Triple

T1158701
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject The Night of the Generals E24443 entity
Predicate starring P1507 FINISHED
Object Donald Pleasence
Donald Pleasence was an English character actor renowned for his intense performances in film and television, including iconic roles in the "Halloween" series and "The Great Escape."
E144534 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: Donald Pleasence | Statement: [The Night of the Generals, starring, Donald Pleasence]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Donald Pleasence
Context triple: [The Night of the Generals, starring, Donald Pleasence]
  • A. Peter D. Graves
    Peter D. Graves is a film producer best known for his work on major Hollywood action and science fiction movies, including Terminator Salvation.
  • B. Yaphet Kotto
    Yaphet Kotto was an American actor best known for his powerful performances in films like Alien and Midnight Run and the TV series Homicide: Life on the Street.
  • C. Christopher Walken
    Christopher Walken is an American actor known for his distinctive voice, eccentric screen presence, and memorable roles in films such as "The Deer Hunter," "Pulp Fiction," and "Catch Me If You Can."
  • D. Rip Torn
    Rip Torn was an American actor known for his intense, often darkly comic performances in film, television, and theater, including roles in projects like "The Larry Sanders Show" and "Men in Black."
  • E. Sterling Hayden
    Sterling Hayden was an American actor and World War II hero known for his rugged film roles and his clandestine service as a Marine and OSS operative.
  • 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: Donald Pleasence
Triple: [The Night of the Generals, starring, Donald Pleasence]
Generated description
Donald Pleasence was an English character actor renowned for his intense performances in film and television, including iconic roles in the "Halloween" series and "The Great Escape."
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Donald Pleasence
Target entity description: Donald Pleasence was an English character actor renowned for his intense performances in film and television, including iconic roles in the "Halloween" series and "The Great Escape."
  • A. Peter D. Graves
    Peter D. Graves is a film producer best known for his work on major Hollywood action and science fiction movies, including Terminator Salvation.
  • B. Yaphet Kotto
    Yaphet Kotto was an American actor best known for his powerful performances in films like Alien and Midnight Run and the TV series Homicide: Life on the Street.
  • C. Christopher Walken
    Christopher Walken is an American actor known for his distinctive voice, eccentric screen presence, and memorable roles in films such as "The Deer Hunter," "Pulp Fiction," and "Catch Me If You Can."
  • D. Rip Torn
    Rip Torn was an American actor known for his intense, often darkly comic performances in film, television, and theater, including roles in projects like "The Larry Sanders Show" and "Men in Black."
  • E. Sterling Hayden
    Sterling Hayden was an American actor and World War II hero known for his rugged film roles and his clandestine service as a Marine and OSS operative.
  • 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_69a494060e148190abb42f971242c197 completed March 1, 2026, 7:31 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69a4bcad47a08190895769611798f67f completed March 1, 2026, 10:24 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69ac99730c408190a705ca67a6724778 completed March 7, 2026, 9:32 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69ac9a13e9548190ae1fbfeba3326cd5 completed March 7, 2026, 9:35 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69ac9a96d4f081908e608a3f247bbfb2 completed March 7, 2026, 9:37 p.m.
Created at: March 1, 2026, 7:45 p.m.