Triple
T17504890
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | William Atherton |
E426286
|
entity |
| Predicate | portrayed |
P1668
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Richard "Dick" Thornburg |
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NE NERFINISHED |
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: Richard "Dick" Thornburg | Statement: [William Atherton, portrayed, Richard "Dick" Thornburg]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Richard "Dick" Thornburg Context triple: [William Atherton, portrayed, Richard "Dick" Thornburg]
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A.
Richard Thornburg
chosen
Richard Thornburg is an obnoxious and sensationalist television news reporter who appears in the Die Hard film series, often complicating crises with his reckless pursuit of a story.
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B.
Rich Thurston
Rich Thurston is a musician best known as a performer associated with the hardcore band Culture and its album "Born of You."
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C.
Jim Hutton
Jim Hutton was an American actor best known for his lanky, affable screen presence in 1960s comedies and for playing the title role in the TV series "Ellery Queen."
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D.
Jim Hutton
Jim Hutton was an Irish hairdresser best known as the long-term partner of Queen frontman Freddie Mercury during the final years of Mercury’s life.
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E.
Tom Thacker
Tom Thacker is a music producer known for his work on country recordings such as Tina Turner's early country album "Tina Turns the Country On!".
- F. None of above.
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Provenance (2 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_69d889dd9164819087b1dc3c9240c870 |
completed | April 10, 2026, 5:25 a.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69e45214d44c8190b1bf04bf24ab8e81 |
completed | April 19, 2026, 3:55 a.m. |
Created at: April 10, 2026, 5:48 a.m.