Triple

T11678644
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Portrait of Jennie E277556 entity
Predicate portraysCharacter P1668 FINISHED
Object Joseph Cotten as Eben Adams
Joseph Cotten as Eben Adams is the central role played by American actor Joseph Cotten, depicting a struggling artist whose life is transformed by a mysterious young girl in the 1948 fantasy romance film "Portrait of Jennie."
E940499 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: Joseph Cotten as Eben Adams | Statement: [Portrait of Jennie, portraysCharacter, Joseph Cotten as Eben Adams]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Joseph Cotten as Eben Adams
Context triple: [Portrait of Jennie, portraysCharacter, Joseph Cotten as Eben Adams]
  • A. Raymond Massey as Adam Trask
    Raymond Massey as Adam Trask refers to the veteran Canadian actor’s portrayal of the stern, morally rigid father in the 1955 film adaptation of John Steinbeck’s novel "East of Eden."
  • B. Bruce Dern as Asa Watts
    Bruce Dern as Asa Watts is the actor’s memorable portrayal of the ruthless cattle thief and primary antagonist in the 1972 Western film "The Cowboys."
  • C. James Cagney as Eddie Bartlett
    James Cagney as Eddie Bartlett is the tough, fast-talking World War I veteran turned Prohibition-era bootlegger and gangster he portrays in the classic crime film "The Roaring Twenties."
  • D. Ralph Banks
    Ralph Banks is a relatively uncommon personal name that may refer to various individuals, including professionals or public figures, rather than a single widely recognized person.
  • E. Eddie Holbrook
    Eddie Holbrook is an American politician who served as a member of the North Carolina Senate and was known for his involvement in state and local government.
  • 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: Joseph Cotten as Eben Adams
Triple: [Portrait of Jennie, portraysCharacter, Joseph Cotten as Eben Adams]
Generated description
Joseph Cotten as Eben Adams is the central role played by American actor Joseph Cotten, depicting a struggling artist whose life is transformed by a mysterious young girl in the 1948 fantasy romance film "Portrait of Jennie."
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Joseph Cotten as Eben Adams
Target entity description: Joseph Cotten as Eben Adams is the central role played by American actor Joseph Cotten, depicting a struggling artist whose life is transformed by a mysterious young girl in the 1948 fantasy romance film "Portrait of Jennie."
  • A. Raymond Massey as Adam Trask
    Raymond Massey as Adam Trask refers to the veteran Canadian actor’s portrayal of the stern, morally rigid father in the 1955 film adaptation of John Steinbeck’s novel "East of Eden."
  • B. Bruce Dern as Asa Watts
    Bruce Dern as Asa Watts is the actor’s memorable portrayal of the ruthless cattle thief and primary antagonist in the 1972 Western film "The Cowboys."
  • C. James Cagney as Eddie Bartlett
    James Cagney as Eddie Bartlett is the tough, fast-talking World War I veteran turned Prohibition-era bootlegger and gangster he portrays in the classic crime film "The Roaring Twenties."
  • D. Ralph Banks
    Ralph Banks is a relatively uncommon personal name that may refer to various individuals, including professionals or public figures, rather than a single widely recognized person.
  • E. Eddie Holbrook
    Eddie Holbrook is an American politician who served as a member of the North Carolina Senate and was known for his involvement in state and local government.
  • 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_69d6aafd0a448190b44da30af8c6c519 completed April 8, 2026, 7:22 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69d8a46000a48190888ad1a6ade052e3 completed April 10, 2026, 7:18 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69ef14007dd08190b60640be9949ca26 completed April 27, 2026, 7:45 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69ef35527f908190b681afdae3aec319 completed April 27, 2026, 10:07 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69ef51ec07ec8190b5cd97cf909388f0 completed April 27, 2026, 12:09 p.m.
Created at: April 8, 2026, 9:40 p.m.