Triple

T16038707
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Carolyn Burnham E389034 entity
Predicate hasAffairWith P23617 FINISHED
Object Buddy Kane
Buddy Kane is a charismatic real estate rival in the film "American Beauty," known for his affair with Carolyn Burnham and his slick, self-promotional persona.
E1191028 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: Buddy Kane | Statement: [Carolyn Burnham, hasAffairWith, Buddy Kane]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Buddy Kane
Context triple: [Carolyn Burnham, hasAffairWith, Buddy Kane]
  • A. Buddy Pine
    Buddy Pine, better known by his supervillain alias Syndrome, is the main antagonist of Pixar's animated film "The Incredibles," a former fan of Mr. Incredible who turns against superheroes.
  • B. Kim Baxter
    Kim Baxter is an American indie pop musician best known as a member of the Portland-based band All Girl Summer Fun Band.
  • C. Buster Shultz
    Buster Shultz is a character appearing in the film "The Cameraman."
  • D. Buster Jones
    Buster Jones was an American voice actor best known for his work in animated television series during the 1980s and 1990s.
  • E. Willie Aames
    Willie Aames is an American actor and television director best known for his roles on the sitcoms "Eight Is Enough" and "Charles in Charge."
  • 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: Buddy Kane
Triple: [Carolyn Burnham, hasAffairWith, Buddy Kane]
Generated description
Buddy Kane is a charismatic real estate rival in the film "American Beauty," known for his affair with Carolyn Burnham and his slick, self-promotional persona.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Buddy Kane
Target entity description: Buddy Kane is a charismatic real estate rival in the film "American Beauty," known for his affair with Carolyn Burnham and his slick, self-promotional persona.
  • A. Buddy Pine
    Buddy Pine, better known by his supervillain alias Syndrome, is the main antagonist of Pixar's animated film "The Incredibles," a former fan of Mr. Incredible who turns against superheroes.
  • B. Kim Baxter
    Kim Baxter is an American indie pop musician best known as a member of the Portland-based band All Girl Summer Fun Band.
  • C. Buster Shultz
    Buster Shultz is a character appearing in the film "The Cameraman."
  • D. Buster Jones
    Buster Jones was an American voice actor best known for his work in animated television series during the 1980s and 1990s.
  • E. Willie Aames
    Willie Aames is an American actor and television director best known for his roles on the sitcoms "Eight Is Enough" and "Charles in Charge."
  • 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_69d86dada3808190825d5f80d72fbe88 completed April 10, 2026, 3:25 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69e1833eb90c8190b10dca3ce0793ddf completed April 17, 2026, 12:47 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69ffdbd5acb48190a10e40074fffd425 completed May 10, 2026, 1:13 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69ffdd527cfc8190a616a2334edffd02 completed May 10, 2026, 1:20 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69ffdda1a0908190b7c880c5d66f7400 completed May 10, 2026, 1:21 a.m.
Created at: April 10, 2026, 4:56 a.m.