Triple

T14873938
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject William H. Macy E349818 entity
Predicate birthName P65 FINISHED
Object William Hall Macy Jr.
William Hall Macy Jr. is an American actor and director known for his character roles in films like "Fargo" and the television series "Shameless."
 E1127739 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 Hall Macy Jr. | Statement: [William H. Macy, birthName, William Hall Macy Jr.]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: William Hall Macy Jr.
Context triple: [William H. Macy, birthName, William Hall Macy Jr.]
  • A. Tim Metcalfe
    Tim Metcalfe is an American screenwriter known for his work on films such as the horror movie "Bones" (2001) and other genre projects.
  • B. Kurtwood Smith
    Kurtwood Smith is an American character actor best known for playing the strict father Red Forman on the sitcom "That '70s Show" and for roles in films like "RoboCop."
  • C. Jeff Conaway
    Jeff Conaway was an American actor best known for his roles in the film "Grease" and the television series "Taxi."
  • D. Tom Wilkinson
    Tom Wilkinson was an acclaimed English character actor known for his versatile performances in films such as "The Full Monty," "In the Bedroom," and "Michael Clayton."
  • E. David Holbrook
    David Holbrook is a British literary critic and scholar known for his work on modernist literature, education, and cultural criticism.
  • 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 Hall Macy Jr.
Triple: [William H. Macy, birthName, William Hall Macy Jr.]
Generated description
William Hall Macy Jr. is an American actor and director known for his character roles in films like "Fargo" and the television series "Shameless."
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: William Hall Macy Jr.
Target entity description: William Hall Macy Jr. is an American actor and director known for his character roles in films like "Fargo" and the television series "Shameless."
  • A. Tim Metcalfe
    Tim Metcalfe is an American screenwriter known for his work on films such as the horror movie "Bones" (2001) and other genre projects.
  • B. Kurtwood Smith
    Kurtwood Smith is an American character actor best known for playing the strict father Red Forman on the sitcom "That '70s Show" and for roles in films like "RoboCop."
  • C. Jeff Conaway
    Jeff Conaway was an American actor best known for his roles in the film "Grease" and the television series "Taxi."
  • D. Tom Wilkinson
    Tom Wilkinson was an acclaimed English character actor known for his versatile performances in films such as "The Full Monty," "In the Bedroom," and "Michael Clayton."
  • E. David Holbrook
    David Holbrook is a British literary critic and scholar known for his work on modernist literature, education, and cultural criticism.
  • 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_69d822ee4f408190b6ac3b2fa434f0df completed April 9, 2026, 10:06 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69ded5e2c94c8190a16f05ea81701fc1 completed April 15, 2026, 12:03 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69fe72aad76c8190b024651483d8f9ff completed May 8, 2026, 11:32 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69fe7b078d0c8190ba80b6e96975fd6c completed May 9, 2026, 12:08 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69fe7b26519c8190ba81d997e11a999f completed May 9, 2026, 12:09 a.m.
Created at: April 10, 2026, 1:55 a.m.