Triple

T5787971
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Jim Backus E128316 entity
Predicate birthName P65 FINISHED
Object James Gilmore Backus
James Gilmore Backus was an American actor and voice actor best known for playing Thurston Howell III on "Gilligan's Island" and voicing the cartoon character Mr. Magoo.
 E554783 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: James Gilmore Backus | Statement: [Jim Backus, birthName, James Gilmore Backus]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: James Gilmore Backus
Context triple: [Jim Backus, birthName, James Gilmore Backus]
  • A. John McIntire
    John McIntire was an American character actor known for his distinctive deep voice and roles in Western films and television, as well as voice work in classic Disney animated features.
  • B. Jack B. Sowards
    Jack B. Sowards was an American screenwriter best known for writing the screenplay for the film Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan.
  • C. Frank Lubey
    Frank Lubey is a minor but symbolically important neighbor in Arthur Miller’s play "All My Sons," whose interest in astrology and everyday normalcy contrasts with the Keller family’s buried guilt.
  • D. George Dunning
    George Dunning was a Canadian-born animator and film director best known for directing the Beatles' 1968 animated feature film "Yellow Submarine."
  • E. Bill L. Norton
    Bill L. Norton is an American film and television director and screenwriter known for his work in the 1970s and 1980s, including projects in both feature films and popular TV series.
  • 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: James Gilmore Backus
Triple: [Jim Backus, birthName, James Gilmore Backus]
Generated description
James Gilmore Backus was an American actor and voice actor best known for playing Thurston Howell III on "Gilligan's Island" and voicing the cartoon character Mr. Magoo.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: James Gilmore Backus
Target entity description: James Gilmore Backus was an American actor and voice actor best known for playing Thurston Howell III on "Gilligan's Island" and voicing the cartoon character Mr. Magoo.
  • A. John McIntire
    John McIntire was an American character actor known for his distinctive deep voice and roles in Western films and television, as well as voice work in classic Disney animated features.
  • B. Jack B. Sowards
    Jack B. Sowards was an American screenwriter best known for writing the screenplay for the film Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan.
  • C. Frank Lubey
    Frank Lubey is a minor but symbolically important neighbor in Arthur Miller’s play "All My Sons," whose interest in astrology and everyday normalcy contrasts with the Keller family’s buried guilt.
  • D. George Dunning
    George Dunning was a Canadian-born animator and film director best known for directing the Beatles' 1968 animated feature film "Yellow Submarine."
  • E. Bill L. Norton
    Bill L. Norton is an American film and television director and screenwriter known for his work in the 1970s and 1980s, including projects in both feature films and popular TV series.
  • 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_69c0084450048190bc647b649a05136b completed March 22, 2026, 3:18 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69c02a5297c88190bd28adb2552a26f4 completed March 22, 2026, 5:43 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69c0bfa9d9348190b8916accca9374f2 completed March 23, 2026, 4:20 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69c0c0db19ec8190b8f24751c364cdc8 completed March 23, 2026, 4:26 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69c0c1758f3c81908cbcd260b7efa323 completed March 23, 2026, 4:28 a.m.
Created at: March 22, 2026, 3:51 p.m.