Triple

T19546269
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject James Arness E489057 entity
Predicate pseudonym P39 FINISHED
Object James Aurness
James Aurness is the birth name of American actor James Arness, best known for his long-running role as Marshal Matt Dillon on the television series "Gunsmoke."
E1401956 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: James Aurness | Statement: [James Arness, pseudonym, James Aurness]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: James Aurness
Context triple: [James Arness, pseudonym, James Aurness]
  • A. James Averill
    James Averill is the Harvard-educated marshal of Johnson County who becomes embroiled in a violent class conflict between wealthy cattle barons and immigrant settlers in the epic Western film "Heaven's Gate."
  • B. James McAlister
    James McAlister was an American running back best known for his standout college career at UCLA and subsequent professional play in both the NFL and the World Football League.
  • C. James McAlister
    James McAlister is an American drummer, producer, and multi-instrumentalist known for his work in indie and experimental music, including frequent collaborations with artists like Sufjan Stevens.
  • D. Paul Hogue
    Paul Hogue was an American college basketball center best known for starring on the University of Cincinnati’s early-1960s championship teams and earning national player-of-the-year honors.
  • E. James Finlayson
    James Finlayson was a Scottish-born character actor best known for his comic roles in silent and early sound films, particularly his frequent collaborations with the comedy duo Laurel and Hardy.
  • 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: James Aurness
Triple: [James Arness, pseudonym, James Aurness]
Generated description
James Aurness is the birth name of American actor James Arness, best known for his long-running role as Marshal Matt Dillon on the television series "Gunsmoke."
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: James Aurness
Target entity description: James Aurness is the birth name of American actor James Arness, best known for his long-running role as Marshal Matt Dillon on the television series "Gunsmoke."
  • A. James Averill
    James Averill is the Harvard-educated marshal of Johnson County who becomes embroiled in a violent class conflict between wealthy cattle barons and immigrant settlers in the epic Western film "Heaven's Gate."
  • B. James McAlister
    James McAlister was an American running back best known for his standout college career at UCLA and subsequent professional play in both the NFL and the World Football League.
  • C. James McAlister
    James McAlister is an American drummer, producer, and multi-instrumentalist known for his work in indie and experimental music, including frequent collaborations with artists like Sufjan Stevens.
  • D. Paul Hogue
    Paul Hogue was an American college basketball center best known for starring on the University of Cincinnati’s early-1960s championship teams and earning national player-of-the-year honors.
  • E. James Finlayson
    James Finlayson was a Scottish-born character actor best known for his comic roles in silent and early sound films, particularly his frequent collaborations with the comedy duo Laurel and Hardy.
  • 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_69d8e8db5b6c8190984b61f91981f575 completed April 10, 2026, 12:11 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69e63876bacc8190b17e2087de679785 completed April 20, 2026, 2:30 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_6a07ea2b0e8081909805e12711def1e3 completed May 16, 2026, 3:53 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_6a07f14711bc81909db4dfc38251dbb5 completed May 16, 2026, 4:23 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_6a07f1b079888190b5ad803731077a26 completed May 16, 2026, 4:25 a.m.
Created at: April 10, 2026, 1:41 p.m.