Triple
T20369870
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Bill Watterson |
E497022
|
entity |
| Predicate | birthName |
P65
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
William Boyd Watterson II
William Boyd Watterson II is an American cartoonist best known as the creator of the influential comic strip "Calvin and Hobbes."
|
E1427136
|
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 Boyd Watterson II | Statement: [Bill Watterson, birthName, William Boyd Watterson II]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: William Boyd Watterson II Context triple: [Bill Watterson, birthName, William Boyd Watterson II]
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A.
Robert Hall Weir
Robert Hall Weir is an American musician best known as a founding member, rhythm guitarist, and vocalist of the rock band the Grateful Dead.
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B.
John W. Robertson
John W. Robertson was an artist associated with the Cullercoats artist colony, a noted 19th-century community of painters on the northeast coast of England.
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C.
Alan S. Boyd
Alan S. Boyd was an American lawyer and public official who became the first U.S. Secretary of Transportation, helping to shape national transportation policy in the late 1960s.
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D.
William Ross
William Ross is an American composer, orchestrator, and conductor known for his work on numerous film scores and collaborations with major Hollywood productions.
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E.
Guy Boyd
Guy Boyd is an American character actor known for his supporting roles in film and television since the 1970s.
- 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 Boyd Watterson II Triple: [Bill Watterson, birthName, William Boyd Watterson II]
Generated description
William Boyd Watterson II is an American cartoonist best known as the creator of the influential comic strip "Calvin and Hobbes."
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: William Boyd Watterson II Target entity description: William Boyd Watterson II is an American cartoonist best known as the creator of the influential comic strip "Calvin and Hobbes."
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A.
Robert Hall Weir
Robert Hall Weir is an American musician best known as a founding member, rhythm guitarist, and vocalist of the rock band the Grateful Dead.
-
B.
John W. Robertson
John W. Robertson was an artist associated with the Cullercoats artist colony, a noted 19th-century community of painters on the northeast coast of England.
-
C.
Alan S. Boyd
Alan S. Boyd was an American lawyer and public official who became the first U.S. Secretary of Transportation, helping to shape national transportation policy in the late 1960s.
-
D.
William Ross
William Ross is an American composer, orchestrator, and conductor known for his work on numerous film scores and collaborations with major Hollywood productions.
-
E.
Guy Boyd
Guy Boyd is an American character actor known for his supporting roles in film and television since the 1970s.
- 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_69e0b4a4f9b081908a5a021919c21ccb |
completed | April 16, 2026, 10:06 a.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69e6787454a88190ae87d9b3c9b5ad27 |
completed | April 20, 2026, 7:03 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_6a08708f2b00819084806af8cf9c9e10 |
completed | May 16, 2026, 1:26 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_6a08717357a881908ba83d104fc3f228 |
completed | May 16, 2026, 1:30 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_6a087267236c81908c91359f270fb17e |
completed | May 16, 2026, 1:34 p.m. |
Created at: April 16, 2026, 11:26 a.m.