Triple

T9392179
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject William Boyd E226050 entity
Predicate alsoKnownAs P39 FINISHED
Object Bill Boyd
Bill Boyd is the commonly used name for William Boyd, which may refer to several notable individuals including actors, politicians, and other public figures.
E797151 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: Bill Boyd | Statement: [William Boyd, alsoKnownAs, Bill Boyd]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Bill Boyd
Context triple: [William Boyd, alsoKnownAs, Bill Boyd]
  • A. Paul Bacon
    Paul Bacon was an influential American graphic designer and illustrator renowned for pioneering the "big book" cover style for major 20th-century novels and jazz albums.
  • B. Walter Boyd
    Walter Boyd is a former Jamaican international footballer best known for his prolific goal-scoring and charismatic playing style as a forward in the 1990s and early 2000s.
  • C. Hans Matheson
    Hans Matheson is a Scottish actor known for his roles in period dramas and literary adaptations in film and television.
  • D. John Burningham
    John Burningham was a renowned British author and illustrator of children's books, celebrated for his distinctive, whimsical artwork and storytelling.
  • E. Raymond Greenwood
    Raymond Greenwood is a central character in Fyodor Dostoevsky’s novella "White Nights," portrayed as a lonely, idealistic dreamer whose intense inner life contrasts with his isolation from society.
  • 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: Bill Boyd
Triple: [William Boyd, alsoKnownAs, Bill Boyd]
Generated description
Bill Boyd is the commonly used name for William Boyd, which may refer to several notable individuals including actors, politicians, and other public figures.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Bill Boyd
Target entity description: Bill Boyd is the commonly used name for William Boyd, which may refer to several notable individuals including actors, politicians, and other public figures.
  • A. Paul Bacon
    Paul Bacon was an influential American graphic designer and illustrator renowned for pioneering the "big book" cover style for major 20th-century novels and jazz albums.
  • B. Walter Boyd
    Walter Boyd is a former Jamaican international footballer best known for his prolific goal-scoring and charismatic playing style as a forward in the 1990s and early 2000s.
  • C. Hans Matheson
    Hans Matheson is a Scottish actor known for his roles in period dramas and literary adaptations in film and television.
  • D. John Burningham
    John Burningham was a renowned British author and illustrator of children's books, celebrated for his distinctive, whimsical artwork and storytelling.
  • E. Raymond Greenwood
    Raymond Greenwood is a central character in Fyodor Dostoevsky’s novella "White Nights," portrayed as a lonely, idealistic dreamer whose intense inner life contrasts with his isolation from society.
  • 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_69d1079272c88190b9c44f25e834f9ef completed April 4, 2026, 12:44 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69d1082f41b48190b8588bb986028f59 completed April 4, 2026, 12:46 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69d108bab8c881909748ffbb4b23f4ba completed April 4, 2026, 12:48 p.m.
Created at: March 30, 2026, 7:45 p.m.