Triple
T2120302
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Once a Thief |
E43904
|
entity |
| Predicate | starring |
P1507
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Van Heflin
Van Heflin was an American film and stage actor best known for his versatile character roles in classic Hollywood movies such as "Shane" and "Johnny Eager."
|
E241883
|
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: Van Heflin | Statement: [Once a Thief, starring, Van Heflin]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Van Heflin Context triple: [Once a Thief, starring, Van Heflin]
-
A.
Patricia Neal
Patricia Neal was an acclaimed American film, stage, and television actress best known for her Oscar-winning performance in "Hud" and her roles in classics like "The Day the Earth Stood Still."
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B.
Sylvia Sidney
Sylvia Sidney was an American actress known for her work in 1930s crime dramas and later roles in films like "Beetlejuice" and "Mars Attacks!".
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C.
Dorothy McGuire
Dorothy McGuire was an American film and stage actress known for her sensitive, understated performances in classic mid-20th-century Hollywood dramas.
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D.
Maureen Stapleton
Maureen Stapleton was an acclaimed American actress of stage, film, and television, known for her powerful character roles and multiple Academy Award nominations.
-
E.
Jessica Tandy
Jessica Tandy was an acclaimed British-American actress known for her distinguished stage and film career, including her Academy Award–winning performance in "Driving Miss Daisy."
- 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: Van Heflin Triple: [Once a Thief, starring, Van Heflin]
Generated description
Van Heflin was an American film and stage actor best known for his versatile character roles in classic Hollywood movies such as "Shane" and "Johnny Eager."
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Van Heflin Target entity description: Van Heflin was an American film and stage actor best known for his versatile character roles in classic Hollywood movies such as "Shane" and "Johnny Eager."
-
A.
Patricia Neal
Patricia Neal was an acclaimed American film, stage, and television actress best known for her Oscar-winning performance in "Hud" and her roles in classics like "The Day the Earth Stood Still."
-
B.
Sylvia Sidney
Sylvia Sidney was an American actress known for her work in 1930s crime dramas and later roles in films like "Beetlejuice" and "Mars Attacks!".
-
C.
Dorothy McGuire
Dorothy McGuire was an American film and stage actress known for her sensitive, understated performances in classic mid-20th-century Hollywood dramas.
-
D.
Maureen Stapleton
Maureen Stapleton was an acclaimed American actress of stage, film, and television, known for her powerful character roles and multiple Academy Award nominations.
-
E.
Jessica Tandy
Jessica Tandy was an acclaimed British-American actress known for her distinguished stage and film career, including her Academy Award–winning performance in "Driving Miss Daisy."
- 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_69a88717cfe48190b7ecdd68c824848a |
completed | March 4, 2026, 7:25 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69abbb3404348190bc843022fbd2b4d0 |
completed | March 7, 2026, 5:44 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69ae5d8e61d48190af0becdc5a040cd9 |
completed | March 9, 2026, 5:41 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69ae5e48eefc8190b459278860bb3217 |
completed | March 9, 2026, 5:44 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69ae5ec233788190a52dc1a135f7dfb9 |
completed | March 9, 2026, 5:46 a.m. |
Created at: March 4, 2026, 7:44 p.m.