Triple

T16164059
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Corny Collins E392253 entity
Predicate portrayedBy P1507 FINISHED
Object Shawn Thompson
Shawn Thompson is an actor best known for playing Corny Collins in the original 1988 film version of "Hairspray."
E1219641 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: Shawn Thompson | Statement: [Corny Collins, portrayedBy, Shawn Thompson]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Shawn Thompson
Context triple: [Corny Collins, portrayedBy, Shawn Thompson]
  • A. Shawn Matthews
    Shawn Matthews is a senior executive associated with the financial services firm Cantor Fitzgerald.
  • B. Shawn Williams
    Shawn Williams is one of the main comedic protagonists on the sitcom "The Wayans Bros.," portrayed as a smooth, level-headed foil to his more outrageous brother Marlon.
  • C. Shawn Harwell
    Shawn Harwell is an American screenwriter best known for co-writing the political comedy film "The Campaign" and for his work in television comedy.
  • D. Shawn Everett
    Shawn Everett is a Grammy-winning Canadian audio engineer and record producer known for his innovative, experimental approach to recording and mixing for artists across rock, pop, and alternative music.
  • E. Shawn Patterson
    Shawn Patterson is an American composer and songwriter best known for his work on film and television scores, including the hit song "Everything Is Awesome" from The Lego Movie.
  • 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: Shawn Thompson
Triple: [Corny Collins, portrayedBy, Shawn Thompson]
Generated description
Shawn Thompson is an actor best known for playing Corny Collins in the original 1988 film version of "Hairspray."
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Shawn Thompson
Target entity description: Shawn Thompson is an actor best known for playing Corny Collins in the original 1988 film version of "Hairspray."
  • A. Shawn Matthews
    Shawn Matthews is a senior executive associated with the financial services firm Cantor Fitzgerald.
  • B. Shawn Williams
    Shawn Williams is one of the main comedic protagonists on the sitcom "The Wayans Bros.," portrayed as a smooth, level-headed foil to his more outrageous brother Marlon.
  • C. Shawn Harwell
    Shawn Harwell is an American screenwriter best known for co-writing the political comedy film "The Campaign" and for his work in television comedy.
  • D. Shawn Everett
    Shawn Everett is a Grammy-winning Canadian audio engineer and record producer known for his innovative, experimental approach to recording and mixing for artists across rock, pop, and alternative music.
  • E. Shawn Patterson
    Shawn Patterson is an American composer and songwriter best known for his work on film and television scores, including the hit song "Everything Is Awesome" from The Lego Movie.
  • 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_6a006796bed4819085d988d7f2d7afcb completed May 10, 2026, 11:10 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_6a0068c141188190bedb7d71a80473f5 completed May 10, 2026, 11:15 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_6a0069847e2c819088426aacb899e370 completed May 10, 2026, 11:18 a.m.
Created at: April 10, 2026, 5:02 a.m.