Triple

T2182101
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Bernard Hill E49066 entity
Predicate portrayed P1668 FINISHED
Object Sergeant Putnam
Sergeant Putnam is a fictional military character played by British actor Bernard Hill.
 E243215 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: Sergeant Putnam | Statement: [Bernard Hill, portrayed, Sergeant Putnam]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Sergeant Putnam
Context triple: [Bernard Hill, portrayed, Sergeant Putnam]
  • A. Eliab Harvey
    Eliab Harvey was an English naval officer and politician best known for commanding HMS Temeraire at the Battle of Trafalgar.
  • B. Colonel Osborne
    Colonel Osborne is a central character in Anthony Trollope's novel "He Knew He Was Right," known for his flirtatious behavior and the jealousy and marital discord his actions help provoke.
  • C. Isaac Howland
    Isaac Howland was a descendant of Mayflower passenger John Howland, belonging to an early New England colonial family.
  • D. Uriah Smith
    Uriah Smith was a prominent 19th-century Seventh-day Adventist theologian, author, and editor known especially for his influential prophetic interpretations and long tenure at the Review and Herald.
  • E. Ralph McLane
    Ralph McLane was a prominent American clarinetist best known for his tenure as principal clarinet of the Philadelphia Orchestra and his influential role as a teacher at leading music institutions.
  • 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: Sergeant Putnam
Triple: [Bernard Hill, portrayed, Sergeant Putnam]
Generated description
Sergeant Putnam is a fictional military character played by British actor Bernard Hill.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Sergeant Putnam
Target entity description: Sergeant Putnam is a fictional military character played by British actor Bernard Hill.
  • A. Eliab Harvey
    Eliab Harvey was an English naval officer and politician best known for commanding HMS Temeraire at the Battle of Trafalgar.
  • B. Colonel Osborne
    Colonel Osborne is a central character in Anthony Trollope's novel "He Knew He Was Right," known for his flirtatious behavior and the jealousy and marital discord his actions help provoke.
  • C. Isaac Howland
    Isaac Howland was a descendant of Mayflower passenger John Howland, belonging to an early New England colonial family.
  • D. Uriah Smith
    Uriah Smith was a prominent 19th-century Seventh-day Adventist theologian, author, and editor known especially for his influential prophetic interpretations and long tenure at the Review and Herald.
  • E. Ralph McLane
    Ralph McLane was a prominent American clarinetist best known for his tenure as principal clarinet of the Philadelphia Orchestra and his influential role as a teacher at leading music institutions.
  • 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_69a88aa72d348190a9544bb5b8a4e71d completed March 4, 2026, 7:40 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69abbef1f8c0819084da6002035bbf93 completed March 7, 2026, 6 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69ae5da786e48190896cae8fdcee3d83 completed March 9, 2026, 5:41 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69ae5e30a69c8190a3f77e784401f671 completed March 9, 2026, 5:44 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.