Triple

T16848031
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject R.J. MacReady E409594 entity
Predicate hasCompanionCharacter P22642 FINISHED
Object Copper
Copper is a supporting character in John Carpenter's 1982 horror film "The Thing," serving as the camp doctor alongside R.J. MacReady at the Antarctic research station.
 E1236185 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: Copper | Statement: [R.J. MacReady, hasCompanionCharacter, Copper]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Copper
Context triple: [R.J. MacReady, hasCompanionCharacter, Copper]
  • A. Copper
    Copper is one of the animal mascots created to represent and promote the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City.
  • B. Copper
    Copper is a period crime drama television series set in 19th-century New York City, created by Tom Fontana and others.
  • C. copper (chemical element)
    Copper is a reddish-brown, highly conductive metallic element widely used in electrical wiring, electronics, and alloys such as bronze and brass.
  • D. Nickel
    Nickel is a chemical element and transition metal known for its hardness, corrosion resistance, and widespread use in alloys and batteries.
  • E. Cobalt
    Cobalt is the episode of Fear the Walking Dead that marks the introduction of the character Victor Strand.
  • 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: Copper
Triple: [R.J. MacReady, hasCompanionCharacter, Copper]
Generated description
Copper is a supporting character in John Carpenter's 1982 horror film "The Thing," serving as the camp doctor alongside R.J. MacReady at the Antarctic research station.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Copper
Target entity description: Copper is a supporting character in John Carpenter's 1982 horror film "The Thing," serving as the camp doctor alongside R.J. MacReady at the Antarctic research station.
  • A. Copper
    Copper is one of the animal mascots created to represent and promote the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City.
  • B. Copper
    Copper is a period crime drama television series set in 19th-century New York City, created by Tom Fontana and others.
  • C. copper (chemical element)
    Copper is a reddish-brown, highly conductive metallic element widely used in electrical wiring, electronics, and alloys such as bronze and brass.
  • D. Nickel
    Nickel is a chemical element and transition metal known for its hardness, corrosion resistance, and widespread use in alloys and batteries.
  • E. Cobalt
    Cobalt is the episode of Fear the Walking Dead that marks the introduction of the character Victor Strand.
  • 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.