Triple
T20877915
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | James "Whitey" Bulger |
E514067
|
entity |
| Predicate | inspiredFictionalCharacter |
P86314
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Frank Costello in the film "The Departed" |
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NE NERFINISHED |
How this triple was built (2 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: Frank Costello in the film "The Departed" | Statement: [James "Whitey" Bulger, inspiredFictionalCharacter, Frank Costello in the film "The Departed"]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Frank Costello in the film "The Departed" Context triple: [James "Whitey" Bulger, inspiredFictionalCharacter, Frank Costello in the film "The Departed"]
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A.
Frank Costello in The Departed
chosen
Frank Costello in *The Departed* is a ruthless Irish-American mob boss who serves as the film’s primary antagonist, manipulating both the criminal underworld and the police through his network of informants.
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B.
Mr. French in The Departed
Mr. French in *The Departed* is the ruthless and loyal right-hand enforcer to Boston mob boss Frank Costello, known for his brutal efficiency and unwavering commitment to the criminal organization.
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C.
Henry Hill in Goodfellas
Henry Hill in Goodfellas is the ambitious young mob associate whose rise and fall within the New York Mafia underworld drives the film’s narrative.
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D.
Vincent Mancini in The Godfather Part III
Vincent Mancini is the hot-headed yet ambitious illegitimate son of Sonny Corleone who becomes Michael Corleone’s protégé and eventual heir to the Corleone crime family in The Godfather Part III.
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E.
Buddy Russo in The French Connection
Buddy Russo in *The French Connection* is a tough, streetwise New York City detective who partners with Popeye Doyle in the gritty pursuit of an international heroin smuggling ring.
- F. None of above.
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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_69e0b4f733f081908a401c0b7beb0b9f |
completed | April 16, 2026, 10:07 a.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69e6c6775f108190a79cd5e8c31cecf6 |
completed | April 21, 2026, 12:36 a.m. |
Created at: April 16, 2026, 12:45 p.m.