Triple

T6620970
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Mary Astor E149671 entity
Predicate spouse P13 FINISHED
Object Kenneth Hawks
Kenneth Hawks was an American film director and producer active in early Hollywood, known for his work at Fox Film Corporation and as the younger brother of director Howard Hawks.
 E617332 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: Kenneth Hawks | Statement: [Mary Astor, spouse, Kenneth Hawks]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Kenneth Hawks
Context triple: [Mary Astor, spouse, Kenneth Hawks]
  • A. Darren McGavin
    Darren McGavin was an American actor best known for his roles in the television series "Kolchak: The Night Stalker" and as the gruff but loving father in the classic film "A Christmas Story."
  • B. William Katt
    William Katt is an American actor best known for starring in the 1980s television series "The Greatest American Hero" and appearing in films such as "Carrie."
  • C. Larry Lamb
    Larry Lamb is an English actor and radio presenter best known for his roles in television series such as Gavin & Stacey and EastEnders.
  • D. Paul Fix
    Paul Fix was an American character actor best known for his numerous Western film and television roles, including his recurring part as Marshal Micah Torrance on the TV series "The Rifleman."
  • E. Fred Ward
    Fred Ward was an American character actor known for his rugged, everyman roles in films such as "Tremors," "The Right Stuff," and "Short Cuts."
  • 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: Kenneth Hawks
Triple: [Mary Astor, spouse, Kenneth Hawks]
Generated description
Kenneth Hawks was an American film director and producer active in early Hollywood, known for his work at Fox Film Corporation and as the younger brother of director Howard Hawks.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Kenneth Hawks
Target entity description: Kenneth Hawks was an American film director and producer active in early Hollywood, known for his work at Fox Film Corporation and as the younger brother of director Howard Hawks.
  • A. Darren McGavin
    Darren McGavin was an American actor best known for his roles in the television series "Kolchak: The Night Stalker" and as the gruff but loving father in the classic film "A Christmas Story."
  • B. William Katt
    William Katt is an American actor best known for starring in the 1980s television series "The Greatest American Hero" and appearing in films such as "Carrie."
  • C. Larry Lamb
    Larry Lamb is an English actor and radio presenter best known for his roles in television series such as Gavin & Stacey and EastEnders.
  • D. Paul Fix
    Paul Fix was an American character actor best known for his numerous Western film and television roles, including his recurring part as Marshal Micah Torrance on the TV series "The Rifleman."
  • E. Fred Ward
    Fred Ward was an American character actor known for his rugged, everyman roles in films such as "Tremors," "The Right Stuff," and "Short Cuts."
  • 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_69c687ed8a9c81908bb671717cb192ef completed March 27, 2026, 1:36 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69c6af7aff44819089da6145e1ef5f76 completed March 27, 2026, 4:25 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69c7128848fc8190810d8ffb5149b490 completed March 27, 2026, 11:28 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69c713842b9c8190ae31eba0bd449968 completed March 27, 2026, 11:32 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69c71444e9ec8190a68531ed29fd9377 completed March 27, 2026, 11:35 p.m.
Created at: March 27, 2026, 1:58 p.m.