Triple
T18806617
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Elizabeth Holmes |
E459891
|
entity |
| Predicate | spouse |
P13
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
William "Billy" Evans
William "Billy" Evans is an American hotel heir and businessman known for being married to Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes.
|
E1344425
|
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 "Billy" Evans | Statement: [Elizabeth Holmes, spouse, William "Billy" Evans]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: William "Billy" Evans Context triple: [Elizabeth Holmes, spouse, William "Billy" Evans]
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A.
James Evans Jr.
James Evans Jr. is a central comedic character from the 1970s American sitcom "Good Times," known for his catchphrase "Dy-no-mite!" and energetic personality.
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B.
John Billy
"John Billy" is a short story by David Foster Wallace, featured in his collection *Girl with Curious Hair*, known for its experimental style and darkly comic exploration of American culture.
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C.
Robert Morgan Evans
Robert Morgan Evans was an early 19th-century American pioneer and political figure after whom the city of Evansville, Indiana, is named.
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D.
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.
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E.
James Evans
James Evans was a 19th-century British-Canadian missionary and linguist best known for developing the syllabic writing system used by several Indigenous languages in Canada.
- 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 "Billy" Evans Triple: [Elizabeth Holmes, spouse, William "Billy" Evans]
Generated description
William "Billy" Evans is an American hotel heir and businessman known for being married to Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: William "Billy" Evans Target entity description: William "Billy" Evans is an American hotel heir and businessman known for being married to Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes.
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A.
James Evans Jr.
James Evans Jr. is a central comedic character from the 1970s American sitcom "Good Times," known for his catchphrase "Dy-no-mite!" and energetic personality.
-
B.
John Billy
"John Billy" is a short story by David Foster Wallace, featured in his collection *Girl with Curious Hair*, known for its experimental style and darkly comic exploration of American culture.
-
C.
Robert Morgan Evans
Robert Morgan Evans was an early 19th-century American pioneer and political figure after whom the city of Evansville, Indiana, is named.
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D.
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.
-
E.
James Evans
James Evans was a 19th-century British-Canadian missionary and linguist best known for developing the syllabic writing system used by several Indigenous languages in Canada.
- 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_69d8d398c7d4819091cb2f7e48948aeb |
completed | April 10, 2026, 10:40 a.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69e5a3d7f8d08190a3e02fab6dc40bb5 |
completed | April 20, 2026, 3:56 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_6a055bbec00c8190962dddaf08bb1c5d |
completed | May 14, 2026, 5:21 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_6a055f9b560c81909fcc83ffb8fc7498 |
completed | May 14, 2026, 5:37 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_6a05605e78088190ae2fc8189007d6dc |
completed | May 14, 2026, 5:40 a.m. |
Created at: April 10, 2026, 11:53 a.m.