Triple
T13997819
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | The Mercury Theatre on the Air |
E336746
|
entity |
| Predicate | creator |
P184
|
FINISHED |
| Object | John Houseman |
E33561
|
NE FINISHED |
How this triple was built (2 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 Houseman | Statement: [The Mercury Theatre on the Air, creator, John Houseman]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: John Houseman Context triple: [The Mercury Theatre on the Air, creator, John Houseman]
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A.
John Houseman
chosen
John Houseman was a Romanian-born American actor and influential film and theater producer best known for co-founding the Mercury Theatre with Orson Welles and for his Oscar-winning role in "The Paper Chase."
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B.
Brock Peters
Brock Peters was an American actor renowned for his powerful performances in films such as "To Kill a Mockingbird" and "Star Trek," as well as his distinctive deep voice in voice-over work.
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C.
Jason Robards Sr.
Jason Robards Sr. was an American stage and film actor of the early 20th century, known for his character roles in silent and early sound-era movies and as the father of acclaimed actor Jason Robards Jr.
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D.
Stanley Hoffman
Stanley Hoffman is a notable individual distinguished enough to be recognized as a prominent bearer of the surname Hoffman.
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E.
Rod Steiger
Rod Steiger was an acclaimed American actor known for his intense, method-style performances in films such as "On the Waterfront," "In the Heat of the Night," and "The Pawnbroker."
- F. None of above.
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Provenance (3 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_69d81c645c5c8190b1fd16a285a1b78a |
completed | April 9, 2026, 9:38 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69de2eb68ba88190bfaf10777d607bf3 |
completed | April 14, 2026, 12:10 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69fd192ee1ac81908663ebd2e06784f1 |
completed | May 7, 2026, 10:58 p.m. |
Created at: April 9, 2026, 10:19 p.m.