Triple

T14688045
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Hadestown E344963 entity
Predicate broadwayOriginalHermesActor P4737 FINISHED
Object André De Shields
André De Shields is a Tony Award–winning American actor, singer, and director renowned for his charismatic stage presence and decades-long career in musical theatre.
E1114013 NE FINISHED

How this triple was built (5 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: André De Shields | Statement: [Hadestown, broadwayOriginalHermesActor, André De Shields]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: André De Shields
Context triple: [Hadestown, broadwayOriginalHermesActor, André De Shields]
  • A. Ben Vereen
    Ben Vereen is an American actor, singer, and dancer renowned for his work on Broadway and in film and television, particularly in musical and dramatic roles.
  • B. 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."
  • C. Stephen McKinley Henderson
    Stephen McKinley Henderson is an American character actor known for his acclaimed work in film, television, and theater, including a supporting role in the 2021 adaptation of "Dune."
  • D. John Amos
    John Amos is an American actor best known for his roles in the television series "Good Times" and the miniseries "Roots."
  • E. Louis Gossett Jr.
    Louis Gossett Jr. was an acclaimed American actor best known for his Emmy-winning role in the miniseries "Roots" and his Oscar-winning performance in "An Officer and a Gentleman."
  • 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: André De Shields
Triple: [Hadestown, broadwayOriginalHermesActor, André De Shields]
Generated description
André De Shields is a Tony Award–winning American actor, singer, and director renowned for his charismatic stage presence and decades-long career in musical theatre.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: André De Shields
Target entity description: André De Shields is a Tony Award–winning American actor, singer, and director renowned for his charismatic stage presence and decades-long career in musical theatre.
  • A. Ben Vereen
    Ben Vereen is an American actor, singer, and dancer renowned for his work on Broadway and in film and television, particularly in musical and dramatic roles.
  • B. 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."
  • C. Stephen McKinley Henderson
    Stephen McKinley Henderson is an American character actor known for his acclaimed work in film, television, and theater, including a supporting role in the 2021 adaptation of "Dune."
  • D. John Amos
    John Amos is an American actor best known for his roles in the television series "Good Times" and the miniseries "Roots."
  • E. Louis Gossett Jr.
    Louis Gossett Jr. was an acclaimed American actor best known for his Emmy-winning role in the miniseries "Roots" and his Oscar-winning performance in "An Officer and a Gentleman."
  • F. None of above. chosen
PD Predicate disambiguation gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target predicate: broadwayOriginalHermesActor
Context triple: [Hadestown, broadwayOriginalHermesActor, André De Shields]
  • A. broadwayLeadActor
    Indicates that the subject is the principal or starring actor in a Broadway production associated with the object.
  • B. originalBroadwayStar chosen
    Indicates that the subject was a member of the original Broadway cast in the specified role or production.
  • C. originalBroadwayDaveyActor
    Indicates that the subject is the actor who played the role of Davey in the original Broadway production.
  • D. portrayedInBroadwayProductionBy
    Indicates that an entity was depicted or performed in a Broadway stage production by a specified person or group.
  • E. originalBroadwayCaptainActor
    Indicates that the subject is the actor who originally played the role of the ship’s captain in a Broadway production.
  • F. None of above.

Provenance (6 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_69d822e34b348190ada4d1cdb6c7c226 completed April 9, 2026, 10:06 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69deb58306548190b981956a83a84b95 completed April 14, 2026, 9:45 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69fde1876fdc81908a4fe3deebb7ff83 completed May 8, 2026, 1:13 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69fde6c7a8ac8190a80b6c6ed0b5b157 completed May 8, 2026, 1:36 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69fde73ca1dc8190b7fc13d7ffb6daf4 completed May 8, 2026, 1:38 p.m.
PD Predicate disambiguation batch_69de6579fb7881909becc8f5822b39d4 completed April 14, 2026, 4:04 p.m.
Created at: April 10, 2026, 1:28 a.m.