Triple
T20117871
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | The Senator Was Indiscreet |
E490514
|
entity |
| Predicate | characterPortrayedBy |
P1507
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Senator Melvin G. Ashton – William Powell |
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NE NERFINISHED |
How this triple was built (3 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: Senator Melvin G. Ashton – William Powell | Statement: [The Senator Was Indiscreet, characterPortrayedBy, Senator Melvin G. Ashton – William Powell]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Senator Melvin G. Ashton – William Powell Context triple: [The Senator Was Indiscreet, characterPortrayedBy, Senator Melvin G. Ashton – William Powell]
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A.
Senator Joseph Paine in Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
Senator Joseph Paine in *Mr. Smith Goes to Washington* is a powerful, seemingly principled but ultimately corrupt U.S. senator whose moral conflict drives the film’s central political drama.
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B.
Diz Moore in Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
Diz Moore in "Mr. Smith Goes to Washington" is the savvy, wisecracking newspaper reporter who becomes an ally to the idealistic Senator Jefferson Smith.
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C.
Sidney Thaxter
Sidney Thaxter is the child of American film and television actress Phyllis Thaxter, known for her roles in classic Hollywood cinema and the 1978 film "Superman."
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D.
Munn Powell
Munn Powell is a cinematographer best known for his work on the cult comedy film "Napoleon Dynamite."
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E.
Willard Robertson
Willard Robertson was an American character actor and playwright active in early 20th-century stage and film, often appearing in supporting roles in Hollywood movies.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Senator Melvin G. Ashton – William Powell Target entity description: Senator Melvin G. Ashton is a central comedic character in the 1947 film "The Senator Was Indiscreet," portrayed as a somewhat bumbling but ambitious politician played by William Powell.
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A.
Senator Joseph Paine in Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
Senator Joseph Paine in *Mr. Smith Goes to Washington* is a powerful, seemingly principled but ultimately corrupt U.S. senator whose moral conflict drives the film’s central political drama.
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B.
Diz Moore in Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
Diz Moore in "Mr. Smith Goes to Washington" is the savvy, wisecracking newspaper reporter who becomes an ally to the idealistic Senator Jefferson Smith.
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C.
Sidney Thaxter
Sidney Thaxter is the child of American film and television actress Phyllis Thaxter, known for her roles in classic Hollywood cinema and the 1978 film "Superman."
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D.
Munn Powell
Munn Powell is a cinematographer best known for his work on the cult comedy film "Napoleon Dynamite."
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E.
Willard Robertson
Willard Robertson was an American character actor and playwright active in early 20th-century stage and film, often appearing in supporting roles in Hollywood movies.
- F. None of above. chosen
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_69da62636cc08190982cc71733a17b8d |
completed | April 11, 2026, 3:01 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69e6673ab4e08190b76ec742605e103b |
completed | April 20, 2026, 5:49 p.m. |
Created at: April 11, 2026, 11:30 p.m.