Triple

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Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Short Circuit E356989 entity
Predicate hasCharacter P2308 FINISHED
Object Howard Marner
Howard Marner is a character in the science-fiction comedy film "Short Circuit," serving as one of the key figures involved with the experimental military robots central to the story.
E1113774 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: Howard Marner | Statement: [Short Circuit, hasCharacter, Howard Marner]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Howard Marner
Context triple: [Short Circuit, hasCharacter, Howard Marner]
  • A. Howard Rodman
    Howard Rodman was an American screenwriter and television writer known for his work on numerous films and TV series from the 1950s through the 1970s.
  • B. Robert Hohman
    Robert Hohman is an American entrepreneur best known as the co-founder and former CEO of Glassdoor, a popular platform for anonymous employee reviews and salary information.
  • C. Howard Bilerman
    Howard Bilerman is a Canadian drummer, audio engineer, and record producer best known for his work with Arcade Fire and numerous influential indie rock recordings.
  • D. Howard Sherman
    Howard Sherman is an American businessman and film producer best known as the husband of actress Sela Ward.
  • E. Paul Rutman
    Paul Rutman is a British television producer and writer known for his work on historical and drama series.
  • 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: Howard Marner
Triple: [Short Circuit, hasCharacter, Howard Marner]
Generated description
Howard Marner is a character in the science-fiction comedy film "Short Circuit," serving as one of the key figures involved with the experimental military robots central to the story.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Howard Marner
Target entity description: Howard Marner is a character in the science-fiction comedy film "Short Circuit," serving as one of the key figures involved with the experimental military robots central to the story.
  • A. Howard Rodman
    Howard Rodman was an American screenwriter and television writer known for his work on numerous films and TV series from the 1950s through the 1970s.
  • B. Robert Hohman
    Robert Hohman is an American entrepreneur best known as the co-founder and former CEO of Glassdoor, a popular platform for anonymous employee reviews and salary information.
  • C. Howard Bilerman
    Howard Bilerman is a Canadian drummer, audio engineer, and record producer best known for his work with Arcade Fire and numerous influential indie rock recordings.
  • D. Howard Sherman
    Howard Sherman is an American businessman and film producer best known as the husband of actress Sela Ward.
  • E. Paul Rutman
    Paul Rutman is a British television producer and writer known for his work on historical and drama series.
  • 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_69d827927c988190ad98bb0360981783 completed April 9, 2026, 10:26 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69de90826f908190b3969af9b7cf922f completed April 14, 2026, 7:07 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69fde16198488190ad69eeebd09c45da completed May 8, 2026, 1:13 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69fde580a8cc8190b5480271b1a06f4d completed May 8, 2026, 1:30 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69fde68f4ee08190b1ee18eaa390a8ff completed May 8, 2026, 1:35 p.m.
Created at: April 10, 2026, 1:17 a.m.