Triple

T15289210
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Matchstick Men E365482 entity
Predicate leadActorRole P5563 FINISHED
Object Sam Rockwell as Frank Mercer
Sam Rockwell as Frank Mercer is the charismatic and duplicitous protégé con artist who partners with Nicolas Cage’s character in the crime drama film "Matchstick Men."
E1149016 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: Sam Rockwell as Frank Mercer | Statement: [Matchstick Men, leadActorRole, Sam Rockwell as Frank Mercer]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Sam Rockwell as Frank Mercer
Context triple: [Matchstick Men, leadActorRole, Sam Rockwell as Frank Mercer]
  • A. Don Ameche as John Bickerson
    Don Ameche as John Bickerson is the radio and television persona of the perpetually bickering husband in the classic American comedy series "The Bickersons."
  • B. Paul Giamatti as Mike Flaherty
    Paul Giamatti as Mike Flaherty is the lead performance in the film "Win Win," where he plays a struggling small-town lawyer and high school wrestling coach whose morally dubious decision upends his life.
  • C. Fred Ward as Hoke Moseley
    Fred Ward as Hoke Moseley refers to the veteran American actor’s portrayal of the gruff, world-weary Miami detective in the crime film "Miami Blues."
  • D. Jamie Foxx as Max Durocher
    Jamie Foxx as Max Durocher is a cautious yet principled Los Angeles cab driver who becomes an unwitting accomplice to a hitman over the course of one intense night in the crime thriller "Collateral."
  • E. Fredric March as Matthew Harrison Brady
    Fredric March as Matthew Harrison Brady is the acclaimed portrayal of a fiery, populist prosecutor modeled on William Jennings Bryan in the 1960 film adaptation of the Scopes “Monkey” Trial drama Inherit the Wind.
  • 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: Sam Rockwell as Frank Mercer
Triple: [Matchstick Men, leadActorRole, Sam Rockwell as Frank Mercer]
Generated description
Sam Rockwell as Frank Mercer is the charismatic and duplicitous protégé con artist who partners with Nicolas Cage’s character in the crime drama film "Matchstick Men."
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Sam Rockwell as Frank Mercer
Target entity description: Sam Rockwell as Frank Mercer is the charismatic and duplicitous protégé con artist who partners with Nicolas Cage’s character in the crime drama film "Matchstick Men."
  • A. Don Ameche as John Bickerson
    Don Ameche as John Bickerson is the radio and television persona of the perpetually bickering husband in the classic American comedy series "The Bickersons."
  • B. Paul Giamatti as Mike Flaherty
    Paul Giamatti as Mike Flaherty is the lead performance in the film "Win Win," where he plays a struggling small-town lawyer and high school wrestling coach whose morally dubious decision upends his life.
  • C. Fred Ward as Hoke Moseley
    Fred Ward as Hoke Moseley refers to the veteran American actor’s portrayal of the gruff, world-weary Miami detective in the crime film "Miami Blues."
  • D. Jamie Foxx as Max Durocher
    Jamie Foxx as Max Durocher is a cautious yet principled Los Angeles cab driver who becomes an unwitting accomplice to a hitman over the course of one intense night in the crime thriller "Collateral."
  • E. Fredric March as Matthew Harrison Brady
    Fredric March as Matthew Harrison Brady is the acclaimed portrayal of a fiery, populist prosecutor modeled on William Jennings Bryan in the 1960 film adaptation of the Scopes “Monkey” Trial drama Inherit the Wind.
  • 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.