Triple

T15169735
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Sphere (1998 film) E362451 entity
Predicate mainCharacter P1183 FINISHED
Object Norman Goodman
Norman Goodman is the psychologist protagonist in the science fiction thriller "Sphere," who is brought in to help investigate a mysterious alien spacecraft discovered on the ocean floor.
E1148252 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: Norman Goodman | Statement: [Sphere (1998 film), mainCharacter, Norman Goodman]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Norman Goodman
Context triple: [Sphere (1998 film), mainCharacter, Norman Goodman]
  • A. Norman Fowler
    Norman Fowler is a British Conservative politician who held several senior government posts, including serving as Health Secretary under Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher and later as Lord Speaker of the House of Lords.
  • B. Norman Brown
    Norman Brown is a Grammy-winning American smooth jazz guitarist known for his soulful, R&B-influenced style and popular contemporary jazz recordings.
  • C. Norman Leavitt
    Norman Leavitt was an American character actor known for his numerous supporting roles in mid-20th-century film and television comedies.
  • D. Henry Nelson Goodman
    Henry Nelson Goodman was an influential 20th-century American philosopher best known for his work on nominalism, the problem of induction, and the philosophy of art and symbols.
  • E. Irving Gordon
    Irving Gordon was an American songwriter best known for penning enduring standards such as "Unforgettable" and other popular mid-20th-century ballads.
  • 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: Norman Goodman
Triple: [Sphere (1998 film), mainCharacter, Norman Goodman]
Generated description
Norman Goodman is the psychologist protagonist in the science fiction thriller "Sphere," who is brought in to help investigate a mysterious alien spacecraft discovered on the ocean floor.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Norman Goodman
Target entity description: Norman Goodman is the psychologist protagonist in the science fiction thriller "Sphere," who is brought in to help investigate a mysterious alien spacecraft discovered on the ocean floor.
  • A. Norman Fowler
    Norman Fowler is a British Conservative politician who held several senior government posts, including serving as Health Secretary under Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher and later as Lord Speaker of the House of Lords.
  • B. Norman Brown
    Norman Brown is a Grammy-winning American smooth jazz guitarist known for his soulful, R&B-influenced style and popular contemporary jazz recordings.
  • C. Norman Leavitt
    Norman Leavitt was an American character actor known for his numerous supporting roles in mid-20th-century film and television comedies.
  • D. Henry Nelson Goodman
    Henry Nelson Goodman was an influential 20th-century American philosopher best known for his work on nominalism, the problem of induction, and the philosophy of art and symbols.
  • E. Irving Gordon
    Irving Gordon was an American songwriter best known for penning enduring standards such as "Unforgettable" and other popular mid-20th-century ballads.
  • 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_69d85a087b7c81908baa94a53dac8d68 completed April 10, 2026, 2:01 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69e0064ec56481909f11fa6e5686f076 completed April 15, 2026, 9:42 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69feef66b4f08190a072332123253166 completed May 9, 2026, 8:25 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69fef09f396481908c081a41a5e35cd3 completed May 9, 2026, 8:30 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69fef133d310819087424d794dae0074 completed May 9, 2026, 8:32 a.m.
Created at: April 10, 2026, 3:08 a.m.