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" 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"]
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.