Triple

T6910504
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Somewhere in Time E159918 entity
Predicate starring P1507 FINISHED
Object Bill Erwin
Bill Erwin was an American character actor best known for his prolific work in film and television, including memorable roles in productions like "Somewhere in Time" and "Seinfeld."
E674253 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: Bill Erwin | Statement: [Somewhere in Time, starring, Bill Erwin]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Bill Erwin
Context triple: [Somewhere in Time, starring, Bill Erwin]
  • A. Joe Erwin
    Joe Erwin is an American businessman and sports executive best known as the founder and owner of the Greenville Triumph SC professional soccer club.
  • B. Bill L. Norton
    Bill L. Norton is an American film and television director and screenwriter known for his work in the 1970s and 1980s, including projects in both feature films and popular TV series.
  • C. Bill DeMott
    Bill DeMott is a retired American professional wrestler and wrestling trainer best known for his work in World Championship Wrestling (WCW) and WWE, including a controversial tenure as head trainer for WWE’s developmental system.
  • D. Frank Wilcox
    Frank Wilcox was an American character actor known for his numerous supporting roles in film and television from the 1930s through the 1960s.
  • E. Gil Westrum
    Gil Westrum is a central character in the 1962 Western film "Ride the High Country," portrayed as an aging former lawman whose moral ambiguity contrasts with his partner’s steadfast integrity.
  • 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: Bill Erwin
Triple: [Somewhere in Time, starring, Bill Erwin]
Generated description
Bill Erwin was an American character actor best known for his prolific work in film and television, including memorable roles in productions like "Somewhere in Time" and "Seinfeld."
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Bill Erwin
Target entity description: Bill Erwin was an American character actor best known for his prolific work in film and television, including memorable roles in productions like "Somewhere in Time" and "Seinfeld."
  • A. Joe Erwin
    Joe Erwin is an American businessman and sports executive best known as the founder and owner of the Greenville Triumph SC professional soccer club.
  • B. Bill L. Norton
    Bill L. Norton is an American film and television director and screenwriter known for his work in the 1970s and 1980s, including projects in both feature films and popular TV series.
  • C. Bill DeMott
    Bill DeMott is a retired American professional wrestler and wrestling trainer best known for his work in World Championship Wrestling (WCW) and WWE, including a controversial tenure as head trainer for WWE’s developmental system.
  • D. Frank Wilcox
    Frank Wilcox was an American character actor known for his numerous supporting roles in film and television from the 1930s through the 1960s.
  • E. Gil Westrum
    Gil Westrum is a central character in the 1962 Western film "Ride the High Country," portrayed as an aging former lawman whose moral ambiguity contrasts with his partner’s steadfast integrity.
  • 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_69c68839ccb88190b4aa5cc1aca3448f completed March 27, 2026, 1:38 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69c6d9c00e948190b103a2b2a2738bb1 completed March 27, 2026, 7:25 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69c861218ac081909798edadae16162f completed March 28, 2026, 11:15 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69c861d1255881909091426b62bfdd1e completed March 28, 2026, 11:18 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69c8627e9a6c8190baf4e8bb113845f1 completed March 28, 2026, 11:21 p.m.
Created at: March 27, 2026, 2:25 p.m.