Triple

T20253610
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Hoop Dreams E498623 entity
Predicate follows P134 FINISHED
Object William Gates
William Gates is a former Chicago high school basketball standout whose life and athletic aspirations are prominently chronicled in the acclaimed documentary film "Hoop Dreams."
E1420493 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 Gates | Statement: [Hoop Dreams, follows, William Gates]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: William Gates
Context triple: [Hoop Dreams, follows, William Gates]
  • A. Bill Gates
    Bill Gates is an American business magnate, software pioneer, and philanthropist who co-created the Windows operating system and later co-founded one of the world’s largest charitable foundations.
  • B. Willard Gates
    Willard Gates is a scheming, morally corrupt businessman and secondary antagonist in the 1942 film noir "This Gun for Hire."
  • C. Larry Gates
    Larry Gates was an American character actor known for his work in film, television, and theater, often portraying authoritative or paternal figures.
  • D. William Leonard Gates
    William Leonard Gates is a notable figure who held a disputed literary title as one of the eccentric monarchs of the tiny, semi-mythical Kingdom of Redonda.
  • E. William H. Gates Sr.
    William H. Gates Sr. was an American attorney and philanthropist best known as the father of Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates and as a key leader in shaping the vision and early work of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.
  • 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 Gates
Triple: [Hoop Dreams, follows, William Gates]
Generated description
William Gates is a former Chicago high school basketball standout whose life and athletic aspirations are prominently chronicled in the acclaimed documentary film "Hoop Dreams."
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: William Gates
Target entity description: William Gates is a former Chicago high school basketball standout whose life and athletic aspirations are prominently chronicled in the acclaimed documentary film "Hoop Dreams."
  • A. Bill Gates
    Bill Gates is an American business magnate, software pioneer, and philanthropist who co-created the Windows operating system and later co-founded one of the world’s largest charitable foundations.
  • B. Willard Gates
    Willard Gates is a scheming, morally corrupt businessman and secondary antagonist in the 1942 film noir "This Gun for Hire."
  • C. Larry Gates
    Larry Gates was an American character actor known for his work in film, television, and theater, often portraying authoritative or paternal figures.
  • D. William Leonard Gates
    William Leonard Gates is a notable figure who held a disputed literary title as one of the eccentric monarchs of the tiny, semi-mythical Kingdom of Redonda.
  • E. William H. Gates Sr.
    William H. Gates Sr. was an American attorney and philanthropist best known as the father of Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates and as a key leader in shaping the vision and early work of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.
  • 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_69e673aa42348190852ae8313f4494ca completed April 20, 2026, 6:42 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_6a0855282a0c8190b6f246521dfbda51 completed May 16, 2026, 11:29 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_6a0855c6bab08190831cc78647de84fc completed May 16, 2026, 11:32 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_6a0856e66c808190b5ef994f1cbc5f3e completed May 16, 2026, 11:37 a.m.
Created at: April 11, 2026, 11:41 p.m.