Triple

T1987374
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject The Hangover E43171 entity
Predicate portrayedBy P1507 FINISHED
Object Zach Galifianakis
Zach Galifianakis is an American comedian and actor best known for his offbeat, deadpan humor and breakout role in the hit comedy film series "The Hangover."
E317960 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: Zach Galifianakis | Statement: [The Hangover, portrayedBy, Zach Galifianakis]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Zach Galifianakis
Context triple: [The Hangover, portrayedBy, Zach Galifianakis]
  • A. Bill Hader
    Bill Hader is an American actor, comedian, writer, and director best known for his work on Saturday Night Live and for creating and starring in the dark comedy series Barry.
  • B. B. J. Novak
    B. J. Novak is an American actor, writer, comedian, and director best known for his work on the U.S. version of "The Office."
  • C. Charlie Day
    Charlie Day is an American actor, comedian, writer, and producer best known for his manic, high-energy performances in projects like the sitcom "It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia" and various film comedies.
  • D. Patton Oswalt
    Patton Oswalt is an American stand-up comedian, actor, and writer known for his sharp observational humor and roles in film and television, including voicing Remy in Pixar's "Ratatouille."
  • E. Fred Armisen
    Fred Armisen is an American comedian, actor, writer, and musician best known for his work on Saturday Night Live and co-creating and starring in the sketch series Portlandia.
  • 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: Zach Galifianakis
Triple: [The Hangover, portrayedBy, Zach Galifianakis]
Generated description
Zach Galifianakis is an American comedian and actor best known for his offbeat, deadpan humor and breakout role in the hit comedy film series "The Hangover."
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Zach Galifianakis
Target entity description: Zach Galifianakis is an American comedian and actor best known for his offbeat, deadpan humor and breakout role in the hit comedy film series "The Hangover."
  • A. Bill Hader
    Bill Hader is an American actor, comedian, writer, and director best known for his work on Saturday Night Live and for creating and starring in the dark comedy series Barry.
  • B. B. J. Novak
    B. J. Novak is an American actor, writer, comedian, and director best known for his work on the U.S. version of "The Office."
  • C. Charlie Day
    Charlie Day is an American actor, comedian, writer, and producer best known for his manic, high-energy performances in projects like the sitcom "It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia" and various film comedies.
  • D. Patton Oswalt
    Patton Oswalt is an American stand-up comedian, actor, and writer known for his sharp observational humor and roles in film and television, including voicing Remy in Pixar's "Ratatouille."
  • E. Fred Armisen
    Fred Armisen is an American comedian, actor, writer, and musician best known for his work on Saturday Night Live and co-creating and starring in the sketch series Portlandia.
  • 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_69a88713ddc88190a969715658ebe7a8 completed March 4, 2026, 7:25 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69abb840a5708190a9b64564b855fb22 completed March 7, 2026, 5:31 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69b12de0989481909ce71f3fb739ac2a completed March 11, 2026, 8:54 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69b12e9293a481908e9344041d0bba15 completed March 11, 2026, 8:57 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69b1c69defa48190916c455a35631037 completed March 11, 2026, 7:46 p.m.
Created at: March 4, 2026, 7:37 p.m.