Triple

T6167843
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Hamilton Burger E137613 entity
Predicate portrayedBy P1507 FINISHED
Object William Talman
William Talman was an American actor best known for playing the determined district attorney Hamilton Burger on the classic television series "Perry Mason."
 E573066 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 Talman | Statement: [Hamilton Burger, portrayedBy, William Talman]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: William Talman
Context triple: [Hamilton Burger, portrayedBy, William Talman]
  • A. William Talman
    William Talman was a prominent late 17th-century English architect known for pioneering the Baroque style in country house design.
  • B. Akim Tamiroff
    Akim Tamiroff was an Armenian-American character actor known for his distinctive voice and memorable supporting roles in classic Hollywood films of the 1930s–1950s.
  • C. Ralph Bellamy
    Ralph Bellamy was an American actor known for his prolific film, television, and stage career, including notable roles in classic screwball comedies and the film "Rosemary's Baby."
  • D. John Dehner
    John Dehner was an American character actor known for his prolific work in Western films and television series during the mid-20th century.
  • E. Neville Brand
    Neville Brand was an American character actor known for his tough-guy roles in film and television, often portraying soldiers, criminals, and other rugged figures.
  • 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 Talman
Triple: [Hamilton Burger, portrayedBy, William Talman]
Generated description
William Talman was an American actor best known for playing the determined district attorney Hamilton Burger on the classic television series "Perry Mason."
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: William Talman
Target entity description: William Talman was an American actor best known for playing the determined district attorney Hamilton Burger on the classic television series "Perry Mason."
  • A. William Talman
    William Talman was a prominent late 17th-century English architect known for pioneering the Baroque style in country house design.
  • B. Akim Tamiroff
    Akim Tamiroff was an Armenian-American character actor known for his distinctive voice and memorable supporting roles in classic Hollywood films of the 1930s–1950s.
  • C. Ralph Bellamy
    Ralph Bellamy was an American actor known for his prolific film, television, and stage career, including notable roles in classic screwball comedies and the film "Rosemary's Baby."
  • D. John Dehner
    John Dehner was an American character actor known for his prolific work in Western films and television series during the mid-20th century.
  • E. Neville Brand
    Neville Brand was an American character actor known for his tough-guy roles in film and television, often portraying soldiers, criminals, and other rugged figures.
  • 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_69c008a68c508190a8d78245c865960e completed March 22, 2026, 3:20 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69c05d647ae48190a1db07b4f4a06e67 completed March 22, 2026, 9:21 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69c141a947808190ac68e6f00858a573 completed March 23, 2026, 1:35 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69c1458171588190a074797c3b51f1e7 completed March 23, 2026, 1:52 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69c145f2290c819093f787a4f9a6a832 completed March 23, 2026, 1:53 p.m.
Created at: March 22, 2026, 4:18 p.m.