Triple

T9464985
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Broadway Melody of 1938 E228247 entity
Predicate castMember P1668 FINISHED
Object Willie Howard
Willie Howard was an American vaudeville and Broadway comedian and actor known for his comic performances in early 20th-century stage and film productions.
E802357 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: Willie Howard | Statement: [Broadway Melody of 1938, castMember, Willie Howard]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Willie Howard
Context triple: [Broadway Melody of 1938, castMember, Willie Howard]
  • A. Willie Taylor
    Willie Taylor is an American R&B singer and reality TV personality best known as a member of the MTV-formed group Day26.
  • B. Willie Reed
    Willie Reed is an American professional basketball player and center who has played in the NBA and its developmental leagues, known for his rebounding and shot-blocking abilities.
  • C. Willie Beamen
    Willie Beamen is the ambitious, improvisational quarterback in the film "Any Given Sunday" who rises from overlooked backup to controversial star while clashing with his coach and teammates.
  • D. Willie Rae Johnson
    Willie Rae Johnson is the supportive and often humorous mother of Deputy Chief Brenda Leigh Johnson in the television series "The Closer."
  • E. Willie Clayton
    Willie Clayton is an American soul and blues singer known for his smooth vocals and contributions to contemporary Southern soul music.
  • 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: Willie Howard
Triple: [Broadway Melody of 1938, castMember, Willie Howard]
Generated description
Willie Howard was an American vaudeville and Broadway comedian and actor known for his comic performances in early 20th-century stage and film productions.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Willie Howard
Target entity description: Willie Howard was an American vaudeville and Broadway comedian and actor known for his comic performances in early 20th-century stage and film productions.
  • A. Willie Taylor
    Willie Taylor is an American R&B singer and reality TV personality best known as a member of the MTV-formed group Day26.
  • B. Willie Reed
    Willie Reed is an American professional basketball player and center who has played in the NBA and its developmental leagues, known for his rebounding and shot-blocking abilities.
  • C. Willie Beamen
    Willie Beamen is the ambitious, improvisational quarterback in the film "Any Given Sunday" who rises from overlooked backup to controversial star while clashing with his coach and teammates.
  • D. Willie Rae Johnson
    Willie Rae Johnson is the supportive and often humorous mother of Deputy Chief Brenda Leigh Johnson in the television series "The Closer."
  • E. Willie Clayton
    Willie Clayton is an American soul and blues singer known for his smooth vocals and contributions to contemporary Southern soul music.
  • 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_69ca846fee388190a6ec273fd644b88b completed March 30, 2026, 2:10 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69cd7fdad3c4819083b06f1b45acc85a completed April 1, 2026, 8:28 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69d12ce37efc81908eee5dd709a574fb completed April 4, 2026, 3:23 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69d12ea1d4648190820fee204f563cdc completed April 4, 2026, 3:30 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69d12f10dd248190b9dfa1b360c92295 completed April 4, 2026, 3:32 p.m.
Created at: March 30, 2026, 7:53 p.m.