Triple
T19455256
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | The Thing (1982 film) |
E486717
|
entity |
| Predicate | characterPortrayed |
P1507
|
FINISHED |
| Object | R. J. MacReady |
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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: R. J. MacReady | Statement: [The Thing (1982 film), characterPortrayed, R. J. MacReady]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: R. J. MacReady Context triple: [The Thing (1982 film), characterPortrayed, R. J. MacReady]
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A.
R.J. MacReady
chosen
R.J. MacReady is the rugged, resourceful helicopter pilot and reluctant hero who leads the fight against a shape-shifting alien in John Carpenter’s 1982 horror film "The Thing."
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B.
Jeremiah Denton
Jeremiah Denton was a U.S. Navy rear admiral and Vietnam War pilot who became famous for enduring years of torture as a prisoner of war and later serving as a U.S. senator from Alabama.
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C.
John Clark
John Clark was an English actor and director best known for his long marriage and professional collaborations with actress Lynn Redgrave.
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D.
John Clark
John Clark was an early New England settler and mariner after whom Clark’s Island in Plymouth, Massachusetts, is named.
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E.
John Clark
John Clark is a former Scottish footballer best known as a vital member of Celtic FC’s legendary 1967 European Cup–winning "Lisbon Lions" team.
- 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_69d8e8d86d608190bd199a98d0297f27 |
completed | April 10, 2026, 12:11 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69e633c2b1108190b492ca23487b91f8 |
completed | April 20, 2026, 2:10 p.m. |
Created at: April 10, 2026, 1:38 p.m.