Triple

T1796276
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject James Randi Educational Foundation E39610 entity
Predicate hasKeyPerson P256 FINISHED
Object Hal Bidlack
Hal Bidlack is an American political science professor, retired U.S. Air Force officer, and public speaker known for his work in skepticism and secular humanism.
E266045 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: Hal Bidlack | Statement: [James Randi Educational Foundation, hasKeyPerson, Hal Bidlack]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Hal Bidlack
Context triple: [James Randi Educational Foundation, hasKeyPerson, Hal Bidlack]
  • A. Sam Jaffe
    Sam Jaffe was an American actor and character performer known for memorable roles in classic films such as "Gunga Din," "The Asphalt Jungle," and "Ben-Hur."
  • B. Andrew Weisblum
    Andrew Weisblum is an American film editor known for his work on major feature films, including collaborations with directors like Darren Aronofsky and Wes Anderson.
  • C. Glenn Fleshler
    Glenn Fleshler is an American character actor known for his intense and often menacing roles in film and television, including appearances in projects like "True Detective," "Billions," and "Joker."
  • D. Joseph Buloff
    Joseph Buloff was a Lithuanian-born American actor and director known for his work in Yiddish theater and on Broadway.
  • E. David Scearce
    David Scearce is a Canadian screenwriter best known for adapting Christopher Isherwood’s novel into the acclaimed film "A Single Man."
  • 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: Hal Bidlack
Triple: [James Randi Educational Foundation, hasKeyPerson, Hal Bidlack]
Generated description
Hal Bidlack is an American political science professor, retired U.S. Air Force officer, and public speaker known for his work in skepticism and secular humanism.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Hal Bidlack
Target entity description: Hal Bidlack is an American political science professor, retired U.S. Air Force officer, and public speaker known for his work in skepticism and secular humanism.
  • A. Sam Jaffe
    Sam Jaffe was an American actor and character performer known for memorable roles in classic films such as "Gunga Din," "The Asphalt Jungle," and "Ben-Hur."
  • B. Andrew Weisblum
    Andrew Weisblum is an American film editor known for his work on major feature films, including collaborations with directors like Darren Aronofsky and Wes Anderson.
  • C. Glenn Fleshler
    Glenn Fleshler is an American character actor known for his intense and often menacing roles in film and television, including appearances in projects like "True Detective," "Billions," and "Joker."
  • D. Joseph Buloff
    Joseph Buloff was a Lithuanian-born American actor and director known for his work in Yiddish theater and on Broadway.
  • E. David Scearce
    David Scearce is a Canadian screenwriter best known for adapting Christopher Isherwood’s novel into the acclaimed film "A Single Man."
  • 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_69a88632aa588190ba3978fde0db5bbd completed March 4, 2026, 7:21 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69aa653ef7f481908226ff71afca672a completed March 6, 2026, 5:25 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69aebefcac108190a60448f545c89a26 completed March 9, 2026, 12:37 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69aec3bb82288190939830a456e9e9d4 completed March 9, 2026, 12:57 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69aec4170b788190b24b8800319966cc completed March 9, 2026, 12:59 p.m.
Created at: March 4, 2026, 7:32 p.m.