Triple

T15565762
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Ricochet E371109 entity
Predicate leadVillainRole P32100 FINISHED
Object John Lithgow as Earl Talbott Blake
John Lithgow as Earl Talbott Blake is the sadistic, over-the-top criminal mastermind portrayed by Lithgow as the primary antagonist in the 1991 action thriller film "Ricochet."
E1164248 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: John Lithgow as Earl Talbott Blake | Statement: [Ricochet, leadVillainRole, John Lithgow as Earl Talbott Blake]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: John Lithgow as Earl Talbott Blake
Context triple: [Ricochet, leadVillainRole, John Lithgow as Earl Talbott Blake]
  • A. John Lithgow as Jack Brady
    John Lithgow as Jack Brady refers to the veteran American actor’s supporting role as the protagonist’s father in the romantic comedy film "Leap Year."
  • B. Phil Silvers as Herb Blake
    Phil Silvers as Herb Blake is a comic supporting character in the 1950 musical film "Summer Stock," showcasing Silvers’ trademark fast-talking, wisecracking style.
  • C. Michael Caine as Dr. Robert Elliott
    Michael Caine as Dr. Robert Elliott is the central, psychologically complex psychiatrist character he portrays in Brian De Palma’s 1980 thriller film "Dressed to Kill."
  • D. 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.
  • E. Stephen Root as Monroe Fuches
    Stephen Root as Monroe Fuches is a manipulative, self-serving handler and father-figure to the title character in the dark comedy crime series "Barry."
  • 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: John Lithgow as Earl Talbott Blake
Triple: [Ricochet, leadVillainRole, John Lithgow as Earl Talbott Blake]
Generated description
John Lithgow as Earl Talbott Blake is the sadistic, over-the-top criminal mastermind portrayed by Lithgow as the primary antagonist in the 1991 action thriller film "Ricochet."
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: John Lithgow as Earl Talbott Blake
Target entity description: John Lithgow as Earl Talbott Blake is the sadistic, over-the-top criminal mastermind portrayed by Lithgow as the primary antagonist in the 1991 action thriller film "Ricochet."
  • A. John Lithgow as Jack Brady
    John Lithgow as Jack Brady refers to the veteran American actor’s supporting role as the protagonist’s father in the romantic comedy film "Leap Year."
  • B. Phil Silvers as Herb Blake
    Phil Silvers as Herb Blake is a comic supporting character in the 1950 musical film "Summer Stock," showcasing Silvers’ trademark fast-talking, wisecracking style.
  • C. Michael Caine as Dr. Robert Elliott
    Michael Caine as Dr. Robert Elliott is the central, psychologically complex psychiatrist character he portrays in Brian De Palma’s 1980 thriller film "Dressed to Kill."
  • D. 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.
  • E. Stephen Root as Monroe Fuches
    Stephen Root as Monroe Fuches is a manipulative, self-serving handler and father-figure to the title character in the dark comedy crime series "Barry."
  • F. None of above. chosen
PD Predicate disambiguation gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target predicate: leadVillainRole
Context triple: [Ricochet, leadVillainRole, John Lithgow as Earl Talbott Blake]
  • A. leadAntagonistCharacter
    Indicates that one character serves as the primary opposing or villainous force in relation to another entity in the narrative.
  • B. focusesOnVillain
    Indicates that the primary attention, narrative emphasis, or activity is directed toward a villain as the central subject.
  • C. antagonistActorRole
    Indicates that an actor plays the role of an antagonist in a given work or context.
  • D. mainAntagonistPortrayedBy
    Indicates that the person is the primary actor who plays the main antagonist character in a work.
  • E. hasVillain chosen
    Indicates that one entity is the villain or primary antagonist associated with another entity.
  • 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_69d85cc6cf40819091f4a5facee1ebe6 completed April 10, 2026, 2:13 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69e04ddd753c8190b51eaef433258081 completed April 16, 2026, 2:47 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69ff456a3b08819092f9f517bbef5577 completed May 9, 2026, 2:32 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69ff49541fcc8190a1d22721bc255e19 completed May 9, 2026, 2:48 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69ff49f6db508190b0127a59d332512e completed May 9, 2026, 2:51 p.m.
PD Predicate disambiguation batch_69deda7e6e748190b29ccce23298afef completed April 15, 2026, 12:23 a.m.
Created at: April 10, 2026, 4:10 a.m.