Triple

T6300040
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Lee Tracy E141229 entity
Predicate birthName P65 FINISHED
Object William Lee Tracy
William Lee Tracy was an American stage and film actor best known for his rapid-fire delivery and roles in early 1930s Hollywood comedies and dramas.
E584100 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 Lee Tracy | Statement: [Lee Tracy, birthName, William Lee Tracy]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: William Lee Tracy
Context triple: [Lee Tracy, birthName, William Lee Tracy]
  • A. Frank Patrick
    Frank Patrick was a pioneering Canadian ice hockey player, coach, and executive who co-founded the Pacific Coast Hockey Association and helped revolutionize the modern game.
  • B. Harold Fleming
    Harold Fleming is a relatively obscure individual whose primary distinction is sharing the surname associated with more widely known figures like author Ian Fleming.
  • C. Tom McNamara
    Tom McNamara was an American screenwriter active during the early 20th century, known for his work on pioneering sound-era films.
  • D. Tom McNamara
    Tom McNamara was an American film director and writer active during the silent film era, known for his work on early Hollywood productions.
  • E. Conn Smythe
    Conn Smythe was a prominent Canadian ice hockey executive and owner of the Toronto Maple Leafs, renowned for building multiple Stanley Cup–winning teams and leaving a lasting legacy in the NHL.
  • 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 Lee Tracy
Triple: [Lee Tracy, birthName, William Lee Tracy]
Generated description
William Lee Tracy was an American stage and film actor best known for his rapid-fire delivery and roles in early 1930s Hollywood comedies and dramas.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: William Lee Tracy
Target entity description: William Lee Tracy was an American stage and film actor best known for his rapid-fire delivery and roles in early 1930s Hollywood comedies and dramas.
  • A. Frank Patrick
    Frank Patrick was a pioneering Canadian ice hockey player, coach, and executive who co-founded the Pacific Coast Hockey Association and helped revolutionize the modern game.
  • B. Harold Fleming
    Harold Fleming is a relatively obscure individual whose primary distinction is sharing the surname associated with more widely known figures like author Ian Fleming.
  • C. Tom McNamara
    Tom McNamara was an American screenwriter active during the early 20th century, known for his work on pioneering sound-era films.
  • D. Tom McNamara
    Tom McNamara was an American film director and writer active during the silent film era, known for his work on early Hollywood productions.
  • E. Conn Smythe
    Conn Smythe was a prominent Canadian ice hockey executive and owner of the Toronto Maple Leafs, renowned for building multiple Stanley Cup–winning teams and leaving a lasting legacy in the NHL.
  • 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_69c008cf0ad4819095def81e2bd42f9f completed March 22, 2026, 3:20 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69c0645a7e048190af7a609fc74b876a completed March 22, 2026, 9:51 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69c5e427de4481909f1cad8fae93bc42 completed March 27, 2026, 1:58 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69c5e67fc1688190ab339960d656708d completed March 27, 2026, 2:07 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69c5e6e40c588190898ad952b71e5b11 completed March 27, 2026, 2:09 a.m.
Created at: March 22, 2026, 4:27 p.m.