Triple

T16976313
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Eddie Laughton E411819 entity
Predicate birthName P65 FINISHED
Object Edward Laughton
Edward Laughton was an American character actor best known for his numerous supporting and comedic roles in Columbia Pictures films during the 1930s and 1940s.
E1250702 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: Edward Laughton | Statement: [Eddie Laughton, birthName, Edward Laughton]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Edward Laughton
Context triple: [Eddie Laughton, birthName, Edward Laughton]
  • A. Philip Stainton
    Philip Stainton was a British character actor known for his supporting roles in mid-20th-century films, including the adventure drama "Mogambo."
  • B. Edgar Lansbury
    Edgar Lansbury is a British-born American theatre, film, and television producer known for his work on acclaimed stage productions and as the son of actress Angela Lansbury.
  • C. George Levick
    George Levick was a British Royal Navy surgeon, Antarctic explorer, and photographer best known for his role in Scott’s Terra Nova Expedition and his pioneering observations of penguin behavior.
  • D. Robert Hichens
    Robert Hichens was a British novelist and short story writer known for his psychological thrillers and society novels in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
  • E. William Nicholson
    William Nicholson is a British screenwriter, playwright, and novelist known for works such as "Shadowlands," "Gladiator," and other major film and stage scripts.
  • 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: Edward Laughton
Triple: [Eddie Laughton, birthName, Edward Laughton]
Generated description
Edward Laughton was an American character actor best known for his numerous supporting and comedic roles in Columbia Pictures films during the 1930s and 1940s.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Edward Laughton
Target entity description: Edward Laughton was an American character actor best known for his numerous supporting and comedic roles in Columbia Pictures films during the 1930s and 1940s.
  • A. Philip Stainton
    Philip Stainton was a British character actor known for his supporting roles in mid-20th-century films, including the adventure drama "Mogambo."
  • B. Edgar Lansbury
    Edgar Lansbury is a British-born American theatre, film, and television producer known for his work on acclaimed stage productions and as the son of actress Angela Lansbury.
  • C. George Levick
    George Levick was a British Royal Navy surgeon, Antarctic explorer, and photographer best known for his role in Scott’s Terra Nova Expedition and his pioneering observations of penguin behavior.
  • D. Robert Hichens
    Robert Hichens was a British novelist and short story writer known for his psychological thrillers and society novels in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
  • E. William Nicholson
    William Nicholson is a British screenwriter, playwright, and novelist known for works such as "Shadowlands," "Gladiator," and other major film and stage scripts.
  • 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_69d886ca8f348190812768ea8d5055ce completed April 10, 2026, 5:12 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69e3d183ff648190a3cb47242bf7e6ba completed April 18, 2026, 6:46 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_6a0139eb7e388190978397aa9176a893 completed May 11, 2026, 2:07 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_6a013b0a077881909f09e4de8c19d180 completed May 11, 2026, 2:12 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_6a013bb1cde48190aac8aaa55dab68d1 completed May 11, 2026, 2:15 a.m.
Created at: April 10, 2026, 5:32 a.m.