Triple
T11583995
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Clerks |
E274703
|
entity |
| Predicate | mainCharacter |
P1183
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Dante Hicks
Dante Hicks is a beleaguered convenience store clerk and the central everyman protagonist of Kevin Smith’s film "Clerks."
|
E934865
|
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: Dante Hicks | Statement: [Clerks, mainCharacter, Dante Hicks]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Dante Hicks Context triple: [Clerks, mainCharacter, Dante Hicks]
-
A.
Ezekiel Cobb
Ezekiel Cobb is the naive small-town protagonist of the 1912 novel "The Cat's-Paw," whose unwitting involvement in big-city politics drives the story's satirical plot.
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B.
Alex Datcher
Alex Datcher is an American actress best known for her role as a flight attendant alongside Wesley Snipes in the 1992 action film "Passenger 57."
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C.
Barrett Deems
Barrett Deems was an American jazz drummer best known for his high-energy playing and for performing with Louis Armstrong’s All-Stars in the 1950s.
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D.
Tim DuBois
Tim DuBois is an American music executive and songwriter best known for his influential role in shaping modern country music and developing major artists in Nashville.
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E.
Jack Deerson
Jack Deerson is a cinematographer best known for his work on the 1971 road movie "Two-Lane Blacktop."
- 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: Dante Hicks Triple: [Clerks, mainCharacter, Dante Hicks]
Generated description
Dante Hicks is a beleaguered convenience store clerk and the central everyman protagonist of Kevin Smith’s film "Clerks."
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Dante Hicks Target entity description: Dante Hicks is a beleaguered convenience store clerk and the central everyman protagonist of Kevin Smith’s film "Clerks."
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A.
Ezekiel Cobb
Ezekiel Cobb is the naive small-town protagonist of the 1912 novel "The Cat's-Paw," whose unwitting involvement in big-city politics drives the story's satirical plot.
-
B.
Alex Datcher
Alex Datcher is an American actress best known for her role as a flight attendant alongside Wesley Snipes in the 1992 action film "Passenger 57."
-
C.
Barrett Deems
Barrett Deems was an American jazz drummer best known for his high-energy playing and for performing with Louis Armstrong’s All-Stars in the 1950s.
-
D.
Tim DuBois
Tim DuBois is an American music executive and songwriter best known for his influential role in shaping modern country music and developing major artists in Nashville.
-
E.
Jack Deerson
Jack Deerson is a cinematographer best known for his work on the 1971 road movie "Two-Lane Blacktop."
- 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_69d6aae6b14c81908dc5a74bad7591f9 |
completed | April 8, 2026, 7:22 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69d8904db5748190ae5f10ae86ccdf46 |
completed | April 10, 2026, 5:53 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69e7142d442c8190a48372e0e17db517 |
completed | April 21, 2026, 6:07 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69e720fb192881909c129f93c8b88f42 |
completed | April 21, 2026, 7:02 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69e7233efb6c81909dbf1aef080f5598 |
completed | April 21, 2026, 7:11 a.m. |
Created at: April 8, 2026, 9:38 p.m.