Triple

T657089
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Billy Crystal E11670 entity
Predicate birthName P65 FINISHED
Object William Edward Crystal
William Edward Crystal is an American actor, comedian, writer, producer, and director best known for his work in films like "When Harry Met Sally..." and as a longtime host of the Academy Awards.
E94485 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 Edward Crystal | Statement: [Billy Crystal, birthName, William Edward Crystal]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: William Edward Crystal
Context triple: [Billy Crystal, birthName, William Edward Crystal]
  • A. Andrew Heiskell
    Andrew Heiskell was an American publishing executive and philanthropist best known as a longtime leader of Time Inc. and a prominent figure in New York’s cultural and civic life.
  • B. Louis Lingg
    Louis Lingg was a German-born anarchist and labor activist best known as one of the defendants in the 1886 Haymarket affair in Chicago.
  • C. Albert DeSilver
    Albert DeSilver was an American lawyer and civil liberties advocate best known as one of the founding figures of the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU).
  • D. John Edison Sweet
    John Edison Sweet was an American mechanical engineer and inventor best known as a pioneering figure in the profession and an early leader in establishing standards and organization within the field.
  • E. Frederick H. Meyer
    Frederick H. Meyer was an American architect active in the early 20th century, known for designing prominent public and commercial buildings in San Francisco.
  • 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 Edward Crystal
Triple: [Billy Crystal, birthName, William Edward Crystal]
Generated description
William Edward Crystal is an American actor, comedian, writer, producer, and director best known for his work in films like "When Harry Met Sally..." and as a longtime host of the Academy Awards.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: William Edward Crystal
Target entity description: William Edward Crystal is an American actor, comedian, writer, producer, and director best known for his work in films like "When Harry Met Sally..." and as a longtime host of the Academy Awards.
  • A. Andrew Heiskell
    Andrew Heiskell was an American publishing executive and philanthropist best known as a longtime leader of Time Inc. and a prominent figure in New York’s cultural and civic life.
  • B. Louis Lingg
    Louis Lingg was a German-born anarchist and labor activist best known as one of the defendants in the 1886 Haymarket affair in Chicago.
  • C. Albert DeSilver
    Albert DeSilver was an American lawyer and civil liberties advocate best known as one of the founding figures of the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU).
  • D. John Edison Sweet
    John Edison Sweet was an American mechanical engineer and inventor best known as a pioneering figure in the profession and an early leader in establishing standards and organization within the field.
  • E. Frederick H. Meyer
    Frederick H. Meyer was an American architect active in the early 20th century, known for designing prominent public and commercial buildings in San Francisco.
  • 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_69a4932862a0819098be659c814e4981 completed March 1, 2026, 7:27 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69a49f4e87408190b5276d2b913d0426 completed March 1, 2026, 8:19 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69a67eeff434819090fb550b6bf07d86 completed March 3, 2026, 6:25 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69a67f6615188190ad526ba0875209a9 completed March 3, 2026, 6:27 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69a6808069e08190bc6df238c91d24c4 completed March 3, 2026, 6:32 a.m.
Created at: March 1, 2026, 7:36 p.m.