Triple
T8329469
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Any Which Way You Can |
E195038
|
entity |
| Predicate | starring |
P1507
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
William Smith
William Smith was an American character actor and bodybuilder best known for his tough-guy roles in film and television from the 1960s through the 1980s.
|
E725334
|
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 Smith | Statement: [Any Which Way You Can, starring, William Smith]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: William Smith Context triple: [Any Which Way You Can, starring, William Smith]
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A.
William Smith
William Smith was a 19th-century American religious leader best known as a younger brother of Joseph Smith and an early apostle in the Latter Day Saint movement.
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B.
William Smith
William Smith was the birth name of American character actor Franklyn Farnum, who appeared in numerous films and early television productions.
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C.
William Smith
William Smith was an 18th-century American minister and the father of Abigail Adams, who became the second First Lady of the United States.
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D.
William Smith
William Smith was a British sealer and explorer credited with the early 19th-century discovery of the South Shetland Islands in the Southern Ocean.
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E.
William Smith
William Smith was a pioneering English geologist, often called the "Father of English Geology," known for creating the first nationwide geological map.
- 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 Smith Triple: [Any Which Way You Can, starring, William Smith]
Generated description
William Smith was an American character actor and bodybuilder best known for his tough-guy roles in film and television from the 1960s through the 1980s.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: William Smith Target entity description: William Smith was an American character actor and bodybuilder best known for his tough-guy roles in film and television from the 1960s through the 1980s.
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A.
William Smith
William Smith was the birth name of American character actor Franklyn Farnum, who appeared in numerous films and early television productions.
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B.
William Smith
William Smith was a 19th-century American religious leader best known as a younger brother of Joseph Smith and an early apostle in the Latter Day Saint movement.
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C.
William Smith
William Smith was the second husband of famed Broadway and film musical star Ethel Merman.
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D.
William Smith
William Smith was an 18th-century American minister and the father of Abigail Adams, who became the second First Lady of the United States.
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E.
William Smith
William Smith was a pioneering English geologist, often called the "Father of English Geology," known for creating the first nationwide geological map.
- 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_69ca82e87f2c8190bdb71ee29dfc642d |
completed | March 30, 2026, 2:04 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69cb7fb812508190aed8a283dacf712e |
completed | March 31, 2026, 8:03 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69cd95c2c36481909793e9cd0c28168a |
completed | April 1, 2026, 10:01 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69cdab60ec308190a9001f9235e556b4 |
completed | April 1, 2026, 11:33 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69cdb2e3457c8190a2d0cb6eeb81c9ef |
completed | April 2, 2026, 12:05 a.m. |
Created at: March 30, 2026, 5:56 p.m.