Triple

T10658863
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Brian Donlevy E251168 entity
Predicate portrayed P1668 FINISHED
Object Sergeant Markoff in "Beau Geste"
Sergeant Markoff in "Beau Geste" is the brutal and sadistic French Foreign Legion sergeant who tyrannizes the Geste brothers and their comrades in the classic adventure story.
 E877651 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: Sergeant Markoff in "Beau Geste" | Statement: [Brian Donlevy, portrayed, Sergeant Markoff in "Beau Geste"]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Sergeant Markoff in "Beau Geste"
Context triple: [Brian Donlevy, portrayed, Sergeant Markoff in "Beau Geste"]
  • A. Sergeant Kinnie in Battleground
    Sergeant Kinnie in *Battleground* is the tough yet compassionate squad leader portrayed by James Whitmore in the 1949 World War II film about the Battle of the Bulge.
  • B. the Sergeant
    The Sergeant is the hardened, battle-weary infantry leader at the center of the World War II film "The Big Red One," portrayed by Lee Marvin.
  • C. Serge
    Serge is a masculine given name of French origin, commonly used in Francophone countries and derived from the Latin name Sergius.
  • D. Sergeant Calhoun
    Sergeant Calhoun is a tough, battle-hardened space marine and the heroic commander from the in-game world of "Hero's Duty" in Disney's animated film *Wreck-It Ralph*.
  • E. Colonel Osborne
    Colonel Osborne is a central character in Anthony Trollope's novel "He Knew He Was Right," known for his flirtatious behavior and the jealousy and marital discord his actions help provoke.
  • 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: Sergeant Markoff in "Beau Geste"
Triple: [Brian Donlevy, portrayed, Sergeant Markoff in "Beau Geste"]
Generated description
Sergeant Markoff in "Beau Geste" is the brutal and sadistic French Foreign Legion sergeant who tyrannizes the Geste brothers and their comrades in the classic adventure story.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Sergeant Markoff in "Beau Geste"
Target entity description: Sergeant Markoff in "Beau Geste" is the brutal and sadistic French Foreign Legion sergeant who tyrannizes the Geste brothers and their comrades in the classic adventure story.
  • A. Sergeant Kinnie in Battleground
    Sergeant Kinnie in *Battleground* is the tough yet compassionate squad leader portrayed by James Whitmore in the 1949 World War II film about the Battle of the Bulge.
  • B. the Sergeant
    The Sergeant is the hardened, battle-weary infantry leader at the center of the World War II film "The Big Red One," portrayed by Lee Marvin.
  • C. Serge
    Serge is a masculine given name of French origin, commonly used in Francophone countries and derived from the Latin name Sergius.
  • D. Sergeant Calhoun
    Sergeant Calhoun is a tough, battle-hardened space marine and the heroic commander from the in-game world of "Hero's Duty" in Disney's animated film *Wreck-It Ralph*.
  • E. Colonel Osborne
    Colonel Osborne is a central character in Anthony Trollope's novel "He Knew He Was Right," known for his flirtatious behavior and the jealousy and marital discord his actions help provoke.
  • 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_69d6aa5b0d2881909584b20efc5877f0 completed April 8, 2026, 7:19 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69d6e01643a88190abc7c16fd0f85e53 completed April 8, 2026, 11:09 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69d97a8375bc8190a79c09ba2626ce50 completed April 10, 2026, 10:32 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69d97e7330cc81908d7e35cbba5b5b0e completed April 10, 2026, 10:49 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69d97ef8d90c81909a2bc3adbb1f05bf completed April 10, 2026, 10:51 p.m.
Created at: April 8, 2026, 9:07 p.m.