Triple

T1637483
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Death Becomes Her E35388 entity
Predicate character P662 FINISHED
Object Ernest Menville
Ernest Menville is a beleaguered plastic surgeon and mortician caught between two vain, immortal rivals in the dark comedy film "Death Becomes Her."
E183585 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: Ernest Menville | Statement: [Death Becomes Her, character, Ernest Menville]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Ernest Menville
Context triple: [Death Becomes Her, character, Ernest Menville]
  • A. Mickey Vernon
    Mickey Vernon was an American Major League Baseball first baseman and two-time batting champion best known for his long and distinguished career, primarily with the Washington Senators.
  • B. Marvin DeWinter
    Marvin DeWinter was an architect known for designing the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Museum in Grand Rapids, Michigan.
  • C. Victor Willis
    Victor Willis is an American singer, songwriter, and actor best known as the original lead vocalist and co-writer for the disco group Village People.
  • D. Ernest Torrence
    Ernest Torrence was a Scottish-born character actor of the silent and early sound film era, known for his imposing presence and memorable supporting roles in Hollywood productions.
  • E. Joe E. Brown
    Joe E. Brown was a popular American comedian and film actor of the 1930s and 1940s, known for his wide-mouthed grin and roles in numerous Hollywood comedies.
  • 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: Ernest Menville
Triple: [Death Becomes Her, character, Ernest Menville]
Generated description
Ernest Menville is a beleaguered plastic surgeon and mortician caught between two vain, immortal rivals in the dark comedy film "Death Becomes Her."
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Ernest Menville
Target entity description: Ernest Menville is a beleaguered plastic surgeon and mortician caught between two vain, immortal rivals in the dark comedy film "Death Becomes Her."
  • A. Mickey Vernon
    Mickey Vernon was an American Major League Baseball first baseman and two-time batting champion best known for his long and distinguished career, primarily with the Washington Senators.
  • B. Marvin DeWinter
    Marvin DeWinter was an architect known for designing the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Museum in Grand Rapids, Michigan.
  • C. Victor Willis
    Victor Willis is an American singer, songwriter, and actor best known as the original lead vocalist and co-writer for the disco group Village People.
  • D. Ernest Torrence
    Ernest Torrence was a Scottish-born character actor of the silent and early sound film era, known for his imposing presence and memorable supporting roles in Hollywood productions.
  • E. Joe E. Brown
    Joe E. Brown was a popular American comedian and film actor of the 1930s and 1940s, known for his wide-mouthed grin and roles in numerous Hollywood comedies.
  • 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_69a886036bc081909ff5de16dbe5e8ea completed March 4, 2026, 7:20 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69a90a192d588190bbfa4693ed787c05 completed March 5, 2026, 4:44 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69ad58ddfdbc819096578412818fdfbf completed March 8, 2026, 11:09 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69ad595841788190a97bbfded30110c5 completed March 8, 2026, 11:11 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69ad59f329cc8190814de211fb00c7b8 completed March 8, 2026, 11:13 a.m.
Created at: March 4, 2026, 7:28 p.m.