Triple
T15289190
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Matchstick Men |
E365482
|
entity |
| Predicate | characterRole |
P268
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Frank Mercer is Roy Waller's partner
Frank Mercer is a central con artist character in the film "Matchstick Men," serving as the younger, more impulsive partner to Nicolas Cage’s character, Roy Waller.
|
E1149013
|
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: Frank Mercer is Roy Waller's partner | Statement: [Matchstick Men, characterRole, Frank Mercer is Roy Waller's partner]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Frank Mercer is Roy Waller's partner Context triple: [Matchstick Men, characterRole, Frank Mercer is Roy Waller's partner]
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A.
Talia al Ghul's partner Batman
Talia al Ghul's partner Batman is the iconic DC Comics vigilante Bruce Wayne, a brooding, highly skilled crime-fighter whose complex romantic and ideological ties to Talia and her father Ra's al Ghul often place him at the center of conflicts between justice and the League of Assassins.
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B.
partner Officer Frank Smith
Partner Officer Frank Smith is the fictional Los Angeles police detective who serves as Sergeant Joe Friday’s primary sidekick in the classic radio and television crime drama "Dragnet."
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C.
Dr. Wally
Dr. Wally is a fictional character portrayed by Robert De Niro in film.
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D.
Frank Gordon in Gotham
Frank Gordon in Gotham is a character from the TV series "Gotham," depicted as the father of future police commissioner James Gordon.
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E.
Harvey Bullock
Harvey Bullock is a gruff, streetwise Gotham City police detective often portrayed as morally ambiguous yet ultimately loyal to justice in the Batman universe.
- 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: Frank Mercer is Roy Waller's partner Triple: [Matchstick Men, characterRole, Frank Mercer is Roy Waller's partner]
Generated description
Frank Mercer is a central con artist character in the film "Matchstick Men," serving as the younger, more impulsive partner to Nicolas Cage’s character, Roy Waller.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Frank Mercer is Roy Waller's partner Target entity description: Frank Mercer is a central con artist character in the film "Matchstick Men," serving as the younger, more impulsive partner to Nicolas Cage’s character, Roy Waller.
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A.
Talia al Ghul's partner Batman
Talia al Ghul's partner Batman is the iconic DC Comics vigilante Bruce Wayne, a brooding, highly skilled crime-fighter whose complex romantic and ideological ties to Talia and her father Ra's al Ghul often place him at the center of conflicts between justice and the League of Assassins.
-
B.
partner Officer Frank Smith
Partner Officer Frank Smith is the fictional Los Angeles police detective who serves as Sergeant Joe Friday’s primary sidekick in the classic radio and television crime drama "Dragnet."
-
C.
Dr. Wally
Dr. Wally is a fictional character portrayed by Robert De Niro in film.
-
D.
Frank Gordon in Gotham
Frank Gordon in Gotham is a character from the TV series "Gotham," depicted as the father of future police commissioner James Gordon.
-
E.
Harvey Bullock
Harvey Bullock is a gruff, streetwise Gotham City police detective often portrayed as morally ambiguous yet ultimately loyal to justice in the Batman universe.
- 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.