Triple

T10310810
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Van Heflin E241883 entity
Predicate birthName P65 FINISHED
Object Emmett Evan Heflin Jr.
Emmett Evan Heflin Jr., better known as Van Heflin, was an American actor acclaimed for his versatile performances in classic Hollywood films such as "Johnny Eager" and "Shane."
E855671 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: Emmett Evan Heflin Jr. | Statement: [Van Heflin, birthName, Emmett Evan Heflin Jr.]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Emmett Evan Heflin Jr.
Context triple: [Van Heflin, birthName, Emmett Evan Heflin Jr.]
  • A. John Hemphill
    John Hemphill is an American stage actor known for performing in the U.S. national tour of the musical "The Book of Mormon," where he portrayed the character Larry Murphy.
  • B. Jeremy Phillip Felton
    Jeremy Phillip Felton, better known by his stage name Jeremih, is an American R&B singer, songwriter, and producer recognized for hits like "Birthday Sex" and "Down on Me."
  • C. Aaron Elvis Mullen
    Aaron Elvis Mullen is the son of U2 drummer Larry Mullen Jr.
  • D. Robert Lee Huff
    Robert Lee Huff, better known as Sam Huff, was a Hall of Fame American football linebacker who starred for the New York Giants and Washington Redskins in the 1950s and 1960s.
  • E. Shaffer Smith
    Shaffer Smith, better known by his stage name Ne-Yo, is an American singer, songwriter, and record producer renowned for crafting numerous R&B and pop hits for himself and other artists.
  • 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: Emmett Evan Heflin Jr.
Triple: [Van Heflin, birthName, Emmett Evan Heflin Jr.]
Generated description
Emmett Evan Heflin Jr., better known as Van Heflin, was an American actor acclaimed for his versatile performances in classic Hollywood films such as "Johnny Eager" and "Shane."
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Emmett Evan Heflin Jr.
Target entity description: Emmett Evan Heflin Jr., better known as Van Heflin, was an American actor acclaimed for his versatile performances in classic Hollywood films such as "Johnny Eager" and "Shane."
  • A. John Hemphill
    John Hemphill is an American stage actor known for performing in the U.S. national tour of the musical "The Book of Mormon," where he portrayed the character Larry Murphy.
  • B. Jeremy Phillip Felton
    Jeremy Phillip Felton, better known by his stage name Jeremih, is an American R&B singer, songwriter, and producer recognized for hits like "Birthday Sex" and "Down on Me."
  • C. Aaron Elvis Mullen
    Aaron Elvis Mullen is the son of U2 drummer Larry Mullen Jr.
  • D. Robert Lee Huff
    Robert Lee Huff, better known as Sam Huff, was a Hall of Fame American football linebacker who starred for the New York Giants and Washington Redskins in the 1950s and 1960s.
  • E. Shaffer Smith
    Shaffer Smith, better known by his stage name Ne-Yo, is an American singer, songwriter, and record producer renowned for crafting numerous R&B and pop hits for himself and other artists.
  • 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_69d381ac38808190a8ca7457c85b625b completed April 6, 2026, 9:49 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69d4d32ac6c08190b23eb042b3ec284a completed April 7, 2026, 9:49 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69d71d78ece88190885768c979b038df completed April 9, 2026, 3:31 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69d73186831481909555e2205d8783a7 completed April 9, 2026, 4:56 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69d732bfc76c819089287477b54a7b77 completed April 9, 2026, 5:01 a.m.
Created at: April 6, 2026, 11:47 a.m.