Triple
T20388543
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Thinner |
E498022
|
entity |
| Predicate | mainCharacter |
P1183
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Billy Halleck |
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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: Billy Halleck | Statement: [Thinner, mainCharacter, Billy Halleck]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Billy Halleck Context triple: [Thinner, mainCharacter, Billy Halleck]
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A.
Wally Sparks
Wally Sparks is a loudmouthed, irreverent tabloid talk-show host portrayed by Rodney Dangerfield in the 1997 comedy film "Meet Wally Sparks."
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B.
Jay Halstead
Jay Halstead is a fictional former Army Ranger turned dedicated detective in the Intelligence Unit on the TV series "Chicago P.D.," known for his strong moral compass and close partnership with Erin Lindsay.
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C.
Randolph Driblette
Randolph Driblette is a reclusive, visionary theater director and actor in Thomas Pynchon’s novel *The Crying of Lot 49*, whose enigmatic production of the play *The Courier’s Tragedy* deepens the book’s themes of conspiracy and interpretation.
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D.
Hank Marshall
Hank Marshall is the central protagonist of the film "Blue Sky," a conflicted U.S. Army officer grappling with personal and professional turmoil during the Cold War era.
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E.
Haydon Wick
Haydon Wick is a residential and suburban area within the Borough of Swindon in Wiltshire, England.
- 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: Billy Halleck Target entity description: Billy Halleck is the protagonist of Stephen King’s horror novel "Thinner," a wealthy lawyer cursed to lose weight uncontrollably after a fatal hit-and-run accident.
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A.
Wally Sparks
Wally Sparks is a loudmouthed, irreverent tabloid talk-show host portrayed by Rodney Dangerfield in the 1997 comedy film "Meet Wally Sparks."
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B.
Jay Halstead
Jay Halstead is a fictional former Army Ranger turned dedicated detective in the Intelligence Unit on the TV series "Chicago P.D.," known for his strong moral compass and close partnership with Erin Lindsay.
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C.
Randolph Driblette
Randolph Driblette is a reclusive, visionary theater director and actor in Thomas Pynchon’s novel *The Crying of Lot 49*, whose enigmatic production of the play *The Courier’s Tragedy* deepens the book’s themes of conspiracy and interpretation.
-
D.
Hank Marshall
Hank Marshall is the central protagonist of the film "Blue Sky," a conflicted U.S. Army officer grappling with personal and professional turmoil during the Cold War era.
-
E.
Haydon Wick
Haydon Wick is a residential and suburban area within the Borough of Swindon in Wiltshire, England.
- 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_69e0b4a71ebc8190b153a36c738730f4 |
completed | April 16, 2026, 10:06 a.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69e6790d9e5881908bde7da9e5e541a0 |
completed | April 20, 2026, 7:05 p.m. |
Created at: April 16, 2026, 11:28 a.m.