Triple
T1416447
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Forest Whitaker |
E31928
|
entity |
| Predicate | role |
P268
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Cecil Gaines in The Butler
Cecil Gaines in *The Butler* is the fictionalized White House butler whose decades of service provide a personal lens on major events in 20th-century American history.
|
E161711
|
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: Cecil Gaines in The Butler | Statement: [Forest Whitaker, role, Cecil Gaines in The Butler]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Cecil Gaines in The Butler Context triple: [Forest Whitaker, role, Cecil Gaines in The Butler]
-
A.
Wendell Pierce
Wendell Pierce is an American actor best known for his roles in acclaimed television series such as "The Wire," "Treme," and "Suits."
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B.
Jeffrey Wright
Jeffrey Wright is an acclaimed American actor known for his versatile performances in film, television, and theater, including roles in projects like "Angels in America," the "Hunger Games" series, and "Westworld."
-
C.
Courtney B. Vance
Courtney B. Vance is an American actor known for his acclaimed work in film, television, and theater, including roles in projects like "The People v. O. J. Simpson: American Crime Story" and "Law & Order: Criminal Intent."
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D.
Joseph LaShelle
Joseph LaShelle was an American cinematographer renowned for his work on numerous classic Hollywood films and for winning an Academy Award for Best Cinematography.
-
E.
Jeffrey Jones
Jeffrey Jones is an American character actor best known for his roles in films such as "Ferris Bueller's Day Off," "Beetlejuice," and "Amadeus."
- 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: Cecil Gaines in The Butler Triple: [Forest Whitaker, role, Cecil Gaines in The Butler]
Generated description
Cecil Gaines in *The Butler* is the fictionalized White House butler whose decades of service provide a personal lens on major events in 20th-century American history.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Cecil Gaines in The Butler Target entity description: Cecil Gaines in *The Butler* is the fictionalized White House butler whose decades of service provide a personal lens on major events in 20th-century American history.
-
A.
Wendell Pierce
Wendell Pierce is an American actor best known for his roles in acclaimed television series such as "The Wire," "Treme," and "Suits."
-
B.
Jeffrey Wright
Jeffrey Wright is an acclaimed American actor known for his versatile performances in film, television, and theater, including roles in projects like "Angels in America," the "Hunger Games" series, and "Westworld."
-
C.
Courtney B. Vance
Courtney B. Vance is an American actor known for his acclaimed work in film, television, and theater, including roles in projects like "The People v. O. J. Simpson: American Crime Story" and "Law & Order: Criminal Intent."
-
D.
Joseph LaShelle
Joseph LaShelle was an American cinematographer renowned for his work on numerous classic Hollywood films and for winning an Academy Award for Best Cinematography.
-
E.
Jeffrey Jones
Jeffrey Jones is an American character actor best known for his roles in films such as "Ferris Bueller's Day Off," "Beetlejuice," and "Amadeus."
- 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_69a49919a994819086528951bc224775 |
completed | March 1, 2026, 7:52 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69a4c403ccdc8190b2a5fda037b6ea34 |
completed | March 1, 2026, 10:56 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69ace5833bb88190bcaf8cf46264ab26 |
completed | March 8, 2026, 2:57 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69ace61c6f348190bba7717b1bd7f24a |
completed | March 8, 2026, 2:59 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69ace6eeb99081908ac23a6c71faeae6 |
completed | March 8, 2026, 3:03 a.m. |
Created at: March 1, 2026, 7:59 p.m.