Triple
T20241965
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman |
E498317
|
entity |
| Predicate | starring |
P1507
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
William Shockley
William Shockley is an American actor best known for his role as Hank Lawson on the television series "Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman."
|
E1419070
|
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 Shockley | Statement: [Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman, starring, William Shockley]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: William Shockley Context triple: [Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman, starring, William Shockley]
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A.
William Shockley
William Shockley was an American physicist and co-inventor of the transistor whose work helped launch the field of solid-state electronics and earned him a share of the 1956 Nobel Prize in Physics.
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B.
William R. Shockley
William R. Shockley was a United States Army soldier and Medal of Honor recipient for his actions during World War II.
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C.
Jean Hoerni
Jean Hoerni was a Swiss-born physicist and engineer best known for inventing the planar process, a foundational technology that enabled the modern semiconductor and integrated circuit industry.
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D.
Walter Brattain
Walter Brattain was an American physicist and Nobel laureate best known as one of the co-inventors of the transistor.
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E.
Clarence Zener
Clarence Zener was an American physicist best known for his work on quantum mechanics and solid-state physics, including the theoretical explanation of Zener tunneling in semiconductors.
- 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 Shockley Triple: [Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman, starring, William Shockley]
Generated description
William Shockley is an American actor best known for his role as Hank Lawson on the television series "Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman."
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: William Shockley Target entity description: William Shockley is an American actor best known for his role as Hank Lawson on the television series "Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman."
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A.
William Shockley
William Shockley was an American physicist and co-inventor of the transistor whose work helped launch the field of solid-state electronics and earned him a share of the 1956 Nobel Prize in Physics.
-
B.
William R. Shockley
William R. Shockley was a United States Army soldier and Medal of Honor recipient for his actions during World War II.
-
C.
Jean Hoerni
Jean Hoerni was a Swiss-born physicist and engineer best known for inventing the planar process, a foundational technology that enabled the modern semiconductor and integrated circuit industry.
-
D.
Walter Brattain
Walter Brattain was an American physicist and Nobel laureate best known as one of the co-inventors of the transistor.
-
E.
Clarence Zener
Clarence Zener was an American physicist best known for his work on quantum mechanics and solid-state physics, including the theoretical explanation of Zener tunneling in semiconductors.
- 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_69da6274c58c81909c646eabed6f4f30 |
completed | April 11, 2026, 3:02 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69e6716f9d248190a145f6883827ebbe |
completed | April 20, 2026, 6:33 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_6a084b9607b48190bc9c68c4e9b8f9b8 |
completed | May 16, 2026, 10:48 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_6a084be2bcc88190b7d369c07da59c11 |
completed | May 16, 2026, 10:50 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_6a084c99487c81908dd132f118846f0c |
completed | May 16, 2026, 10:53 a.m. |
Created at: April 11, 2026, 11:40 p.m.