Triple

T22546572
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Out to Sea E557443 entity
Predicate hasOnscreenPairing P35556 FINISHED
Object Walter Matthau as Herb Sullivan — NE NERFINISHED

How this triple was built (3 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: Walter Matthau as Herb Sullivan | Statement: [Out to Sea, hasOnscreenPairing, Walter Matthau as Herb Sullivan]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Walter Matthau as Herb Sullivan
Context triple: [Out to Sea, hasOnscreenPairing, Walter Matthau as Herb Sullivan]
  • A. Phil Silvers as Herb Blake
    Phil Silvers as Herb Blake is a comic supporting character in the 1950 musical film "Summer Stock," showcasing Silvers’ trademark fast-talking, wisecracking style.
  • B. Kid Gleason
    Kid Gleason was an early 20th-century Major League Baseball player and manager best known for leading the 1919 Chicago White Sox team involved in the Black Sox Scandal.
  • C. Danny Kaye as Professor Hobart Frisbee
    Danny Kaye as Professor Hobart Frisbee is the comedic lead character—a shy, eccentric musicologist—in the 1948 musical comedy film "A Song Is Born."
  • D. John Lithgow as Earl Talbott Blake
    John Lithgow as Earl Talbott Blake is the sadistic, over-the-top criminal mastermind portrayed by Lithgow as the primary antagonist in the 1991 action thriller film "Ricochet."
  • E. Steve Martin as George Banks
    Steve Martin as George Banks is the comedic, overprotective father at the center of the modern "Father of the Bride" films, known for his anxious yet loving reactions to his daughter's wedding and growing family.
  • F. None of above. chosen
  • G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Walter Matthau as Herb Sullivan
Target entity description: Walter Matthau as Herb Sullivan is the gruff, wisecracking retiree-turned-reluctant cruise ship dancer in the romantic comedy film "Out to Sea."
  • A. Phil Silvers as Herb Blake
    Phil Silvers as Herb Blake is a comic supporting character in the 1950 musical film "Summer Stock," showcasing Silvers’ trademark fast-talking, wisecracking style.
  • B. Kid Gleason
    Kid Gleason was an early 20th-century Major League Baseball player and manager best known for leading the 1919 Chicago White Sox team involved in the Black Sox Scandal.
  • C. Danny Kaye as Professor Hobart Frisbee
    Danny Kaye as Professor Hobart Frisbee is the comedic lead character—a shy, eccentric musicologist—in the 1948 musical comedy film "A Song Is Born."
  • D. John Lithgow as Earl Talbott Blake
    John Lithgow as Earl Talbott Blake is the sadistic, over-the-top criminal mastermind portrayed by Lithgow as the primary antagonist in the 1991 action thriller film "Ricochet."
  • E. Steve Martin as George Banks
    Steve Martin as George Banks is the comedic, overprotective father at the center of the modern "Father of the Bride" films, known for his anxious yet loving reactions to his daughter's wedding and growing family.
  • F. None of above. chosen

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_69e11e58662081909ae346ab384514ca completed April 16, 2026, 5:37 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69f15f35b9888190b4e1b50d5097b211 completed April 29, 2026, 1:30 a.m.
Created at: April 16, 2026, 8:52 p.m.