Triple

T20396827
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject White Zombie E500227 entity
Predicate starring P1507 FINISHED
Object Joseph Cawthorn
Joseph Cawthorn was an American stage and film actor of the early 20th century, known for his character roles in both Broadway productions and Hollywood movies.
E1435524 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: Joseph Cawthorn | Statement: [White Zombie, starring, Joseph Cawthorn]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Joseph Cawthorn
Context triple: [White Zombie, starring, Joseph Cawthorn]
  • A. William Dowdeswell
    William Dowdeswell was an 18th-century British Whig politician who served as Chancellor of the Exchequer and was a leading figure in the Rockingham Whig faction.
  • B. Paul Crowther
    Paul Crowther is a New Zealand drummer best known for his work with the art rock band Split Enz.
  • C. Thomas Curnow
    Thomas Curnow was a Victorian schoolteacher best known for bravely warning authorities during the 1880 Glenrowan siege, helping to thwart Ned Kelly’s final plan.
  • D. Robert Hutton
    Robert Hutton was an American film and television actor active from the 1940s through the 1970s, known for his roles in war dramas, science fiction, and comedies.
  • E. Richard Lestock
    Richard Lestock was an 18th-century British Royal Navy admiral best known for his controversial role in the War of the Austrian Succession and the ensuing court-martial over his conduct in battle.
  • 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: Joseph Cawthorn
Triple: [White Zombie, starring, Joseph Cawthorn]
Generated description
Joseph Cawthorn was an American stage and film actor of the early 20th century, known for his character roles in both Broadway productions and Hollywood movies.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Joseph Cawthorn
Target entity description: Joseph Cawthorn was an American stage and film actor of the early 20th century, known for his character roles in both Broadway productions and Hollywood movies.
  • A. William Dowdeswell
    William Dowdeswell was an 18th-century British Whig politician who served as Chancellor of the Exchequer and was a leading figure in the Rockingham Whig faction.
  • B. Paul Crowther
    Paul Crowther is a New Zealand drummer best known for his work with the art rock band Split Enz.
  • C. Thomas Curnow
    Thomas Curnow was a Victorian schoolteacher best known for bravely warning authorities during the 1880 Glenrowan siege, helping to thwart Ned Kelly’s final plan.
  • D. Robert Hutton
    Robert Hutton was an American film and television actor active from the 1940s through the 1970s, known for his roles in war dramas, science fiction, and comedies.
  • E. Richard Lestock
    Richard Lestock was an 18th-century British Royal Navy admiral best known for his controversial role in the War of the Austrian Succession and the ensuing court-martial over his conduct in battle.
  • 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_69e0b4a81bec8190b69adfdc1336a015 completed April 16, 2026, 10:06 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69e6798b6640819085d5b12dc35633fe completed April 20, 2026, 7:07 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_6a089d279cb08190a3bb2b8e72cc066d completed May 16, 2026, 4:36 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_6a089db22fcc819094d595a3ce4e19a6 completed May 16, 2026, 4:39 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_6a089e4c21d88190a6c1ddf8e0879cb1 completed May 16, 2026, 4:41 p.m.
Created at: April 16, 2026, 11:28 a.m.