Triple

T2022311
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Watchmen (film) E44131 entity
Predicate castMember P1668 FINISHED
Object Stephen McHattie
Stephen McHattie is a Canadian actor known for his intense character roles in film and television, including his appearance in the superhero film "Watchmen."
E238509 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: Stephen McHattie | Statement: [Watchmen (film), castMember, Stephen McHattie]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Stephen McHattie
Context triple: [Watchmen (film), castMember, Stephen McHattie]
  • A. Garth Stevenson
    Garth Stevenson is a Canadian-born double bassist and composer known for his atmospheric, nature-inspired film scores and solo work.
  • B. John McShain
    John McShain was an American building contractor known for constructing major U.S. landmarks, including the Pentagon and significant parts of Washington, D.C.'s federal architecture.
  • C. Peter Mathieson
    Peter Mathieson is a British nephrologist and academic leader who has served as principal and vice-chancellor of major universities, including the University of Edinburgh and the University of Hong Kong.
  • D. David Isaacs
    David Isaacs is an American television producer and entrepreneur best known as a co-founder of the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC).
  • E. Hugh McDonald
    Hugh McDonald is an American bass guitarist best known for his long-time work with the rock band Bon Jovi.
  • 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: Stephen McHattie
Triple: [Watchmen (film), castMember, Stephen McHattie]
Generated description
Stephen McHattie is a Canadian actor known for his intense character roles in film and television, including his appearance in the superhero film "Watchmen."
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Stephen McHattie
Target entity description: Stephen McHattie is a Canadian actor known for his intense character roles in film and television, including his appearance in the superhero film "Watchmen."
  • A. Garth Stevenson
    Garth Stevenson is a Canadian-born double bassist and composer known for his atmospheric, nature-inspired film scores and solo work.
  • B. John McShain
    John McShain was an American building contractor known for constructing major U.S. landmarks, including the Pentagon and significant parts of Washington, D.C.'s federal architecture.
  • C. Peter Mathieson
    Peter Mathieson is a British nephrologist and academic leader who has served as principal and vice-chancellor of major universities, including the University of Edinburgh and the University of Hong Kong.
  • D. David Isaacs
    David Isaacs is an American television producer and entrepreneur best known as a co-founder of the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC).
  • E. Hugh McDonald
    Hugh McDonald is an American bass guitarist best known for his long-time work with the rock band Bon Jovi.
  • 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_69a8891201bc8190aca837be6de41579 completed March 4, 2026, 7:33 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69abb8efbe148190901d3650aa60408a completed March 7, 2026, 5:34 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69ae58bffa30819099409ff59f844a9c completed March 9, 2026, 5:21 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69ae59892b848190a9cc8b086647ff14 completed March 9, 2026, 5:24 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69ae59ff1234819083bbfdce270cb584 completed March 9, 2026, 5:26 a.m.
Created at: March 4, 2026, 7:38 p.m.