60543 completed March 12, 2026, 8:25 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69b27c45f6b08190966fbc3fd28664ec completed March 12, 2026, 8:41 a.m.
Created at: March 8, 2026, 3:08 p.m.