Triple
T9391991
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Stephen Boyd |
E226046
|
entity |
| Predicate | birthName |
P65
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
William Millar
William Millar, better known by his stage name Stephen Boyd, was a Northern Irish-born actor famed for his role as Messala in the 1959 epic film "Ben-Hur."
|
E803664
|
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 Millar | Statement: [Stephen Boyd, birthName, William Millar]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: William Millar Context triple: [Stephen Boyd, birthName, William Millar]
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A.
James Millar
James Millar is a name shared by several notable individuals, including figures in fields such as economics, politics, and the arts.
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B.
George Fergusson
George Fergusson is a British diplomat who has served as Governor of Bermuda and held various senior positions in the UK Foreign and Commonwealth Office.
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C.
Matthew Stirling
Matthew Stirling was an American archaeologist and ethnologist known for his pioneering excavations of Olmec sites in Mexico and his contributions to the study of pre-Columbian Mesoamerican civilizations.
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D.
Thomas Rutherford
Thomas Rutherford was an early settler and landowner in Napa Valley whose name was given to the community of Rutherford, California.
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E.
William Johnstone
William Johnstone was a Scottish painter and influential modernist associated with the Scottish Renaissance, known for his abstract landscapes and role in art education.
- 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 Millar Triple: [Stephen Boyd, birthName, William Millar]
Generated description
William Millar, better known by his stage name Stephen Boyd, was a Northern Irish-born actor famed for his role as Messala in the 1959 epic film "Ben-Hur."
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: William Millar Target entity description: William Millar, better known by his stage name Stephen Boyd, was a Northern Irish-born actor famed for his role as Messala in the 1959 epic film "Ben-Hur."
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A.
James Millar
James Millar is a name shared by several notable individuals, including figures in fields such as economics, politics, and the arts.
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B.
George Fergusson
George Fergusson is a British diplomat who has served as Governor of Bermuda and held various senior positions in the UK Foreign and Commonwealth Office.
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C.
Matthew Stirling
Matthew Stirling was an American archaeologist and ethnologist known for his pioneering excavations of Olmec sites in Mexico and his contributions to the study of pre-Columbian Mesoamerican civilizations.
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D.
Thomas Rutherford
Thomas Rutherford was an early settler and landowner in Napa Valley whose name was given to the community of Rutherford, California.
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E.
William Johnstone
William Johnstone was a Scottish painter and influential modernist associated with the Scottish Renaissance, known for his abstract landscapes and role in art education.
- 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_69ca842f7e3481908bf5bcf52e032dbd |
completed | March 30, 2026, 2:09 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69cd510eae0c8190b7c4ab487a366bb3 |
completed | April 1, 2026, 5:08 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69d139ce08ec81908a8e81c060667ac3 |
completed | April 4, 2026, 4:18 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69d13a9cd1848190a31730405bb78fcd |
completed | April 4, 2026, 4:21 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69d13af5a7808190a216d4fc8c44c8b1 |
completed | April 4, 2026, 4:23 p.m. |
Created at: March 30, 2026, 7:45 p.m.