Triple

T10395229
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject The Snowman (2017 film) E244991 entity
Predicate castMember P1668 FINISHED
Object Ronan Vibert
Ronan Vibert was a British character actor known for his work in film and television, including roles in period dramas and crime thrillers.
E861595 NE FINISHED

Named-entity recognition

Before disambiguation, gpt-5-mini classified whether the object phrase is a named entity — the step behind the object's NE type shown above.

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: Ronan Vibert | Statement: [The Snowman (2017 film), castMember, Ronan Vibert]

Disambiguation candidates (2 decisions)

The exact options the model was shown at each disambiguation step, with the option it chose highlighted — the evidence behind this triple's disambiguated ids.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Ronan Vibert
Context triple: [The Snowman (2017 film), castMember, Ronan Vibert]
  • A. Nicholas Garrigan
    Nicholas Garrigan is the fictional young Scottish doctor who becomes the personal physician and increasingly conflicted confidant of Ugandan dictator Idi Amin in the film and novel "The Last King of Scotland."
  • B. Ronan Barrow
    Ronan Barrow is a performer who appeared as a cast member on the comedic courtroom-style television series "Lewis Black's Root of All Evil."
  • C. Dorian Crozier
    Dorian Crozier is a music producer and drummer known for his studio work and collaborations with various rock and pop artists.
  • D. Julian Ozanne
    Julian Ozanne is a British film director and producer known for his documentary work and for his former marriage to actress Gillian Anderson.
  • E. Dominic Casserley
    Dominic Casserley is a British business executive best known for leading the global insurance brokerage and risk management firm Willis Group Holdings as its chief executive officer.
  • F. None of above. chosen
  • G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Ronan Vibert
Target entity description: Ronan Vibert was a British character actor known for his work in film and television, including roles in period dramas and crime thrillers.
  • A. Nicholas Garrigan
    Nicholas Garrigan is the fictional young Scottish doctor who becomes the personal physician and increasingly conflicted confidant of Ugandan dictator Idi Amin in the film and novel "The Last King of Scotland."
  • B. Ronan Barrow
    Ronan Barrow is a performer who appeared as a cast member on the comedic courtroom-style television series "Lewis Black's Root of All Evil."
  • C. Dorian Crozier
    Dorian Crozier is a music producer and drummer known for his studio work and collaborations with various rock and pop artists.
  • D. Julian Ozanne
    Julian Ozanne is a British film director and producer known for his documentary work and for his former marriage to actress Gillian Anderson.
  • E. Dominic Casserley
    Dominic Casserley is a British business executive best known for leading the global insurance brokerage and risk management firm Willis Group Holdings as its chief executive officer.
  • F. None of above. chosen

How the object was described

The object's one-sentence description was generated by prompting gpt-5.1 with the object name and this triple as context.

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: Ronan Vibert
Triple: [The Snowman (2017 film), castMember, Ronan Vibert]
Generated description
Ronan Vibert was a British character actor known for his work in film and television, including roles in period dramas and crime thrillers.

Provenance (5 batches)

Stage Batch ID Job type Status
creating batch_69d381b5116081908d85227bab6d3c0c elicitation completed
NER batch_69d4e9ce6bb08190bfeaba98a126526d ner completed
NED1 batch_69d7fbbad25081908712601404734988 ned_source_triple completed
NED2 batch_69d859cc1aac8190ab232bb4e4e4fac1 ned_description completed
NEDg batch_69d822d303888190aa556287b3b1cc03 nedg completed
Created at: April 6, 2026, 12:06 p.m.