Triple

T1963878
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject 12 Years a Slave E42644 entity
Predicate portrays P264 FINISHED
Object Michael Fassbender as Edwin Epps
Michael Fassbender as Edwin Epps is the chillingly brutal plantation owner he portrays in the historical drama film "12 Years a Slave."
E218670 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: Michael Fassbender as Edwin Epps | Statement: [12 Years a Slave, portrays, Michael Fassbender as Edwin Epps]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Michael Fassbender as Edwin Epps
Context triple: [12 Years a Slave, portrays, Michael Fassbender as Edwin Epps]
  • A. Calvin Candie
    Calvin Candie is a sadistic and flamboyant Southern plantation owner who serves as the main antagonist in Quentin Tarantino's film "Django Unchained."
  • B. Harmon Jones
    Harmon Jones was an American film editor and director active in Hollywood during the mid-20th century, known for his work on several notable studio productions.
  • C. Abner
    Abner is a prominent Old Testament military commander and political figure in the Hebrew Bible, known especially for his role in the power struggles following King Saul’s death.
  • D. Cassius Brown
    Cassius Brown is a member of the Houston-Brown family, known publicly as a step-sibling of the late Bobbi Kristina Brown, daughter of Whitney Houston and Bobby Brown.
  • E. Bunk Moreland
    Bunk Moreland is a seasoned, sharp-witted homicide detective in the Baltimore Police Department on the television series "The Wire," known for his loyalty, pragmatism, and complex moral compass.
  • 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: Michael Fassbender as Edwin Epps
Triple: [12 Years a Slave, portrays, Michael Fassbender as Edwin Epps]
Generated description
Michael Fassbender as Edwin Epps is the chillingly brutal plantation owner he portrays in the historical drama film "12 Years a Slave."
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Michael Fassbender as Edwin Epps
Target entity description: Michael Fassbender as Edwin Epps is the chillingly brutal plantation owner he portrays in the historical drama film "12 Years a Slave."
  • A. Calvin Candie
    Calvin Candie is a sadistic and flamboyant Southern plantation owner who serves as the main antagonist in Quentin Tarantino's film "Django Unchained."
  • B. Harmon Jones
    Harmon Jones was an American film editor and director active in Hollywood during the mid-20th century, known for his work on several notable studio productions.
  • C. Abner
    Abner is a prominent Old Testament military commander and political figure in the Hebrew Bible, known especially for his role in the power struggles following King Saul’s death.
  • D. Cassius Brown
    Cassius Brown is a member of the Houston-Brown family, known publicly as a step-sibling of the late Bobbi Kristina Brown, daughter of Whitney Houston and Bobby Brown.
  • E. Bunk Moreland
    Bunk Moreland is a seasoned, sharp-witted homicide detective in the Baltimore Police Department on the television series "The Wire," known for his loyalty, pragmatism, and complex moral compass.
  • 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_69a88711151c8190940b2572095059d7 completed March 4, 2026, 7:25 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69abb3ada4148190ad830d4a3d7fd662 completed March 7, 2026, 5:12 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69adfbd32eb88190a2069b6490b12e5d completed March 8, 2026, 10:44 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69adfc5150e48190aa475798c790b767 completed March 8, 2026, 10:46 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69adfd10a6a88190818976d709d81596 completed March 8, 2026, 10:49 p.m.
Created at: March 4, 2026, 7:36 p.m.