Triple
T19752169
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Willie Best |
E474406
|
entity |
| Predicate | name |
P16
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Willie Best |
E474406
|
NE FINISHED |
How this triple was built (2 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: Willie Best | Statement: [Willie Best, name, Willie Best]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Willie Best Context triple: [Willie Best, name, Willie Best]
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A.
Willie Best
chosen
Willie Best was an American film and television actor of the 1930s–1950s, known for his comic roles in Hollywood movies and for being one of the first Black actors to gain regular screen credits despite often being cast in stereotyped parts.
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B.
Willie Clayton
Willie Clayton is an American soul and blues singer known for his smooth vocals and contributions to contemporary Southern soul music.
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C.
Willie Rushton
Willie Rushton was a British cartoonist, satirist, writer, and comedian, best known as a co-founder of the magazine Private Eye and as a long-serving panellist on BBC radio comedy shows.
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D.
Ray Willsey
Ray Willsey was an American football coach best known for his long career in collegiate and professional coaching, including leading the University of California, Berkeley Golden Bears.
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E.
Willie Norwood
Willie Norwood is an American gospel singer and vocal coach best known as the father and early music mentor of R&B singer Brandy and entertainer Ray J.
- F. None of above.
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Provenance (3 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_69d8e51940a0819087bd2996f98da668 |
completed | April 10, 2026, 11:55 a.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69e6529bcb8c8190bcca61a53be86757 |
completed | April 20, 2026, 4:21 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_6a07bd62a4948190a18cb92909593839 |
completed | May 16, 2026, 12:42 a.m. |
Created at: April 10, 2026, 1:48 p.m.