Triple

T17504872
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject William Atherton E426286 entity
Predicate birthName P65 FINISHED
Object William Robert Atherton Knight
William Robert Atherton Knight is an American film and television actor best known for his roles in movies such as "Ghostbusters," "Die Hard," and "Real Genius."
 E1272164 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 Robert Atherton Knight | Statement: [William Atherton, birthName, William Robert Atherton Knight]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: William Robert Atherton Knight
Context triple: [William Atherton, birthName, William Robert Atherton Knight]
  • A. John Knightbridge
    John Knightbridge was a benefactor whose legacy in moral philosophy is commemorated through a prestigious professorship at the University of Cambridge.
  • B. John George Knight
    John George Knight was a 19th-century architect and civil engineer best known for his influential work on prominent public buildings in colonial Australia.
  • C. Esmond Knight
    Esmond Knight was a British actor known for his prolific stage and screen career, including notable roles in several of Laurence Olivier’s Shakespearean film adaptations.
  • D. Edward Tennant
    Edward Tennant was a young British poet and aristocrat of the early 20th century, known for his war poetry and his death in World War I.
  • E. Harrison Knight
    Harrison Knight is an actor known for playing the character Texas Ranger Bobby.
  • 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 Robert Atherton Knight
Triple: [William Atherton, birthName, William Robert Atherton Knight]
Generated description
William Robert Atherton Knight is an American film and television actor best known for his roles in movies such as "Ghostbusters," "Die Hard," and "Real Genius."
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: William Robert Atherton Knight
Target entity description: William Robert Atherton Knight is an American film and television actor best known for his roles in movies such as "Ghostbusters," "Die Hard," and "Real Genius."
  • A. John Knightbridge
    John Knightbridge was a benefactor whose legacy in moral philosophy is commemorated through a prestigious professorship at the University of Cambridge.
  • B. John George Knight
    John George Knight was a 19th-century architect and civil engineer best known for his influential work on prominent public buildings in colonial Australia.
  • C. Esmond Knight
    Esmond Knight was a British actor known for his prolific stage and screen career, including notable roles in several of Laurence Olivier’s Shakespearean film adaptations.
  • D. Edward Tennant
    Edward Tennant was a young British poet and aristocrat of the early 20th century, known for his war poetry and his death in World War I.
  • E. Harrison Knight
    Harrison Knight is an actor known for playing the character Texas Ranger Bobby.
  • 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_69d889dd9164819087b1dc3c9240c870 completed April 10, 2026, 5:25 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69e45214d44c8190b1bf04bf24ab8e81 completed April 19, 2026, 3:55 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_6a01c20a6370819098b4876ca8ff1ebf completed May 11, 2026, 11:48 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_6a01c3881f6081908f13c4033933b252 completed May 11, 2026, 11:54 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_6a01c41c4ce88190a7487661f10f40b5 completed May 11, 2026, 11:57 a.m.
Created at: April 10, 2026, 5:48 a.m.