Triple

T10512631
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Popeye (1980 film) E247952 entity
Predicate starring P1507 FINISHED
Object Paul L. Smith
Paul L. Smith was an American character actor known for his imposing build and villainous roles in films such as "Popeye," "Midnight Express," and "Dune."
 E870842 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: Paul L. Smith | Statement: [Popeye (1980 film), starring, Paul L. Smith]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Paul L. Smith
Context triple: [Popeye (1980 film), starring, Paul L. Smith]
  • A. Paul J. Smith
    Paul J. Smith was an American composer and arranger best known for his extensive work on Walt Disney animated films and shorts in the mid-20th century.
  • B. J. Duncan Smith
    J. Duncan Smith is an American media executive and businessman, known as one of the sons of television broadcasting pioneer Julian Sinclair Smith.
  • C. Robert Paul Smith
    Robert Paul Smith was an American author and playwright best known for his humorous novels and plays, including the work that inspired the romantic comedy "The Tender Trap."
  • D. Philip Smith
    Philip Smith is a member of the family of Jeffrey Lurie, the owner of the NFL’s Philadelphia Eagles.
  • E. Scott Marshall Smith
    Scott Marshall Smith was an American screenwriter best known for writing the thriller film "The Score" starring Robert De Niro, Edward Norton, and Marlon Brando.
  • 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: Paul L. Smith
Triple: [Popeye (1980 film), starring, Paul L. Smith]
Generated description
Paul L. Smith was an American character actor known for his imposing build and villainous roles in films such as "Popeye," "Midnight Express," and "Dune."
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Paul L. Smith
Target entity description: Paul L. Smith was an American character actor known for his imposing build and villainous roles in films such as "Popeye," "Midnight Express," and "Dune."
  • A. Paul J. Smith
    Paul J. Smith was an American composer and arranger best known for his extensive work on Walt Disney animated films and shorts in the mid-20th century.
  • B. J. Duncan Smith
    J. Duncan Smith is an American media executive and businessman, known as one of the sons of television broadcasting pioneer Julian Sinclair Smith.
  • C. Robert Paul Smith
    Robert Paul Smith was an American author and playwright best known for his humorous novels and plays, including the work that inspired the romantic comedy "The Tender Trap."
  • D. Philip Smith
    Philip Smith is a member of the family of Jeffrey Lurie, the owner of the NFL’s Philadelphia Eagles.
  • E. Scott Marshall Smith
    Scott Marshall Smith was an American screenwriter best known for writing the thriller film "The Score" starring Robert De Niro, Edward Norton, and Marlon Brando.
  • 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_69d381c4aa948190942e1d803143fb0e completed April 6, 2026, 9:49 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69d509ca214481909b3ed9265e7a6704 completed April 7, 2026, 1:42 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69d933e4ae048190be51a02c571fab8b completed April 10, 2026, 5:31 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69d93802a4488190aa86ae209650d4e7 completed April 10, 2026, 5:48 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69d938fcc3c48190a4acaaf75c1aa304 completed April 10, 2026, 5:53 p.m.
Created at: April 6, 2026, 12:27 p.m.