Triple

T9789545
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Copycat E237571 entity
Predicate stars P1956 FINISHED
Object William McNamara
William McNamara is an American actor known for his roles in 1990s thrillers and dramas, including prominent performances in films like "Copycat" and "Wild Hearts Can't Be Broken."
 E871105 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 McNamara | Statement: [Copycat, stars, William McNamara]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: William McNamara
Context triple: [Copycat, stars, William McNamara]
  • A. James T. McNamara
    James T. McNamara was a public official who served as New York State's Industrial Commissioner, overseeing labor and industry-related policies and regulations.
  • B. James B. McNamara
    James B. McNamara was an American labor union activist best known for his role in the 1910 Los Angeles Times bombing, a pivotal event in early 20th-century labor history.
  • C. John P. McConnell
    John P. McConnell is an American businessman and sports executive best known as the principal owner and governor of the NHL’s Columbus Blue Jackets.
  • D. George McConnell
    George McConnell is an American guitarist best known for his tenure with the Southern rock/jam band Widespread Panic in the early 2000s.
  • E. Bernard Kilpatrick
    Bernard Kilpatrick is an American political consultant and the father of former Detroit mayor Kwame Kilpatrick, known for his involvement in Detroit-area politics and related corruption investigations.
  • 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 McNamara
Triple: [Copycat, stars, William McNamara]
Generated description
William McNamara is an American actor known for his roles in 1990s thrillers and dramas, including prominent performances in films like "Copycat" and "Wild Hearts Can't Be Broken."
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: William McNamara
Target entity description: William McNamara is an American actor known for his roles in 1990s thrillers and dramas, including prominent performances in films like "Copycat" and "Wild Hearts Can't Be Broken."
  • A. James T. McNamara
    James T. McNamara was a public official who served as New York State's Industrial Commissioner, overseeing labor and industry-related policies and regulations.
  • B. James B. McNamara
    James B. McNamara was an American labor union activist best known for his role in the 1910 Los Angeles Times bombing, a pivotal event in early 20th-century labor history.
  • C. John P. McConnell
    John P. McConnell is an American businessman and sports executive best known as the principal owner and governor of the NHL’s Columbus Blue Jackets.
  • D. George McConnell
    George McConnell is an American guitarist best known for his tenure with the Southern rock/jam band Widespread Panic in the early 2000s.
  • E. Bernard Kilpatrick
    Bernard Kilpatrick is an American political consultant and the father of former Detroit mayor Kwame Kilpatrick, known for his involvement in Detroit-area politics and related corruption investigations.
  • 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_69ca84da927881909bda80caecad6010 completed March 30, 2026, 2:12 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69cda214875481909f39e1d4dbac1fdb completed April 1, 2026, 10:54 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69d9330fa33c8190b507ad18362a6c64 completed April 10, 2026, 5:27 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69d93802a4488190aa86ae209650d4e7 completed April 10, 2026, 5:48 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69d938fcc3c48190a4acaaf75c1aa304 completed April 10, 2026, 5:53 p.m.
Created at: March 30, 2026, 8:28 p.m.