Triple

T10845067
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject What Lies Beneath E255988 entity
Predicate mainCharacter P1183 FINISHED
Object Dr. Norman Spencer
Dr. Norman Spencer is a seemingly successful and charming scientist whose dark secrets and hidden guilt drive the psychological horror at the center of the film "What Lies Beneath."
E889583 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: Dr. Norman Spencer | Statement: [What Lies Beneath, mainCharacter, Dr. Norman Spencer]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Dr. Norman Spencer
Context triple: [What Lies Beneath, mainCharacter, Dr. Norman Spencer]
  • A. Dr. Harry Weston
    Dr. Harry Weston is the widowed pediatrician and central character on the sitcom "Empty Nest," known for his warm but often bemused interactions with his adult daughters and coworkers.
  • B. Dr. Walter Curnow
    Dr. Walter Curnow is a fictional engineer and spacecraft designer who plays a central role in the science fiction film "2010: The Year We Make Contact," the sequel to "2001: A Space Odyssey."
  • C. Dr. William Weir
    Dr. William Weir is a central character in the science fiction horror film "Event Horizon," portrayed as the troubled designer of the ill-fated experimental starship whose return from a mysterious journey triggers the movie’s terrifying events.
  • D. Dr. Robert Hartley
    Dr. Robert Hartley is the mild-mannered Chicago psychologist and central comedic figure portrayed by Bob Newhart on the classic sitcom "The Bob Newhart Show."
  • E. Donald A. Gillies
    Donald A. Gillies was a British philosopher of science and logician known for his work on probability theory, scientific methodology, and the philosophy of mathematics.
  • 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: Dr. Norman Spencer
Triple: [What Lies Beneath, mainCharacter, Dr. Norman Spencer]
Generated description
Dr. Norman Spencer is a seemingly successful and charming scientist whose dark secrets and hidden guilt drive the psychological horror at the center of the film "What Lies Beneath."
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Dr. Norman Spencer
Target entity description: Dr. Norman Spencer is a seemingly successful and charming scientist whose dark secrets and hidden guilt drive the psychological horror at the center of the film "What Lies Beneath."
  • A. Dr. Harry Weston
    Dr. Harry Weston is the widowed pediatrician and central character on the sitcom "Empty Nest," known for his warm but often bemused interactions with his adult daughters and coworkers.
  • B. Dr. Walter Curnow
    Dr. Walter Curnow is a fictional engineer and spacecraft designer who plays a central role in the science fiction film "2010: The Year We Make Contact," the sequel to "2001: A Space Odyssey."
  • C. Dr. William Weir
    Dr. William Weir is a central character in the science fiction horror film "Event Horizon," portrayed as the troubled designer of the ill-fated experimental starship whose return from a mysterious journey triggers the movie’s terrifying events.
  • D. Dr. Robert Hartley
    Dr. Robert Hartley is the mild-mannered Chicago psychologist and central comedic figure portrayed by Bob Newhart on the classic sitcom "The Bob Newhart Show."
  • E. Donald A. Gillies
    Donald A. Gillies was a British philosopher of science and logician known for his work on probability theory, scientific methodology, and the philosophy of mathematics.
  • 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_69d6aa81a5d08190aa86689061d1ddd2 completed April 8, 2026, 7:20 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69d750d0155c81908fb55ba6b45db800 completed April 9, 2026, 7:10 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69deb162d718819081fbc3a082672b4f completed April 14, 2026, 9:28 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69dec255abb08190bf93573c41aa35e9 completed April 14, 2026, 10:40 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69dec7c48c3c81909365b901830f0906 completed April 14, 2026, 11:03 p.m.
Created at: April 8, 2026, 9:19 p.m.