Triple

T10394956
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject The Men Who Stare at Goats (film) E244986 entity
Predicate mainCharacter P1183 FINISHED
Object Bob Wilton
Bob Wilton is the fictional journalist protagonist of the satirical war comedy film "The Men Who Stare at Goats," whose investigation into a secret U.S. military psychic unit drives the story.
E859530 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: Bob Wilton | Statement: [The Men Who Stare at Goats (film), mainCharacter, Bob Wilton]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Bob Wilton
Context triple: [The Men Who Stare at Goats (film), mainCharacter, Bob Wilton]
  • A. David Puddy
    David Puddy is a deadpan, dim-witted auto mechanic and Elaine Benes’s on-again, off-again boyfriend on the sitcom "Seinfeld," known for his monotone delivery and quirky obsessions.
  • B. Charlie Runkle
    Charlie Runkle is a fictional Hollywood talent agent and the loyal but often hapless best friend of writer Hank Moody on the television series "Californication."
  • C. Paul Benedict
    Paul Benedict was an American character actor best known for his comedic roles on television and in film, including his portrayal of the eccentric English neighbor Harry Bentley on the sitcom "The Jeffersons."
  • D. Edward Shepherd
    Edward Shepherd was an 18th-century British architect known for designing prominent London buildings, including the Covent Garden Theatre.
  • E. Burt Vickerman
    Burt Vickerman is a tough but ultimately supportive gymnastics coach in the 2006 film "Stick It," known for pushing his athletes to challenge the sport’s rigid rules.
  • 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: Bob Wilton
Triple: [The Men Who Stare at Goats (film), mainCharacter, Bob Wilton]
Generated description
Bob Wilton is the fictional journalist protagonist of the satirical war comedy film "The Men Who Stare at Goats," whose investigation into a secret U.S. military psychic unit drives the story.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Bob Wilton
Target entity description: Bob Wilton is the fictional journalist protagonist of the satirical war comedy film "The Men Who Stare at Goats," whose investigation into a secret U.S. military psychic unit drives the story.
  • A. David Puddy
    David Puddy is a deadpan, dim-witted auto mechanic and Elaine Benes’s on-again, off-again boyfriend on the sitcom "Seinfeld," known for his monotone delivery and quirky obsessions.
  • B. Charlie Runkle
    Charlie Runkle is a fictional Hollywood talent agent and the loyal but often hapless best friend of writer Hank Moody on the television series "Californication."
  • C. Paul Benedict
    Paul Benedict was an American character actor best known for his comedic roles on television and in film, including his portrayal of the eccentric English neighbor Harry Bentley on the sitcom "The Jeffersons."
  • D. Edward Shepherd
    Edward Shepherd was an 18th-century British architect known for designing prominent London buildings, including the Covent Garden Theatre.
  • E. Burt Vickerman
    Burt Vickerman is a tough but ultimately supportive gymnastics coach in the 2006 film "Stick It," known for pushing his athletes to challenge the sport’s rigid rules.
  • 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_69d381b5116081908d85227bab6d3c0c completed April 6, 2026, 9:49 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69d4e9ce6bb08190bfeaba98a126526d completed April 7, 2026, 11:26 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69d795c8271c81908a6b67822050c06d completed April 9, 2026, 12:04 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69d7975308648190af421c90bd1200b7 completed April 9, 2026, 12:10 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69d798e6721c81909647d27ce0aa615a completed April 9, 2026, 12:17 p.m.
Created at: April 6, 2026, 12:06 p.m.