Triple
T1180993
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | The Beaver |
E25135
|
entity |
| Predicate | characterPortrayedBy |
P1507
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Walter Black; Mel Gibson
Walter Black, portrayed by Mel Gibson in the film "The Beaver," is a deeply depressed toy company executive who begins communicating through a beaver hand puppet as a coping mechanism.
|
E134611
|
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: Walter Black; Mel Gibson | Statement: [The Beaver, characterPortrayedBy, Walter Black; Mel Gibson]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Walter Black; Mel Gibson Context triple: [The Beaver, characterPortrayedBy, Walter Black; Mel Gibson]
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A.
Timothy Black
Timothy Black is a relatively obscure individual whose specific public notability is not clearly established from the given information.
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B.
Allan Black
Allan Black is a notable individual distinguished enough in his field or public life to be specifically recognized by the surname Black.
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C.
Walter
Walter is a masculine given name of Germanic origin that has been widely used in English-speaking countries.
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D.
Galen Black
Galen Black was one of the respondents in the landmark U.S. Supreme Court case Employment Division v. Smith, which addressed the limits of religious freedom protections under the First Amendment.
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E.
William Cage
William Cage is the protagonist of the science fiction film "Edge of Tomorrow," a military public relations officer who becomes caught in a time loop while fighting an alien invasion.
- 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: Walter Black; Mel Gibson Triple: [The Beaver, characterPortrayedBy, Walter Black; Mel Gibson]
Generated description
Walter Black, portrayed by Mel Gibson in the film "The Beaver," is a deeply depressed toy company executive who begins communicating through a beaver hand puppet as a coping mechanism.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Walter Black; Mel Gibson Target entity description: Walter Black, portrayed by Mel Gibson in the film "The Beaver," is a deeply depressed toy company executive who begins communicating through a beaver hand puppet as a coping mechanism.
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A.
Timothy Black
Timothy Black is a relatively obscure individual whose specific public notability is not clearly established from the given information.
-
B.
Allan Black
Allan Black is a notable individual distinguished enough in his field or public life to be specifically recognized by the surname Black.
-
C.
Walter
Walter is a masculine given name of Germanic origin that has been widely used in English-speaking countries.
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D.
Galen Black
Galen Black was one of the respondents in the landmark U.S. Supreme Court case Employment Division v. Smith, which addressed the limits of religious freedom protections under the First Amendment.
-
E.
William Cage
William Cage is the protagonist of the science fiction film "Edge of Tomorrow," a military public relations officer who becomes caught in a time loop while fighting an alien invasion.
- 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_69a494267b4c819088c97a59182bf56a |
completed | March 1, 2026, 7:31 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69a4bd32c5f48190b4e2d39fa052cbb7 |
completed | March 1, 2026, 10:26 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69ac6f1f1c188190a96f5718c4e7d59d |
completed | March 7, 2026, 6:31 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69ac6f9c0da48190b8d5615ba582366c |
completed | March 7, 2026, 6:34 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69ac7009b52c8190a6f6962cf60de92d |
completed | March 7, 2026, 6:35 p.m. |
Created at: March 1, 2026, 7:45 p.m.