Triple

T13934706
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Waiting for Lefty E335087 entity
Predicate notableCharacter P1481 FINISHED
Object Lefty Costello
Lefty Costello is the unseen, titular labor organizer whose fate drives the collective action and emotional climax in Clifford Odets’ play "Waiting for Lefty."
E1070351 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: Lefty Costello | Statement: [Waiting for Lefty, notableCharacter, Lefty Costello]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Lefty Costello
Context triple: [Waiting for Lefty, notableCharacter, Lefty Costello]
  • A. Mac Costello
    Mac Costello is a fictional character, likely a variant or alternate form of a character named Costello, appearing in a narrative or media franchise.
  • B. D.P. Costello
    D.P. Costello is an alias used by English singer-songwriter Elvis Costello, a prominent figure in new wave and punk-influenced rock music.
  • C. Lefty Ruggiero
    Lefty Ruggiero was a real-life New York mobster of the Bonanno crime family, famously portrayed in the film "Donnie Brasco" as the aging hitman who mentors the undercover FBI agent.
  • D. Sam Butera
    Sam Butera was an American tenor saxophonist, bandleader, and key member of Louis Prima’s backing band The Witnesses, known for his energetic jump blues and showmanship.
  • E. Glenn Fitzgerald
    Glenn Fitzgerald is an American actor known for his work in independent films and television dramas, often portraying complex and introspective characters.
  • 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: Lefty Costello
Triple: [Waiting for Lefty, notableCharacter, Lefty Costello]
Generated description
Lefty Costello is the unseen, titular labor organizer whose fate drives the collective action and emotional climax in Clifford Odets’ play "Waiting for Lefty."
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Lefty Costello
Target entity description: Lefty Costello is the unseen, titular labor organizer whose fate drives the collective action and emotional climax in Clifford Odets’ play "Waiting for Lefty."
  • A. Mac Costello
    Mac Costello is a fictional character, likely a variant or alternate form of a character named Costello, appearing in a narrative or media franchise.
  • B. D.P. Costello
    D.P. Costello is an alias used by English singer-songwriter Elvis Costello, a prominent figure in new wave and punk-influenced rock music.
  • C. Lefty Ruggiero
    Lefty Ruggiero was a real-life New York mobster of the Bonanno crime family, famously portrayed in the film "Donnie Brasco" as the aging hitman who mentors the undercover FBI agent.
  • D. Sam Butera
    Sam Butera was an American tenor saxophonist, bandleader, and key member of Louis Prima’s backing band The Witnesses, known for his energetic jump blues and showmanship.
  • E. Glenn Fitzgerald
    Glenn Fitzgerald is an American actor known for his work in independent films and television dramas, often portraying complex and introspective characters.
  • 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_69d81c5f739081908bc05b2461f54828 completed April 9, 2026, 9:38 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69de2cf28df081908d897d7b9ec7939d completed April 14, 2026, 12:02 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69f7ce865ab4819088221189344b3801 completed May 3, 2026, 10:39 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69f9fd5d4abc8190aa10d9f1c9f7f9c9 completed May 5, 2026, 2:23 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69fb14bfa2c081908381bb74f040c6c8 completed May 6, 2026, 10:15 a.m.
Created at: April 9, 2026, 10:17 p.m.