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]
  • 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.
  • 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
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.