Triple
T7530248
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Knots Landing |
E178002
|
entity |
| Predicate | starring |
P1507
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
James Houghton
James Houghton is an American actor best known for his role as Kenny Ward on the long-running prime-time soap opera "Knots Landing."
|
E669481
|
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: James Houghton | Statement: [Knots Landing, starring, James Houghton]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: James Houghton Context triple: [Knots Landing, starring, James Houghton]
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A.
John Giffard
John Giffard was a medieval nobleman and military figure associated with the construction and lordship of Carreg Cennen Castle in Wales.
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B.
Humphrey Wanley
Humphrey Wanley was an English palaeographer, librarian, and antiquary renowned for his pioneering catalogues of Anglo-Saxon manuscripts and his influential role in early 18th-century antiquarian scholarship.
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C.
Theodore de Mayerne
Theodore de Mayerne was a prominent 17th-century Swiss-born physician and chemist who served as royal doctor in England and helped advance early modern medical and chemical practice.
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D.
William Smyth
William Smyth was a prominent British historian and academic who became one of the leading figures in modern historical scholarship at the University of Cambridge.
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E.
William Smyth
William Smyth was an English bishop and statesman of the late 15th and early 16th centuries who played a significant role in the early Tudor church and educational reform.
- 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: James Houghton Triple: [Knots Landing, starring, James Houghton]
Generated description
James Houghton is an American actor best known for his role as Kenny Ward on the long-running prime-time soap opera "Knots Landing."
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: James Houghton Target entity description: James Houghton is an American actor best known for his role as Kenny Ward on the long-running prime-time soap opera "Knots Landing."
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A.
John Giffard
John Giffard was a medieval nobleman and military figure associated with the construction and lordship of Carreg Cennen Castle in Wales.
-
B.
Humphrey Wanley
Humphrey Wanley was an English palaeographer, librarian, and antiquary renowned for his pioneering catalogues of Anglo-Saxon manuscripts and his influential role in early 18th-century antiquarian scholarship.
-
C.
Theodore de Mayerne
Theodore de Mayerne was a prominent 17th-century Swiss-born physician and chemist who served as royal doctor in England and helped advance early modern medical and chemical practice.
-
D.
William Smyth
William Smyth was a prominent British historian and academic who became one of the leading figures in modern historical scholarship at the University of Cambridge.
-
E.
William Smyth
William Smyth was an English bishop and statesman of the late 15th and early 16th centuries who played a significant role in the early Tudor church and educational reform.
- 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_69c69f2acdbc8190b5a8320168c1d0ba |
completed | March 27, 2026, 3:15 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69c6f81fbd4c8190b8ffedf1dbbb43aa |
completed | March 27, 2026, 9:35 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69c8463e08ac8190abd4d19b58067233 |
completed | March 28, 2026, 9:21 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69c846b326088190b93a32c70bcc97ca |
completed | March 28, 2026, 9:22 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69c8479490688190bc56b5a21d779b18 |
completed | March 28, 2026, 9:26 p.m. |
Created at: March 27, 2026, 3:47 p.m.