Triple
T16865788
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Ming the Merciless |
E410032
|
entity |
| Predicate | portrayedBy |
P1507
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Charles Middleton |
E410036
|
NE FINISHED |
How this triple was built (2 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: Charles Middleton | Statement: [Ming the Merciless, portrayedBy, Charles Middleton]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Charles Middleton Context triple: [Ming the Merciless, portrayedBy, Charles Middleton]
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A.
Charles Middleton
chosen
Charles Middleton was an American character actor best known for portraying the villainous Emperor Ming the Merciless in the Flash Gordon film serials of the 1930s and 1940s.
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B.
Robert Middleton
Robert Middleton is an architect best known as one of the founders of the influential design and planning firm Cambridge Seven Associates.
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C.
Robert Middleton
Robert Middleton was an American character actor known for his imposing presence and frequent roles as villains or authority figures in mid-20th-century film and television.
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D.
Sir Charles Middleton
Sir Charles Middleton was an 18th-century British naval officer and administrator who became a key reformer of the Royal Navy and later served as First Lord of the Admiralty.
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E.
Topham Beauclerk
Topham Beauclerk was an 18th-century English wit, scholar, and close friend of Samuel Johnson, known for his erudition and sociability in London’s literary circles.
- F. None of above.
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Provenance (3 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_69d88395e6c88190b22730f335107c14 |
completed | April 10, 2026, 4:59 a.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69e3b5088f208190abfe937633ebe3fe |
completed | April 18, 2026, 4:44 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_6a00bb294c0481908306e1f604cc7404 |
completed | May 10, 2026, 5:06 p.m. |
Created at: April 10, 2026, 5:24 a.m.