Triple

T11465803
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject The Squid and the Whale E271775 entity
Predicate character P662 FINISHED
Object Walt Berkman
Walt Berkman is a sensitive, adolescent boy in the film "The Squid and the Whale" who struggles to navigate his parents’ bitter divorce and his own emerging identity.
E927985 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: Walt Berkman | Statement: [The Squid and the Whale, character, Walt Berkman]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Walt Berkman
Context triple: [The Squid and the Whale, character, Walt Berkman]
  • A. Jack A. Marta
    Jack A. Marta was an American cinematographer known for his extensive work on Westerns and numerous films and television productions throughout the mid-20th century.
  • B. Jon Lieber
    Jon Lieber is a former Major League Baseball right-handed starting pitcher best known for his stints with teams like the Chicago Cubs and New York Yankees during the 1990s and 2000s.
  • C. Stu Bergman
    Stu Bergman is a central, long-running character from the classic American daytime soap opera "Search for Tomorrow," known for his role in the show's core family and dramatic storylines.
  • D. Will Greenberg
    Will Greenberg is an American actor and comedian known for his television roles in various comedy series.
  • E. Ed Kranepool
    Ed Kranepool is a former Major League Baseball first baseman and outfielder best known for his long tenure with the New York Mets, including his role on their 1969 World Series championship team.
  • 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: Walt Berkman
Triple: [The Squid and the Whale, character, Walt Berkman]
Generated description
Walt Berkman is a sensitive, adolescent boy in the film "The Squid and the Whale" who struggles to navigate his parents’ bitter divorce and his own emerging identity.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Walt Berkman
Target entity description: Walt Berkman is a sensitive, adolescent boy in the film "The Squid and the Whale" who struggles to navigate his parents’ bitter divorce and his own emerging identity.
  • A. Jack A. Marta
    Jack A. Marta was an American cinematographer known for his extensive work on Westerns and numerous films and television productions throughout the mid-20th century.
  • B. Jon Lieber
    Jon Lieber is a former Major League Baseball right-handed starting pitcher best known for his stints with teams like the Chicago Cubs and New York Yankees during the 1990s and 2000s.
  • C. Stu Bergman
    Stu Bergman is a central, long-running character from the classic American daytime soap opera "Search for Tomorrow," known for his role in the show's core family and dramatic storylines.
  • D. Will Greenberg
    Will Greenberg is an American actor and comedian known for his television roles in various comedy series.
  • E. Ed Kranepool
    Ed Kranepool is a former Major League Baseball first baseman and outfielder best known for his long tenure with the New York Mets, including his role on their 1969 World Series championship team.
  • 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_69d6aae0c8d881908a5a360c0be3242e completed April 8, 2026, 7:22 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69d822f5eb988190b309b8e309f6d1a5 completed April 9, 2026, 10:06 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69e5e9377ff4819096971a77e0181eaf completed April 20, 2026, 8:52 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69e5f1593c2c8190885f80ad5eeba3ec completed April 20, 2026, 9:26 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69e5f87bbd988190ac388a3c34b2e95a completed April 20, 2026, 9:57 a.m.
Created at: April 8, 2026, 9:35 p.m.