Triple

T15289189
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Matchstick Men E365482 entity
Predicate characterRole P268 FINISHED
Object Roy Waller is a phobic con artist
Roy Waller is the neurotic, obsessive-compulsive con artist protagonist of the film "Matchstick Men," whose phobias complicate his criminal schemes and personal life.
E1149012 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: Roy Waller is a phobic con artist | Statement: [Matchstick Men, characterRole, Roy Waller is a phobic con artist]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Roy Waller is a phobic con artist
Context triple: [Matchstick Men, characterRole, Roy Waller is a phobic con artist]
  • A. John Poindexter
    John Poindexter is a retired U.S. Navy admiral and government official best known for serving as National Security Advisor under President Ronald Reagan and for his central role in the Iran-Contra affair.
  • B. Harry Fraud
    Harry Fraud is an American hip-hop record producer known for his atmospheric, sample-heavy beats and collaborations with artists like Action Bronson, French Montana, and Curren$y.
  • C. Charles Heist
    Charles Heist is the enigmatic, morally ambiguous private investigator at the center of Jonathan Lethem’s novel *The Feral Detective*, known for navigating the fringes of society and the Mojave Desert’s outlaw communities.
  • D. Dr. Wally
    Dr. Wally is a fictional character portrayed by Robert De Niro in film.
  • E. Robert Waller
    Robert Waller is a songwriter best known for co-writing Destiny's Child's hit ballad "Cater 2 U."
  • 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: Roy Waller is a phobic con artist
Triple: [Matchstick Men, characterRole, Roy Waller is a phobic con artist]
Generated description
Roy Waller is the neurotic, obsessive-compulsive con artist protagonist of the film "Matchstick Men," whose phobias complicate his criminal schemes and personal life.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Roy Waller is a phobic con artist
Target entity description: Roy Waller is the neurotic, obsessive-compulsive con artist protagonist of the film "Matchstick Men," whose phobias complicate his criminal schemes and personal life.
  • A. John Poindexter
    John Poindexter is a retired U.S. Navy admiral and government official best known for serving as National Security Advisor under President Ronald Reagan and for his central role in the Iran-Contra affair.
  • B. Harry Fraud
    Harry Fraud is an American hip-hop record producer known for his atmospheric, sample-heavy beats and collaborations with artists like Action Bronson, French Montana, and Curren$y.
  • C. Charles Heist
    Charles Heist is the enigmatic, morally ambiguous private investigator at the center of Jonathan Lethem’s novel *The Feral Detective*, known for navigating the fringes of society and the Mojave Desert’s outlaw communities.
  • D. Dr. Wally
    Dr. Wally is a fictional character portrayed by Robert De Niro in film.
  • E. Robert Waller
    Robert Waller is a songwriter best known for co-writing Destiny's Child's hit ballad "Cater 2 U."
  • 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_69d85a103d9081908c1ea6c4c73ac8e3 completed April 10, 2026, 2:01 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69e00e5635b4819092a69b5806d15bff completed April 15, 2026, 10:16 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69feef7b73a08190b06856c05ea8c80d completed May 9, 2026, 8:25 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69fef38868548190877cf25a38bb805a completed May 9, 2026, 8:42 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69fef435b1208190bd839297a2f8d3f4 completed May 9, 2026, 8:45 a.m.
Created at: April 10, 2026, 3:15 a.m.