Triple

T4609314
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject The Bells of St. Mary's E100515 entity
Predicate starring P1507 FINISHED
Object William Gargan
William Gargan was an American actor known for his work in film, radio, and television during the 1930s and 1940s, often portraying tough but likable characters.
E456152 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 Gargan | Statement: [The Bells of St. Mary's, starring, William Gargan]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: William Gargan
Context triple: [The Bells of St. Mary's, starring, William Gargan]
  • A. Milton Van Dyke
    Milton Van Dyke was an influential American fluid dynamicist and author known for his classic works on aerodynamics and fluid mechanics, including the widely used reference "An Album of Fluid Motion."
  • B. Walter S. Gifford
    Walter S. Gifford was an American businessman and executive who served as president of AT&T and held prominent government advisory roles, particularly during World War I and the interwar period.
  • C. Harry T. Morey
    Harry T. Morey was an American silent film actor prominent in the early 20th century, known for his leading roles in numerous dramas and adventure films.
  • D. William H. Ziegler
    William H. Ziegler was an American film editor known for his work on major Hollywood productions, including the musical comedy-drama "Funny Girl."
  • E. Walter Brewster
    Walter Brewster was a prominent local landowner and early settler after whom the Village of Brewster in New York was named.
  • 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 Gargan
Triple: [The Bells of St. Mary's, starring, William Gargan]
Generated description
William Gargan was an American actor known for his work in film, radio, and television during the 1930s and 1940s, often portraying tough but likable characters.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: William Gargan
Target entity description: William Gargan was an American actor known for his work in film, radio, and television during the 1930s and 1940s, often portraying tough but likable characters.
  • A. Milton Van Dyke
    Milton Van Dyke was an influential American fluid dynamicist and author known for his classic works on aerodynamics and fluid mechanics, including the widely used reference "An Album of Fluid Motion."
  • B. Walter S. Gifford
    Walter S. Gifford was an American businessman and executive who served as president of AT&T and held prominent government advisory roles, particularly during World War I and the interwar period.
  • C. Harry T. Morey
    Harry T. Morey was an American silent film actor prominent in the early 20th century, known for his leading roles in numerous dramas and adventure films.
  • D. William H. Ziegler
    William H. Ziegler was an American film editor known for his work on major Hollywood productions, including the musical comedy-drama "Funny Girl."
  • E. Walter Brewster
    Walter Brewster was a prominent local landowner and early settler after whom the Village of Brewster in New York was named.
  • 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_69bd43cce1e08190a07d53af6a9b6c24 completed March 20, 2026, 12:55 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69bd599f08d88190ad4bed8bafb592cd completed March 20, 2026, 2:28 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69bdfa7e918881908743818e0645da46 completed March 21, 2026, 1:55 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69bdfb6fa3fc8190b79b641025710eb1 completed March 21, 2026, 1:59 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69bdfbeddd7c8190955bd3363fec4ca1 completed March 21, 2026, 2:01 a.m.
Created at: March 20, 2026, 1:12 p.m.