Triple

T611808
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Will Ferrell E12114 entity
Predicate birthName P65 FINISHED
Object John William Ferrell
John William Ferrell is an American actor, comedian, producer, and writer best known for his work on "Saturday Night Live" and in hit comedy films such as "Anchorman" and "Elf."
E90891 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: John William Ferrell | Statement: [Will Ferrell, birthName, John William Ferrell]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: John William Ferrell
Context triple: [Will Ferrell, birthName, John William Ferrell]
  • A. John Ferrell
    John Ferrell was a photographer for the U.S. Farm Security Administration, contributing documentary images of American life during the Great Depression and World War II era.
  • B. Dwight Frye
    Dwight Frye was an American character actor best known for his intense, often deranged roles in early horror films such as "Dracula" and "Frankenstein."
  • C. Ralph Nelson
    Ralph Nelson was an American film and television director, producer, and writer known for works such as "Lilies of the Field" and "Requiem for a Heavyweight."
  • D. Gene Nelson
    Gene Nelson was an American actor, dancer, and choreographer best known for his energetic musical performances in classic Hollywood films of the 1950s.
  • E. Donald Crisp
    Donald Crisp was a British-born American film actor and director best known for his prolific career in early Hollywood cinema, including roles in numerous silent and sound films.
  • 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: John William Ferrell
Triple: [Will Ferrell, birthName, John William Ferrell]
Generated description
John William Ferrell is an American actor, comedian, producer, and writer best known for his work on "Saturday Night Live" and in hit comedy films such as "Anchorman" and "Elf."
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: John William Ferrell
Target entity description: John William Ferrell is an American actor, comedian, producer, and writer best known for his work on "Saturday Night Live" and in hit comedy films such as "Anchorman" and "Elf."
  • A. John Ferrell
    John Ferrell was a photographer for the U.S. Farm Security Administration, contributing documentary images of American life during the Great Depression and World War II era.
  • B. Dwight Frye
    Dwight Frye was an American character actor best known for his intense, often deranged roles in early horror films such as "Dracula" and "Frankenstein."
  • C. Ralph Nelson
    Ralph Nelson was an American film and television director, producer, and writer known for works such as "Lilies of the Field" and "Requiem for a Heavyweight."
  • D. Gene Nelson
    Gene Nelson was an American actor, dancer, and choreographer best known for his energetic musical performances in classic Hollywood films of the 1950s.
  • E. Donald Crisp
    Donald Crisp was a British-born American film actor and director best known for his prolific career in early Hollywood cinema, including roles in numerous silent and sound films.
  • 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_69a493309df48190a327f748e88049a6 completed March 1, 2026, 7:27 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69a49e07739481909930a6577c081b9e completed March 1, 2026, 8:13 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69a66662e848819095aca23ceb5eeef2 completed March 3, 2026, 4:41 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69a666ded0288190a43e8a13db4f6914 completed March 3, 2026, 4:43 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69a667b8de2c819092f9a4c10abeeb56 completed March 3, 2026, 4:46 a.m.
Created at: March 1, 2026, 7:35 p.m.