Triple

T2305375
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Pollyanna (1920 film) E51826 entity
Predicate castMember P1668 FINISHED
Object Howard Ralston
Howard Ralston was an early 20th-century American film actor known for appearing in silent-era productions, including the 1920 adaptation of "Pollyanna."
 E384484 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: Howard Ralston | Statement: [Pollyanna (1920 film), castMember, Howard Ralston]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Howard Ralston
Context triple: [Pollyanna (1920 film), castMember, Howard Ralston]
  • A. Louis Hobson
    Louis Hobson is an American musical theatre actor best known for his work on Broadway, including originating a role in the acclaimed rock musical "Next to Normal."
  • B. John Phalen McInnis
    John Phalen "Stuffy" McInnis was an American Major League Baseball first baseman best known as a member of the famed "$100,000 infield" of the Philadelphia Athletics in the early 20th century.
  • C. Hamilton Luske
    Hamilton Luske was an American animator and film director best known for his work on classic Walt Disney animated features.
  • D. George Hively
    George Hively was an American film editor and screenwriter active during the early 20th century, known for his work in Hollywood studio productions.
  • E. William Drinkard
    William Drinkard is a gospel singer best known as a member of the influential family group The Drinkard Singers, which helped shape mid-20th-century American gospel music.
  • 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: Howard Ralston
Triple: [Pollyanna (1920 film), castMember, Howard Ralston]
Generated description
Howard Ralston was an early 20th-century American film actor known for appearing in silent-era productions, including the 1920 adaptation of "Pollyanna."
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Howard Ralston
Target entity description: Howard Ralston was an early 20th-century American film actor known for appearing in silent-era productions, including the 1920 adaptation of "Pollyanna."
  • A. Louis Hobson
    Louis Hobson is an American musical theatre actor best known for his work on Broadway, including originating a role in the acclaimed rock musical "Next to Normal."
  • B. John Phalen McInnis
    John Phalen "Stuffy" McInnis was an American Major League Baseball first baseman best known as a member of the famed "$100,000 infield" of the Philadelphia Athletics in the early 20th century.
  • C. Hamilton Luske
    Hamilton Luske was an American animator and film director best known for his work on classic Walt Disney animated features.
  • D. George Hively
    George Hively was an American film editor and screenwriter active during the early 20th century, known for his work in Hollywood studio productions.
  • E. William Drinkard
    William Drinkard is a gospel singer best known as a member of the influential family group The Drinkard Singers, which helped shape mid-20th-century American gospel music.
  • 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_69a88b0bb30c81908ded03b006d29387 completed March 4, 2026, 7:42 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69abc60300388190993bed7d312a92d5 completed March 7, 2026, 6:30 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69b4dadd801481909551f6ed73e02fc2 completed March 14, 2026, 3:49 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69b4db4fb0bc8190a5ac2335488500c2 completed March 14, 2026, 3:51 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69b4dbc0370881908a75c594a6d688bf completed March 14, 2026, 3:53 a.m.
Created at: March 4, 2026, 7:49 p.m.