Triple

T9098518
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Boris Karloff E218089 entity
Predicate birthName P65 FINISHED
Object William Henry Pratt
William Henry Pratt, better known by his stage name Boris Karloff, was a renowned English actor famous for his iconic roles in classic horror films such as Frankenstein.
E832413 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 Henry Pratt | Statement: [Boris Karloff, birthName, William Henry Pratt]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: William Henry Pratt
Context triple: [Boris Karloff, birthName, William Henry Pratt]
  • A. Thomas Pratt
    Thomas Pratt was an American film editor known for his work on numerous Hollywood productions during the mid-20th century.
  • B. Charles D. Norton
    Charles D. Norton was an American figure notable for helping establish the American Cancer Society, a leading nonprofit organization dedicated to cancer research and patient support.
  • C. William Tharp
    William Tharp was a 19th-century American politician who served as the 36th Governor of Delaware.
  • D. William Smith Jewett
    William Smith Jewett was a 19th-century American painter known for his portraits and genre scenes.
  • E. Solon Spencer Beman
    Solon Spencer Beman was a prominent American architect best known for designing the model industrial town of Pullman in Chicago and numerous notable residential, commercial, and religious buildings in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
  • 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 Henry Pratt
Triple: [Boris Karloff, birthName, William Henry Pratt]
Generated description
William Henry Pratt, better known by his stage name Boris Karloff, was a renowned English actor famous for his iconic roles in classic horror films such as Frankenstein.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: William Henry Pratt
Target entity description: William Henry Pratt, better known by his stage name Boris Karloff, was a renowned English actor famous for his iconic roles in classic horror films such as Frankenstein.
  • A. Thomas Pratt
    Thomas Pratt was an American film editor known for his work on numerous Hollywood productions during the mid-20th century.
  • B. Charles D. Norton
    Charles D. Norton was an American figure notable for helping establish the American Cancer Society, a leading nonprofit organization dedicated to cancer research and patient support.
  • C. William Tharp
    William Tharp was a 19th-century American politician who served as the 36th Governor of Delaware.
  • D. William Smith Jewett
    William Smith Jewett was a 19th-century American painter known for his portraits and genre scenes.
  • E. Solon Spencer Beman
    Solon Spencer Beman was a prominent American architect best known for designing the model industrial town of Pullman in Chicago and numerous notable residential, commercial, and religious buildings in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
  • 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_69ca83d9844081908e561e367fda6d45 completed March 30, 2026, 2:08 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69cc970f340881909f5551219f151acf completed April 1, 2026, 3:54 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69d23c8f14b081909df4eae9b2d16860 completed April 5, 2026, 10:42 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69d23e6ca3908190b7ad7b932ab35ad7 completed April 5, 2026, 10:50 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69d241020074819092bc2deea85a6ac0 completed April 5, 2026, 11:01 a.m.
Created at: March 30, 2026, 7:15 p.m.