Triple

T12794719
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Joel Edgerton E305858 entity
Predicate portrayed P1668 FINISHED
Object John Connolly
John Connolly was a real-life FBI agent in Boston notorious for his corrupt relationship with mobster Whitey Bulger, a story dramatized in the film "Black Mass."
 E1003187 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: John Connolly | Statement: [Joel Edgerton, portrayed, John Connolly]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: John Connolly
Context triple: [Joel Edgerton, portrayed, John Connolly]
  • A. John Connolly
    John Connolly is an Irish author best known for his crime fiction series featuring private detective Charlie Parker.
  • B. Michael Connolly
    Michael Connolly is a relatively common personal name shared by multiple individuals across fields such as politics, sports, and the arts, rather than referring to one singular widely recognized figure.
  • C. Ben Aaronovitch
    Ben Aaronovitch is a British author and screenwriter best known for his urban fantasy "Rivers of London" series, which blends police procedural elements with magic in a contemporary London setting.
  • D. Tim Lebbon
    Tim Lebbon is a British horror and dark fantasy author known for his original novels and film tie-in works, including the story that inspired the film "The Silence."
  • E. Joseph Delaney
    Joseph Delaney was a British author best known for his dark fantasy series "The Wardstone Chronicles," which inspired the film "Seventh Son."
  • 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: John Connolly
Triple: [Joel Edgerton, portrayed, John Connolly]
Generated description
John Connolly was a real-life FBI agent in Boston notorious for his corrupt relationship with mobster Whitey Bulger, a story dramatized in the film "Black Mass."
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: John Connolly
Target entity description: John Connolly was a real-life FBI agent in Boston notorious for his corrupt relationship with mobster Whitey Bulger, a story dramatized in the film "Black Mass."
  • A. John Connolly
    John Connolly is an Irish author best known for his crime fiction series featuring private detective Charlie Parker.
  • B. Michael Connolly
    Michael Connolly is a relatively common personal name shared by multiple individuals across fields such as politics, sports, and the arts, rather than referring to one singular widely recognized figure.
  • C. Ben Aaronovitch
    Ben Aaronovitch is a British author and screenwriter best known for his urban fantasy "Rivers of London" series, which blends police procedural elements with magic in a contemporary London setting.
  • D. Tim Lebbon
    Tim Lebbon is a British horror and dark fantasy author known for his original novels and film tie-in works, including the story that inspired the film "The Silence."
  • E. Joseph Delaney
    Joseph Delaney was a British author best known for his dark fantasy series "The Wardstone Chronicles," which inspired the film "Seventh Son."
  • 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_69d7bdf366888190a8cccb982606889c completed April 9, 2026, 2:55 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69d96e6ca0288190aba01735b71a01da completed April 10, 2026, 9:41 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69f6850ac1808190a9b547d934252d10 completed May 2, 2026, 11:13 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69f689733f748190bca592ab30b4437c completed May 2, 2026, 11:32 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69f68a4cb2c4819083def0a43452470f completed May 2, 2026, 11:35 p.m.
Created at: April 9, 2026, 5:30 p.m.