Triple

T16848029
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject R.J. MacReady E409594 entity
Predicate hasCompanionCharacter P22642 FINISHED
Object Bennings
Bennings is a supporting character from John Carpenter's 1982 sci-fi horror film "The Thing," serving as one of the Antarctic research station crew members who becomes infected by the alien entity.
 E1236183 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: Bennings | Statement: [R.J. MacReady, hasCompanionCharacter, Bennings]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Bennings
Context triple: [R.J. MacReady, hasCompanionCharacter, Bennings]
  • A. Bengston
    Bengston is the surname of Billy Al Bengston, a prominent American artist associated with the West Coast Pop Art movement.
  • B. Bennett
    Bennett is a common English-language surname of Anglo-Norman origin borne by numerous notable individuals across politics, arts, and sciences.
  • C. Bennett
    Bennett is the main villain and former comrade-turned-mercenary antagonist who battles Arnold Schwarzenegger’s character in the 1985 action film "Commando."
  • D. Baines
    Baines is the middle name of Lyndon B. Johnson, the 36th president of the United States.
  • E. Baines
    Baines is an English surname most notably associated with former professional footballer Leighton Baines, who played as a left-back for Everton and the England national team.
  • 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: Bennings
Triple: [R.J. MacReady, hasCompanionCharacter, Bennings]
Generated description
Bennings is a supporting character from John Carpenter's 1982 sci-fi horror film "The Thing," serving as one of the Antarctic research station crew members who becomes infected by the alien entity.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Bennings
Target entity description: Bennings is a supporting character from John Carpenter's 1982 sci-fi horror film "The Thing," serving as one of the Antarctic research station crew members who becomes infected by the alien entity.
  • A. Bengston
    Bengston is the surname of Billy Al Bengston, a prominent American artist associated with the West Coast Pop Art movement.
  • B. Bennett
    Bennett is a common English-language surname of Anglo-Norman origin borne by numerous notable individuals across politics, arts, and sciences.
  • C. Bennett
    Bennett is the main villain and former comrade-turned-mercenary antagonist who battles Arnold Schwarzenegger’s character in the 1985 action film "Commando."
  • D. Baines
    Baines is the middle name of Lyndon B. Johnson, the 36th president of the United States.
  • E. Baines
    Baines is an English surname most notably associated with former professional footballer Leighton Baines, who played as a left-back for Everton and the England national team.
  • 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_69d883952b048190887740a980b712ed completed April 10, 2026, 4:59 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69e3b376bac48190ae09f29a28c55f8c completed April 18, 2026, 4:38 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_6a00bb1d555c8190883c82e562b7bfe9 completed May 10, 2026, 5:06 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_6a00bbb628208190b0be62a333e7e442 completed May 10, 2026, 5:09 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_6a00bc3a4b888190bd190b9330e2777d completed May 10, 2026, 5:11 p.m.
Created at: April 10, 2026, 5:24 a.m.