Triple
T2173334
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Apocalypse Now |
E48471
|
entity |
| Predicate | character |
P662
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Lieutenant Colonel Bill Kilgore
Lieutenant Colonel Bill Kilgore is a fictional, surf-obsessed and war-hardened U.S. Army officer in the film "Apocalypse Now," famous for the line "I love the smell of napalm in the morning."
|
E243112
|
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: Lieutenant Colonel Bill Kilgore | Statement: [Apocalypse Now, character, Lieutenant Colonel Bill Kilgore]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Lieutenant Colonel Bill Kilgore Context triple: [Apocalypse Now, character, Lieutenant Colonel Bill Kilgore]
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A.
Lieutenant Dan Taylor
Lieutenant Dan Taylor is a fictional Vietnam War veteran and Forrest Gump’s platoon leader whose life is profoundly altered by combat injuries, leading to a complex journey through anger, despair, and eventual acceptance in the film "Forrest Gump."
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B.
Commander Schultz
Commander Schultz is a sympathetic and conflicted military officer in Charlie Chaplin’s satirical film "The Great Dictator," who ultimately aids the film’s oppressed protagonists.
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C.
Sergeant Joe Bomowski
Sergeant Joe Bomowski is a tough but comically beleaguered Los Angeles police detective whose overbearing mother constantly interferes in both his personal life and police work.
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D.
Sergeant "Mac" MacChesney
Sergeant "Mac" MacChesney is a tough, no-nonsense British army sergeant and one of the central military characters in the classic adventure film *Gunga Din*.
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E.
Marshal Pentecost
Marshal Pentecost is the military rank and title held by Stacker Pentecost, the commanding officer of the Pan Pacific Defense Corps in the Pacific Rim universe.
- 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: Lieutenant Colonel Bill Kilgore Triple: [Apocalypse Now, character, Lieutenant Colonel Bill Kilgore]
Generated description
Lieutenant Colonel Bill Kilgore is a fictional, surf-obsessed and war-hardened U.S. Army officer in the film "Apocalypse Now," famous for the line "I love the smell of napalm in the morning."
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Lieutenant Colonel Bill Kilgore Target entity description: Lieutenant Colonel Bill Kilgore is a fictional, surf-obsessed and war-hardened U.S. Army officer in the film "Apocalypse Now," famous for the line "I love the smell of napalm in the morning."
-
A.
Lieutenant Dan Taylor
Lieutenant Dan Taylor is a fictional Vietnam War veteran and Forrest Gump’s platoon leader whose life is profoundly altered by combat injuries, leading to a complex journey through anger, despair, and eventual acceptance in the film "Forrest Gump."
-
B.
Commander Schultz
Commander Schultz is a sympathetic and conflicted military officer in Charlie Chaplin’s satirical film "The Great Dictator," who ultimately aids the film’s oppressed protagonists.
-
C.
Sergeant Joe Bomowski
Sergeant Joe Bomowski is a tough but comically beleaguered Los Angeles police detective whose overbearing mother constantly interferes in both his personal life and police work.
-
D.
Sergeant "Mac" MacChesney
Sergeant "Mac" MacChesney is a tough, no-nonsense British army sergeant and one of the central military characters in the classic adventure film *Gunga Din*.
-
E.
Marshal Pentecost
Marshal Pentecost is the military rank and title held by Stacker Pentecost, the commanding officer of the Pan Pacific Defense Corps in the Pacific Rim universe.
- 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_69a88aa3faa48190995b233af6525815 |
completed | March 4, 2026, 7:40 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69abbecb97a48190834e3e536184bbd1 |
completed | March 7, 2026, 5:59 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69ae5d9c61448190930777bcf2028882 |
completed | March 9, 2026, 5:41 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69ae5e1ea6108190b22ead618d620613 |
completed | March 9, 2026, 5:43 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69ae5ea7909c8190a93d87a5d07b84d4 |
completed | March 9, 2026, 5:46 a.m. |
Created at: March 4, 2026, 7:45 p.m.