Triple
T665990
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Phylicia Rashad |
E12861
|
entity |
| Predicate | spouse |
P13
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
William Lancelot Bowles Jr.
William Lancelot Bowles Jr. is best known as the first husband of actress and director Phylicia Rashad.
|
E82239
|
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 Lancelot Bowles Jr. | Statement: [Phylicia Rashad, spouse, William Lancelot Bowles Jr.]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: William Lancelot Bowles Jr. Context triple: [Phylicia Rashad, spouse, William Lancelot Bowles Jr.]
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A.
Thomas Belsham
Thomas Belsham was an English Unitarian minister, theologian, and biblical scholar known for his influential role in late 18th- and early 19th-century rational dissent.
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B.
Rufus Pollock
Rufus Pollock is a British economist, technologist, and open data advocate best known as a co-founder and leading figure in the global open knowledge and open government data movements.
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C.
Samuel Garbett
Samuel Garbett was an 18th-century English industrialist and merchant from Birmingham, known for his role in the early chemical industry and his involvement in the influential Lunar Society.
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D.
Bartholomew Gedney
Bartholomew Gedney was a colonial Massachusetts magistrate best known for serving as one of the judges during the Salem witch trials of 1692.
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E.
Sidney Smith
Sidney Smith was a British Royal Navy officer best known for his daring defense of Acre against Napoleon during the French campaign in the Eastern Mediterranean.
- 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 Lancelot Bowles Jr. Triple: [Phylicia Rashad, spouse, William Lancelot Bowles Jr.]
Generated description
William Lancelot Bowles Jr. is best known as the first husband of actress and director Phylicia Rashad.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: William Lancelot Bowles Jr. Target entity description: William Lancelot Bowles Jr. is best known as the first husband of actress and director Phylicia Rashad.
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A.
Thomas Belsham
Thomas Belsham was an English Unitarian minister, theologian, and biblical scholar known for his influential role in late 18th- and early 19th-century rational dissent.
-
B.
Rufus Pollock
Rufus Pollock is a British economist, technologist, and open data advocate best known as a co-founder and leading figure in the global open knowledge and open government data movements.
-
C.
Samuel Garbett
Samuel Garbett was an 18th-century English industrialist and merchant from Birmingham, known for his role in the early chemical industry and his involvement in the influential Lunar Society.
-
D.
Bartholomew Gedney
Bartholomew Gedney was a colonial Massachusetts magistrate best known for serving as one of the judges during the Salem witch trials of 1692.
-
E.
Sidney Smith
Sidney Smith was a British Royal Navy officer best known for his daring defense of Acre against Napoleon during the French campaign in the Eastern Mediterranean.
- 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_69a493355dec819098d4244b2fa34885 |
completed | March 1, 2026, 7:27 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69a49fd4f4988190a0973ceb7329b4c9 |
completed | March 1, 2026, 8:21 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69a5c39abcbc819093797700dc32d25a |
completed | March 2, 2026, 5:06 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69a5c564d368819082b877f43236d949 |
completed | March 2, 2026, 5:14 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69a5cca1851c81908e57e75dc217e517 |
completed | March 2, 2026, 5:45 p.m. |
Created at: March 1, 2026, 7:36 p.m.