Triple
T9854598
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | And the Band Played On |
E239551
|
entity |
| Predicate | portrays |
P264
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Bill Kraus
Bill Kraus was a prominent gay rights and AIDS activist in San Francisco whose advocacy and early warnings about the epidemic were later depicted in the book and film "And the Band Played On."
|
E825132
|
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: Bill Kraus | Statement: [And the Band Played On, portrays, Bill Kraus]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Bill Kraus Context triple: [And the Band Played On, portrays, Bill Kraus]
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A.
Bill Graves
Bill Graves is an American politician who served as the 43rd Governor of Kansas from 1995 to 2003.
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B.
Harlan Crow
Harlan Crow is an American real estate investor, conservative political donor, and collector of historical artifacts, known for his leadership of Crow Holdings and his influence in Republican circles.
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C.
Michael McCaul
Michael McCaul is a Republican U.S. Representative from Texas who has served in Congress since 2005 and is known for his work on national security and foreign affairs.
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D.
John Champion
John Champion was a screenwriter best known for his work on the 1957 disaster film "Zero Hour!", whose plot later served as the basis for the comedy "Airplane!".
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E.
Michael G. Oxley
Michael G. Oxley was an American Republican congressman from Ohio best known for co-authoring the landmark Sarbanes–Oxley corporate governance and financial reporting reform law.
- 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: Bill Kraus Triple: [And the Band Played On, portrays, Bill Kraus]
Generated description
Bill Kraus was a prominent gay rights and AIDS activist in San Francisco whose advocacy and early warnings about the epidemic were later depicted in the book and film "And the Band Played On."
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Bill Kraus Target entity description: Bill Kraus was a prominent gay rights and AIDS activist in San Francisco whose advocacy and early warnings about the epidemic were later depicted in the book and film "And the Band Played On."
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A.
Bill Graves
Bill Graves is an American politician who served as the 43rd Governor of Kansas from 1995 to 2003.
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B.
Harlan Crow
Harlan Crow is an American real estate investor, conservative political donor, and collector of historical artifacts, known for his leadership of Crow Holdings and his influence in Republican circles.
-
C.
Michael McCaul
Michael McCaul is a Republican U.S. Representative from Texas who has served in Congress since 2005 and is known for his work on national security and foreign affairs.
-
D.
John Champion
John Champion was a screenwriter best known for his work on the 1957 disaster film "Zero Hour!", whose plot later served as the basis for the comedy "Airplane!".
-
E.
Michael G. Oxley
Michael G. Oxley was an American Republican congressman from Ohio best known for co-authoring the landmark Sarbanes–Oxley corporate governance and financial reporting reform law.
- 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_69ca84e4fdc08190a624425bcef98665 |
completed | March 30, 2026, 2:12 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69cdb3960fb481909c90d6d6cafc6222 |
completed | April 2, 2026, 12:08 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69d1d5f21a04819099f23ede55ec3417 |
completed | April 5, 2026, 3:24 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69d1d7a6a87c81908dcd79c776bb19a1 |
completed | April 5, 2026, 3:31 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69d1d82007088190ac372c67a6760e65 |
completed | April 5, 2026, 3:33 a.m. |
Created at: March 30, 2026, 8:34 p.m.