Triple
T1223064
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | The Way We Were |
E26267
|
entity |
| Predicate | starring |
P1507
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Bradford Dillman
Bradford Dillman was an American actor known for his work in film, television, and theater from the 1950s through the 1990s, often portraying complex or authoritative characters.
|
E180066
|
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: Bradford Dillman | Statement: [The Way We Were, starring, Bradford Dillman]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Bradford Dillman Context triple: [The Way We Were, starring, Bradford Dillman]
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A.
Cornel Wilde
Cornel Wilde was a Hungarian-American actor and filmmaker known for his athletic, romantic leading roles in mid-20th-century Hollywood films and later for directing and starring in the survival adventure "The Naked Prey."
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B.
Rock Hudson
Rock Hudson was a popular American film and television actor of the 1950s and 1960s, renowned as a romantic leading man and later noted as one of the first major Hollywood stars whose AIDS-related death brought widespread public attention to the disease.
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C.
Joel McCrea
Joel McCrea was an American film actor best known for his leading roles in classic Hollywood Westerns and comedies from the 1930s through the 1950s.
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D.
Robert Young
Robert Young was an American actor best known for his starring roles in the classic television series "Father Knows Best" and "Marcus Welby, M.D."
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E.
Victor Mature
Victor Mature was an American film actor known for his rugged leading-man roles in 1940s and 1950s Hollywood epics and adventure films.
- 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: Bradford Dillman Triple: [The Way We Were, starring, Bradford Dillman]
Generated description
Bradford Dillman was an American actor known for his work in film, television, and theater from the 1950s through the 1990s, often portraying complex or authoritative characters.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Bradford Dillman Target entity description: Bradford Dillman was an American actor known for his work in film, television, and theater from the 1950s through the 1990s, often portraying complex or authoritative characters.
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A.
Cornel Wilde
Cornel Wilde was a Hungarian-American actor and filmmaker known for his athletic, romantic leading roles in mid-20th-century Hollywood films and later for directing and starring in the survival adventure "The Naked Prey."
-
B.
Rock Hudson
Rock Hudson was a popular American film and television actor of the 1950s and 1960s, renowned as a romantic leading man and later noted as one of the first major Hollywood stars whose AIDS-related death brought widespread public attention to the disease.
-
C.
Joel McCrea
Joel McCrea was an American film actor best known for his leading roles in classic Hollywood Westerns and comedies from the 1930s through the 1950s.
-
D.
Robert Young
Robert Young was an American actor best known for his starring roles in the classic television series "Father Knows Best" and "Marcus Welby, M.D."
-
E.
Victor Mature
Victor Mature was an American film actor known for his rugged leading-man roles in 1940s and 1950s Hollywood epics and adventure films.
- 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_69a49484688c8190a1bf285eb396a8b6 |
completed | March 1, 2026, 7:33 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69a4be21a2bc819094b47580d7c5cdf8 |
completed | March 1, 2026, 10:30 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69ad4682bac88190a25bcc211179296d |
completed | March 8, 2026, 9:50 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69ad46e8dfa081909db19db6c7349456 |
completed | March 8, 2026, 9:52 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69ad472da87c8190a5a6ab9504cb81d8 |
completed | March 8, 2026, 9:53 a.m. |
Created at: March 1, 2026, 7:47 p.m.