Triple

T20865523
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Jim-Bob Walton E513750 entity
Predicate portrayedBy P1507 FINISHED
Object David W. Harper
David W. Harper is an American actor best known for playing Jim-Bob Walton on the classic television series "The Waltons."
E1453531 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: David W. Harper | Statement: [Jim-Bob Walton, portrayedBy, David W. Harper]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: David W. Harper
Context triple: [Jim-Bob Walton, portrayedBy, David W. Harper]
  • A. Don Harper
    Don Harper was a British composer and conductor best known for his atmospheric television and film scores, including work associated with the Doctor Who serial "The Invasion."
  • B. Robert Harper
    Robert Harper is a prominent computer scientist known for his foundational work in programming language theory and type systems, particularly in connection with the development of Standard ML.
  • C. Robert Harper
    Robert Harper was an American character actor known for his work in film and television, particularly in 1980s and 1990s dramas and comedies.
  • D. Robert Harper
    Robert Harper was an 18th-century millwright and early settler whose establishment of a ferry and town at the confluence of the Potomac and Shenandoah Rivers led to the community later known as Harpers Ferry, West Virginia being named in his honor.
  • E. David Harper
    David Harper is an author best known for writing the work that inspired the film "Skyjacked."
  • 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: David W. Harper
Triple: [Jim-Bob Walton, portrayedBy, David W. Harper]
Generated description
David W. Harper is an American actor best known for playing Jim-Bob Walton on the classic television series "The Waltons."
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: David W. Harper
Target entity description: David W. Harper is an American actor best known for playing Jim-Bob Walton on the classic television series "The Waltons."
  • A. Don Harper
    Don Harper was a British composer and conductor best known for his atmospheric television and film scores, including work associated with the Doctor Who serial "The Invasion."
  • B. Robert Harper
    Robert Harper is a prominent computer scientist known for his foundational work in programming language theory and type systems, particularly in connection with the development of Standard ML.
  • C. Robert Harper
    Robert Harper was an American character actor known for his work in film and television, particularly in 1980s and 1990s dramas and comedies.
  • D. Robert Harper
    Robert Harper was an 18th-century millwright and early settler whose establishment of a ferry and town at the confluence of the Potomac and Shenandoah Rivers led to the community later known as Harpers Ferry, West Virginia being named in his honor.
  • E. David Harper
    David Harper is an author best known for writing the work that inspired the film "Skyjacked."
  • 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_69e0b4f675cc8190b4e745225b62eb66 completed April 16, 2026, 10:07 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69e6c45fbfc88190914c5133aa4b242c completed April 21, 2026, 12:27 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_6a090b12e6ac8190a4b5e99a140d806b completed May 17, 2026, 12:25 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_6a090c00cab88190b2cc2d5410455e9a completed May 17, 2026, 12:29 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_6a090cf5157c8190b311114c8f41dfa2 completed May 17, 2026, 12:33 a.m.
Created at: April 16, 2026, 12:44 p.m.