Triple

T8810775
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Attack! E209652 entity
Predicate portrayedBy P1507 FINISHED
Object William Smithers as Lt. Harold Woodruff
William Smithers as Lt. Harold Woodruff refers to the actor’s role as a junior officer in the 1956 World War II drama film "Attack!" directed by Robert Aldrich.
E759928 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 Smithers as Lt. Harold Woodruff | Statement: [Attack!, portrayedBy, William Smithers as Lt. Harold Woodruff]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: William Smithers as Lt. Harold Woodruff
Context triple: [Attack!, portrayedBy, William Smithers as Lt. Harold Woodruff]
  • A. Lt. Arthur Fancy
    Lt. Arthur Fancy is a principled and steady precinct commander on the television drama "NYPD Blue," known for his calm authority and moral integrity amid the show's turbulent police environment.
  • B. Sergeant Fry
    Sergeant Fry is a minor British military character in Michael Morpurgo’s novel "War Horse," serving as one of the soldiers connected to the story’s depiction of World War I.
  • C. Sergeant Ernest G. Bilko
    Sergeant Ernest G. Bilko is the fast-talking, scheming U.S. Army motor pool sergeant and central comic character from the classic television sitcom "The Phil Silvers Show."
  • D. Sergeant Joe Swanson
    Sergeant Joe Swanson is a tough, wheelchair-using police officer and Peter Griffin’s close friend on the animated television series "Family Guy."
  • E. Lieutenant Vernon
    Lieutenant Vernon is a minor character in the 1858 comedic play "Our American Cousin," which is best known as the play being performed at Ford's Theatre when President Abraham Lincoln was assassinated.
  • 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 Smithers as Lt. Harold Woodruff
Triple: [Attack!, portrayedBy, William Smithers as Lt. Harold Woodruff]
Generated description
William Smithers as Lt. Harold Woodruff refers to the actor’s role as a junior officer in the 1956 World War II drama film "Attack!" directed by Robert Aldrich.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: William Smithers as Lt. Harold Woodruff
Target entity description: William Smithers as Lt. Harold Woodruff refers to the actor’s role as a junior officer in the 1956 World War II drama film "Attack!" directed by Robert Aldrich.
  • A. Lt. Arthur Fancy
    Lt. Arthur Fancy is a principled and steady precinct commander on the television drama "NYPD Blue," known for his calm authority and moral integrity amid the show's turbulent police environment.
  • B. Sergeant Fry
    Sergeant Fry is a minor British military character in Michael Morpurgo’s novel "War Horse," serving as one of the soldiers connected to the story’s depiction of World War I.
  • C. Sergeant Ernest G. Bilko
    Sergeant Ernest G. Bilko is the fast-talking, scheming U.S. Army motor pool sergeant and central comic character from the classic television sitcom "The Phil Silvers Show."
  • D. Sergeant Joe Swanson
    Sergeant Joe Swanson is a tough, wheelchair-using police officer and Peter Griffin’s close friend on the animated television series "Family Guy."
  • E. Lieutenant Vernon
    Lieutenant Vernon is a minor character in the 1858 comedic play "Our American Cousin," which is best known as the play being performed at Ford's Theatre when President Abraham Lincoln was assassinated.
  • 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_69ca8363f3308190a47e3f1ebd51f613 completed March 30, 2026, 2:06 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69cc5fed18f8819087b0282bf8c4208c completed March 31, 2026, 11:59 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69cf6faa5dbc819083ecfbbb261cbc44 completed April 3, 2026, 7:43 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69cf713a184c8190b1fa788fd3ba8304 completed April 3, 2026, 7:50 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69cf71d3517c819088c930ed468c4e8e completed April 3, 2026, 7:52 a.m.
Created at: March 30, 2026, 6:45 p.m.