Triple
T3871388
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | The X-Files |
E92392
|
entity |
| Predicate | portrayedBy |
P1507
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
William B. Davis
William B. Davis is a Canadian actor best known for playing the enigmatic Cigarette Smoking Man on the science fiction television series "The X-Files."
|
E889357
|
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 B. Davis | Statement: [The X-Files, portrayedBy, William B. Davis]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: William B. Davis Context triple: [The X-Files, portrayedBy, William B. Davis]
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A.
George P. Davis
George P. Davis was the taxpayer whose challenge to the Social Security Act’s payroll tax provisions led to the landmark 1937 U.S. Supreme Court case Helvering v. Davis.
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B.
Nathaniel P. Davis
Nathaniel P. Davis was an American diplomat who served as the United States Ambassador to Hungary.
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C.
George W. Davis
George W. Davis was an American art director and production designer known for his work on numerous classic Hollywood films.
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D.
John B. Gough
John B. Gough was a 19th-century American orator and reformer renowned for his powerful speeches advocating abstinence from alcohol and promoting the temperance cause.
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E.
Floyd E. Kellam
Floyd E. Kellam was a prominent local figure in Virginia Beach, likely a civic leader or educator, for whom Kellam High School was named in recognition of his contributions to the community.
- 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 B. Davis Triple: [The X-Files, portrayedBy, William B. Davis]
Generated description
William B. Davis is a Canadian actor best known for playing the enigmatic Cigarette Smoking Man on the science fiction television series "The X-Files."
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: William B. Davis Target entity description: William B. Davis is a Canadian actor best known for playing the enigmatic Cigarette Smoking Man on the science fiction television series "The X-Files."
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A.
George P. Davis
George P. Davis was the taxpayer whose challenge to the Social Security Act’s payroll tax provisions led to the landmark 1937 U.S. Supreme Court case Helvering v. Davis.
-
B.
Nathaniel P. Davis
Nathaniel P. Davis was an American diplomat who served as the United States Ambassador to Hungary.
-
C.
George W. Davis
George W. Davis was an American art director and production designer known for his work on numerous classic Hollywood films.
-
D.
John B. Gough
John B. Gough was a 19th-century American orator and reformer renowned for his powerful speeches advocating abstinence from alcohol and promoting the temperance cause.
-
E.
Floyd E. Kellam
Floyd E. Kellam was a prominent local figure in Virginia Beach, likely a civic leader or educator, for whom Kellam High School was named in recognition of his contributions to the community.
- 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_69aed967448c819086c4b358d37b25aa |
completed | March 9, 2026, 2:29 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69aeec54b0848190a8d4a0e4df7b6227 |
completed | March 9, 2026, 3:50 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69deafff4b8c819099d47b48773c3629 |
completed | April 14, 2026, 9:22 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69dec2534728819095b3693120772da9 |
completed | April 14, 2026, 10:40 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69dec79b1b548190a74312284f98551c |
completed | April 14, 2026, 11:02 p.m. |
Created at: March 9, 2026, 3:20 p.m.