Triple

T17007381
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject The Spanish Main E412605 entity
Predicate leadCharacter P1668 FINISHED
Object Laurent Van Horn
Laurent Van Horn is the swashbuckling Dutch privateer captain portrayed by Paul Henreid in the 1945 adventure film "The Spanish Main."
 E1246125 NE FINISHED

Named-entity recognition

Before disambiguation, gpt-5-mini classified whether the object phrase is a named entity — the step behind the object's NE type shown above.

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: Laurent Van Horn | Statement: [The Spanish Main, leadCharacter, Laurent Van Horn]

Disambiguation candidates (2 decisions)

The exact options the model was shown at each disambiguation step, with the option it chose highlighted — the evidence behind this triple's disambiguated ids.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Laurent Van Horn
Context triple: [The Spanish Main, leadCharacter, Laurent Van Horn]
  • A. Sébastien Jodogne
    Sébastien Jodogne is a free software developer best known for creating the open-source medical imaging platform Orthanc and for his significant contributions to open healthcare technologies.
  • B. Laurent Van der Stockt
    Laurent Van der Stockt is a renowned Belgian photojournalist known for his powerful war and conflict photography published in major international media outlets.
  • C. Ben Weyts
    Ben Weyts is a Belgian politician from Flanders who has served in prominent roles within the Flemish government, particularly in areas such as education and mobility.
  • D. Laurent Baudoux
    Laurent Baudoux is a music producer and label founder known for his work in experimental and electronic music.
  • E. Benoit Dageville
    Benoit Dageville is a French computer scientist and entrepreneur best known as a co-founder of the cloud data platform company Snowflake.
  • F. None of above. chosen
  • G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Laurent Van Horn
Target entity description: Laurent Van Horn is the swashbuckling Dutch privateer captain portrayed by Paul Henreid in the 1945 adventure film "The Spanish Main."
  • A. Sébastien Jodogne
    Sébastien Jodogne is a free software developer best known for creating the open-source medical imaging platform Orthanc and for his significant contributions to open healthcare technologies.
  • B. Laurent Van der Stockt
    Laurent Van der Stockt is a renowned Belgian photojournalist known for his powerful war and conflict photography published in major international media outlets.
  • C. Ben Weyts
    Ben Weyts is a Belgian politician from Flanders who has served in prominent roles within the Flemish government, particularly in areas such as education and mobility.
  • D. Laurent Baudoux
    Laurent Baudoux is a music producer and label founder known for his work in experimental and electronic music.
  • E. Benoit Dageville
    Benoit Dageville is a French computer scientist and entrepreneur best known as a co-founder of the cloud data platform company Snowflake.
  • F. None of above. chosen

How the object was described

The object's one-sentence description was generated by prompting gpt-5.1 with the object name and this triple as context.

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: Laurent Van Horn
Triple: [The Spanish Main, leadCharacter, Laurent Van Horn]
Generated description
Laurent Van Horn is the swashbuckling Dutch privateer captain portrayed by Paul Henreid in the 1945 adventure film "The Spanish Main."

Provenance (5 batches)

Stage Batch ID Job type Status
creating batch_69d886cb581c8190ab05f4b429c9cd85 elicitation completed
NER batch_69e3d3841e48819086dbc383cb4b1c16 ner completed
NED1 batch_6a011b46e89c81908271eb22b535c558 ned_source_triple completed
NED2 batch_6a011d4b53d081909781235ded1c2b35 ned_description completed
NEDg batch_6a011c99c3948190ac3d3d9059dbb57e nedg completed
Created at: April 10, 2026, 5:32 a.m.