Triple

T16163960
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Link Larkin E392251 entity
Predicate portrayedBy P1507 FINISHED
Object Michael St. Gerard
Michael St. Gerard is an American actor best known for his role as Link Larkin in John Waters' 1988 film "Hairspray" and for portraying Elvis Presley in several early-1990s television projects.
E1198223 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: Michael St. Gerard | Statement: [Link Larkin, portrayedBy, Michael St. Gerard]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Michael St. Gerard
Context triple: [Link Larkin, portrayedBy, Michael St. Gerard]
  • A. Michael Ferraro
    Michael Ferraro is a co-founder of Blue Sky Studios, the acclaimed animation company behind films such as the Ice Age series.
  • B. Jeremy Gara
    Jeremy Gara is a Canadian drummer and multi-instrumentalist best known as a longtime member of the indie rock band Arcade Fire.
  • C. Michael Margotta
    Michael Margotta is an American actor best known for his work in 1970s film and television, including a prominent role in the countercultural drama "Drive, He Said."
  • D. Phil Leotardo
    Phil Leotardo is a ruthless New York mob boss and major antagonist in the television series "The Sopranos."
  • E. Michael DeLorenzo
    Michael DeLorenzo is an American actor, dancer, and musician best known for his roles on television series such as "New York Undercover" and "Fame."
  • 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: Michael St. Gerard
Triple: [Link Larkin, portrayedBy, Michael St. Gerard]
Generated description
Michael St. Gerard is an American actor best known for his role as Link Larkin in John Waters' 1988 film "Hairspray" and for portraying Elvis Presley in several early-1990s television projects.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Michael St. Gerard
Target entity description: Michael St. Gerard is an American actor best known for his role as Link Larkin in John Waters' 1988 film "Hairspray" and for portraying Elvis Presley in several early-1990s television projects.
  • A. Michael Ferraro
    Michael Ferraro is a co-founder of Blue Sky Studios, the acclaimed animation company behind films such as the Ice Age series.
  • B. Jeremy Gara
    Jeremy Gara is a Canadian drummer and multi-instrumentalist best known as a longtime member of the indie rock band Arcade Fire.
  • C. Michael Margotta
    Michael Margotta is an American actor best known for his work in 1970s film and television, including a prominent role in the countercultural drama "Drive, He Said."
  • D. Phil Leotardo
    Phil Leotardo is a ruthless New York mob boss and major antagonist in the television series "The Sopranos."
  • E. Michael DeLorenzo
    Michael DeLorenzo is an American actor, dancer, and musician best known for his roles on television series such as "New York Undercover" and "Fame."
  • 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_69d87f1d32208190942e4e499a80c18c completed April 10, 2026, 4:39 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69e21e622ae481909f3cf25b38886d3a completed April 17, 2026, 11:49 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69fff7b69adc8190ba90d68acaaca509 completed May 10, 2026, 3:12 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69fff963de888190b2222c3ec0b4a8fd completed May 10, 2026, 3:20 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69fff9f70afc8190bd8e77465ce6bd0b completed May 10, 2026, 3:22 a.m.
Created at: April 10, 2026, 5:02 a.m.