Triple

T4099776
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Billy Barty E87911 entity
Predicate alsoKnownAs P39 FINISHED
Object William John Barty
William John Barty, better known as Billy Barty, was an American actor and activist recognized for his prolific film and television career and for founding Little People of America to advocate for people with dwarfism.
E418566 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 John Barty | Statement: [Billy Barty, alsoKnownAs, William John Barty]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: William John Barty
Context triple: [Billy Barty, alsoKnownAs, William John Barty]
  • A. Richard Bristow
    Richard Bristow was a 16th-century English Catholic scholar and theologian who contributed to the development and annotation of the Douay–Rheims Bible.
  • B. Geoffrey Boulton
    Geoffrey Boulton is a distinguished British geologist and glaciologist known for his influential research on ice sheets, climate change, and Earth surface processes.
  • C. William Bateman
    William Bateman was a 14th-century English bishop and influential academic patron best known for establishing Trinity Hall at the University of Cambridge.
  • D. John Raithby
    John Raithby was a British legal writer and editor best known for his work on authoritative compilations of English statutes in the early 19th century.
  • E. Geoffrey Beevers
    Geoffrey Beevers is a British actor best known to Doctor Who fans for his chilling portrayal of the villainous Time Lord known as the Master.
  • 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 John Barty
Triple: [Billy Barty, alsoKnownAs, William John Barty]
Generated description
William John Barty, better known as Billy Barty, was an American actor and activist recognized for his prolific film and television career and for founding Little People of America to advocate for people with dwarfism.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: William John Barty
Target entity description: William John Barty, better known as Billy Barty, was an American actor and activist recognized for his prolific film and television career and for founding Little People of America to advocate for people with dwarfism.
  • A. Richard Bristow
    Richard Bristow was a 16th-century English Catholic scholar and theologian who contributed to the development and annotation of the Douay–Rheims Bible.
  • B. Geoffrey Boulton
    Geoffrey Boulton is a distinguished British geologist and glaciologist known for his influential research on ice sheets, climate change, and Earth surface processes.
  • C. William Bateman
    William Bateman was a 14th-century English bishop and influential academic patron best known for establishing Trinity Hall at the University of Cambridge.
  • D. John Raithby
    John Raithby was a British legal writer and editor best known for his work on authoritative compilations of English statutes in the early 19th century.
  • E. Geoffrey Beevers
    Geoffrey Beevers is a British actor best known to Doctor Who fans for his chilling portrayal of the villainous Time Lord known as the Master.
  • 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_69aed94564cc8190a9c1457daedb6e7f completed March 9, 2026, 2:29 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69aefd0d9c508190b8aedf83f3310513 completed March 9, 2026, 5:02 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69b57f1d1ab081909b7999e8feede458 completed March 14, 2026, 3:30 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69b5832543f48190ae0cc33a7ee7bdae completed March 14, 2026, 3:47 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69b583c5ec9c8190908ba784dc61e09c completed March 14, 2026, 3:50 p.m.
Created at: March 9, 2026, 3:40 p.m.