Triple

T8135103
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject William Devane E189950 entity
Predicate familyName P18 FINISHED
Object Devane
Devane is a surname most notably associated with American actor William Devane, known for his roles in film and television dramas.
 E714164 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: Devane | Statement: [William Devane, familyName, Devane]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Devane
Context triple: [William Devane, familyName, Devane]
  • A. Devine
    Devine is a surname of Irish origin borne by various notable individuals across fields such as sports, politics, and the arts.
  • B. Donoven
    Donoven is an alternative spelling of the given name Donovan, which is of Irish origin and used as a masculine first name and surname.
  • C. Deneen
    Deneen is a surname most notably associated with Charles S. Deneen, an American politician who served as governor of Illinois and later as a U.S. senator.
  • D. Kaven
    Kaven is one of the islands that make up Maloelap Atoll in the Marshall Islands, a Pacific island nation.
  • E. Devio
    Devio is a Biamp Systems product line of conferencing solutions designed to simplify high-quality audio and video collaboration in small meeting and huddle rooms.
  • 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: Devane
Triple: [William Devane, familyName, Devane]
Generated description
Devane is a surname most notably associated with American actor William Devane, known for his roles in film and television dramas.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Devane
Target entity description: Devane is a surname most notably associated with American actor William Devane, known for his roles in film and television dramas.
  • A. Devine
    Devine is a surname of Irish origin borne by various notable individuals across fields such as sports, politics, and the arts.
  • B. Donoven
    Donoven is an alternative spelling of the given name Donovan, which is of Irish origin and used as a masculine first name and surname.
  • C. Deneen
    Deneen is a surname most notably associated with Charles S. Deneen, an American politician who served as governor of Illinois and later as a U.S. senator.
  • D. Kaven
    Kaven is one of the islands that make up Maloelap Atoll in the Marshall Islands, a Pacific island nation.
  • E. Devio
    Devio is a Biamp Systems product line of conferencing solutions designed to simplify high-quality audio and video collaboration in small meeting and huddle rooms.
  • 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_69ca82bcb4848190a9a9d036ad768642 completed March 30, 2026, 2:03 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69cb43fff6e0819086c95b571272b50c completed March 31, 2026, 3:48 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69cc949065248190b67ba7aa2688903e completed April 1, 2026, 3:44 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69cc95c180188190a2d541e8ea9a4c57 completed April 1, 2026, 3:49 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69cc970cf55c8190abf432ac68d6bbc3 completed April 1, 2026, 3:54 a.m.
Created at: March 30, 2026, 5:35 p.m.