Triple
T1224131
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | A Guy Named Joe |
E26287
|
entity |
| Predicate | castMember |
P1668
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Van Johnson
Van Johnson was a popular American film and television actor of the 1940s and 1950s, known for his boy-next-door charm and roles in wartime dramas and musicals.
|
E182115
|
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: Van Johnson | Statement: [A Guy Named Joe, castMember, Van Johnson]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Van Johnson Context triple: [A Guy Named Joe, castMember, Van Johnson]
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A.
Stuart Erwin
Stuart Erwin was an American actor known for his work in early 20th-century film, radio, and television, often portraying affable, comedic everyman characters.
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B.
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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C.
Edward O'Hare
Edward O'Hare was a famed U.S. Navy fighter pilot and World War II flying ace who became the first naval aviator to receive the Medal of Honor.
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D.
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.
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E.
Dick Powell
Dick Powell was an American actor, singer, and later film director and producer, known for his transition from light musical roles to hard-boiled film noir leads in the 1930s and 1940s.
- 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: Van Johnson Triple: [A Guy Named Joe, castMember, Van Johnson]
Generated description
Van Johnson was a popular American film and television actor of the 1940s and 1950s, known for his boy-next-door charm and roles in wartime dramas and musicals.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Van Johnson Target entity description: Van Johnson was a popular American film and television actor of the 1940s and 1950s, known for his boy-next-door charm and roles in wartime dramas and musicals.
-
A.
Stuart Erwin
Stuart Erwin was an American actor known for his work in early 20th-century film, radio, and television, often portraying affable, comedic everyman characters.
-
B.
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.
-
C.
Edward O'Hare
Edward O'Hare was a famed U.S. Navy fighter pilot and World War II flying ace who became the first naval aviator to receive the Medal of Honor.
-
D.
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.
-
E.
Dick Powell
Dick Powell was an American actor, singer, and later film director and producer, known for his transition from light musical roles to hard-boiled film noir leads in the 1930s and 1940s.
- 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_69a4be233fd88190996faf4105c0b8d7 |
completed | March 1, 2026, 10:30 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69ad51996dc08190afecb40095e3d3e2 |
completed | March 8, 2026, 10:38 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69ad521ac9a88190978b9ed3e3d14d98 |
completed | March 8, 2026, 10:40 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69ad52bfdbec81908f7240c46ce11888 |
completed | March 8, 2026, 10:43 a.m. |
Created at: March 1, 2026, 7:47 p.m.