Triple
T9392305
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Edgar Buchanan |
E226053
|
entity |
| Predicate | birthName |
P65
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
William Edgar Buchanan
William Edgar Buchanan was an American character actor best known for his roles in classic television series such as "Petticoat Junction," "Green Acres," and "The Beverly Hillbillies."
|
E796263
|
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 Edgar Buchanan | Statement: [Edgar Buchanan, birthName, William Edgar Buchanan]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: William Edgar Buchanan Context triple: [Edgar Buchanan, birthName, William Edgar Buchanan]
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A.
James McGill Buchanan Jr.
James McGill Buchanan Jr. was an American economist and Nobel laureate best known for developing public choice theory, which applies economic principles to political decision-making.
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B.
John Scott Harrison
John Scott Harrison was a 19th-century American politician and farmer from Ohio, notable as the son of President William Henry Harrison and the father of President Benjamin Harrison.
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C.
James Buchanan Johnston
James Buchanan Johnston was the adopted son and ward of Harriet Lane, the niece and de facto First Lady of U.S. President James Buchanan.
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D.
James Buchanan
James Buchanan was the 15th president of the United States, whose ineffective leadership in the years just before the Civil War is widely criticized by historians.
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E.
James Knox Taylor
James Knox Taylor was an American architect who served as Supervising Architect of the U.S. Treasury, overseeing the design of numerous prominent federal buildings in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
- 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 Edgar Buchanan Triple: [Edgar Buchanan, birthName, William Edgar Buchanan]
Generated description
William Edgar Buchanan was an American character actor best known for his roles in classic television series such as "Petticoat Junction," "Green Acres," and "The Beverly Hillbillies."
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: William Edgar Buchanan Target entity description: William Edgar Buchanan was an American character actor best known for his roles in classic television series such as "Petticoat Junction," "Green Acres," and "The Beverly Hillbillies."
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A.
James McGill Buchanan Jr.
James McGill Buchanan Jr. was an American economist and Nobel laureate best known for developing public choice theory, which applies economic principles to political decision-making.
-
B.
John Scott Harrison
John Scott Harrison was a 19th-century American politician and farmer from Ohio, notable as the son of President William Henry Harrison and the father of President Benjamin Harrison.
-
C.
James Buchanan Johnston
James Buchanan Johnston was the adopted son and ward of Harriet Lane, the niece and de facto First Lady of U.S. President James Buchanan.
-
D.
James Buchanan
James Buchanan was the 15th president of the United States, whose ineffective leadership in the years just before the Civil War is widely criticized by historians.
-
E.
James Knox Taylor
James Knox Taylor was an American architect who served as Supervising Architect of the U.S. Treasury, overseeing the design of numerous prominent federal buildings in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
- 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_69d1010169d88190a7267615a9196d4b |
completed | April 4, 2026, 12:16 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69d1024817f88190973d30bcbf0db228 |
completed | April 4, 2026, 12:21 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69d102b154f88190b13868ce5df59510 |
completed | April 4, 2026, 12:23 p.m. |
Created at: March 30, 2026, 7:45 p.m.