Triple
T18378226
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Shaft in Africa |
E446371
|
entity |
| Predicate | starring |
P1507
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Richard Roundtree |
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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 Roundtree | Statement: [Shaft in Africa, starring, Richard Roundtree]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Richard Roundtree Context triple: [Shaft in Africa, starring, Richard Roundtree]
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A.
Richard Roundtree
chosen
Richard Roundtree was an American actor best known for his iconic role as private detective John Shaft in the groundbreaking 1971 blaxploitation film "Shaft" and its sequels.
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B.
Reginald VelJohnson
Reginald VelJohnson is an American actor best known for his roles in family-friendly films and television sitcoms, particularly as police officers and father figures.
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C.
Richard Boone
Richard Boone was an American actor best known for his tough, authoritative roles in film and television, particularly as the star of the Western series "Have Gun – Will Travel."
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D.
Jeffrey Hunter
Jeffrey Hunter was an American film and television actor best known for his roles in classic Westerns and for originating the role of Captain Christopher Pike in the Star Trek franchise.
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E.
Aldo Ray
Aldo Ray was an American film actor known for his tough-guy roles and distinctive raspy voice in numerous Hollywood movies of the 1950s and 1960s.
- 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_69d8b9f370b88190b1e5081c2c238e7f |
completed | April 10, 2026, 8:50 a.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69e5179919c881908d55ea24f93c5827 |
completed | April 19, 2026, 5:57 p.m. |
Created at: April 10, 2026, 10:45 a.m.