Triple

T20383662
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Desert Memorial Park E497902 entity
Predicate notableBurial P196 FINISHED
Object William “Bill” Alexander
William “Bill” Alexander was a German-born painter and television art instructor best known for popularizing the wet-on-wet oil painting technique on his show "The Magic of Oil Painting," which later influenced Bob Ross.
E1428008 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 “Bill” Alexander | Statement: [Desert Memorial Park, notableBurial, William “Bill” Alexander]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: William “Bill” Alexander
Context triple: [Desert Memorial Park, notableBurial, William “Bill” Alexander]
  • A. J. Alexander
    J. Alexander is a fashion runway coach and television personality best known for his long-running role as a judge and mentor on the reality series "America's Next Top Model."
  • B. Dave Alexander
    Dave Alexander was an American bassist best known for his work with the influential proto-punk band The Stooges in the late 1960s and early 1970s.
  • C. Dave Alexander
    Dave Alexander is a writer known for his work with the influential punk band No Fun.
  • D. David Alexander
    David Alexander is a character in James Baldwin's play "The Amen Corner," which explores faith, family conflict, and the Black church in mid-20th-century Harlem.
  • E. David Alexander
    David Alexander is a graphic artist best known for designing the cover art of the rock album "7800° Fahrenheit" by Bon Jovi.
  • 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 “Bill” Alexander
Triple: [Desert Memorial Park, notableBurial, William “Bill” Alexander]
Generated description
William “Bill” Alexander was a German-born painter and television art instructor best known for popularizing the wet-on-wet oil painting technique on his show "The Magic of Oil Painting," which later influenced Bob Ross.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: William “Bill” Alexander
Target entity description: William “Bill” Alexander was a German-born painter and television art instructor best known for popularizing the wet-on-wet oil painting technique on his show "The Magic of Oil Painting," which later influenced Bob Ross.
  • A. J. Alexander
    J. Alexander is a fashion runway coach and television personality best known for his long-running role as a judge and mentor on the reality series "America's Next Top Model."
  • B. Dave Alexander
    Dave Alexander was an American bassist best known for his work with the influential proto-punk band The Stooges in the late 1960s and early 1970s.
  • C. Dave Alexander
    Dave Alexander is a writer known for his work with the influential punk band No Fun.
  • D. David Alexander
    David Alexander is a character in James Baldwin's play "The Amen Corner," which explores faith, family conflict, and the Black church in mid-20th-century Harlem.
  • E. David Alexander
    David Alexander is a graphic artist best known for designing the cover art of the rock album "7800° Fahrenheit" by Bon Jovi.
  • 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_69e0b4a5b7908190a972e4e7e698ae94 completed April 16, 2026, 10:06 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69e678b2ceec819091ad5205ee9b2174 completed April 20, 2026, 7:04 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_6a08761704488190a4b832977d824839 completed May 16, 2026, 1:50 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_6a08771f7edc8190b0c1dce8f5f6e145 completed May 16, 2026, 1:54 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_6a0877ac99408190a31ee21894770334 completed May 16, 2026, 1:57 p.m.
Created at: April 16, 2026, 11:27 a.m.