Triple

T13551018
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Evil Dead II E323643 entity
Predicate starring P1507 FINISHED
Object Dan Hicks
Dan Hicks was an American character actor best known for his roles in cult horror films, particularly his collaboration with director Sam Raimi in movies like Evil Dead II.
 E1047294 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: Dan Hicks | Statement: [Evil Dead II, starring, Dan Hicks]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Dan Hicks
Context triple: [Evil Dead II, starring, Dan Hicks]
  • A. Dan Hicks
    Dan Hicks was an American singer-songwriter and bandleader best known for blending jazz, country, swing, and folk in his work with the Hot Licks.
  • B. Robert Charles Hunter
    Robert Charles Hunter is known primarily as the former husband of American actress Diane Ladd.
  • C. Chris Smither
    Chris Smither is an American folk and blues singer-songwriter and guitarist known for his intricate fingerpicking style and introspective, lyrically rich songs.
  • D. Chris Hillman
    Chris Hillman is an American musician and songwriter best known as a pioneering member of the Byrds and the Flying Burrito Brothers, helping to shape country rock.
  • E. Gene Clark
    Gene Clark was an American singer-songwriter best known as a founding member of the folk-rock band The Byrds and a key figure in the development of country rock.
  • 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: Dan Hicks
Triple: [Evil Dead II, starring, Dan Hicks]
Generated description
Dan Hicks was an American character actor best known for his roles in cult horror films, particularly his collaboration with director Sam Raimi in movies like Evil Dead II.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Dan Hicks
Target entity description: Dan Hicks was an American character actor best known for his roles in cult horror films, particularly his collaboration with director Sam Raimi in movies like Evil Dead II.
  • A. Dan Hicks
    Dan Hicks was an American singer-songwriter and bandleader best known for blending jazz, country, swing, and folk in his work with the Hot Licks.
  • B. Robert Charles Hunter
    Robert Charles Hunter is known primarily as the former husband of American actress Diane Ladd.
  • C. Chris Smither
    Chris Smither is an American folk and blues singer-songwriter and guitarist known for his intricate fingerpicking style and introspective, lyrically rich songs.
  • D. Chris Hillman
    Chris Hillman is an American musician and songwriter best known as a pioneering member of the Byrds and the Flying Burrito Brothers, helping to shape country rock.
  • E. Gene Clark
    Gene Clark was an American singer-songwriter best known as a founding member of the folk-rock band The Byrds and a key figure in the development of country rock.
  • 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_69d8076776248190bdf0d4fa1f85a5fc completed April 9, 2026, 8:09 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69dbaff0a6548190b8cde5084cef0061 completed April 12, 2026, 2:45 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69f75da4e19c819090d649b60a2dd410 completed May 3, 2026, 2:37 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69f75ec5101081909652b0c0998b36c8 completed May 3, 2026, 2:42 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69f75f4a3b0c81908c0ca0351771953b completed May 3, 2026, 2:44 p.m.
Created at: April 9, 2026, 9:46 p.m.