Triple

T2405516
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Christian Bale E50267 entity
Predicate portrayedCharacter P1668 FINISHED
Object Trevor Reznik
Trevor Reznik is the emaciated, sleep-deprived machinist protagonist of the psychological thriller film "The Machinist," known for his deteriorating mental state and Christian Bale's extreme physical transformation for the role.
E264227 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: Trevor Reznik | Statement: [Christian Bale, portrayedCharacter, Trevor Reznik]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Trevor Reznik
Context triple: [Christian Bale, portrayedCharacter, Trevor Reznik]
  • A. Trevor Rabin
    Trevor Rabin is a South African musician and composer best known as the former guitarist of the rock band Yes and as a prolific film score composer.
  • B. Mark Mothersbaugh
    Mark Mothersbaugh is an American composer, musician, and co-founder of the band Devo, known for his extensive work scoring films and television.
  • C. Jerry Finn
    Jerry Finn was an influential American record producer and engineer best known for shaping the polished pop-punk sound of bands like Blink-182, Green Day, and AFI.
  • D. Robby Mook
    Robby Mook is an American political strategist best known for serving as campaign manager for Hillary Clinton’s 2016 U.S. presidential campaign.
  • E. Sid Phillips
    Sid Phillips is the sadistic, toy-destroying neighborhood bully who serves as the primary human antagonist in Pixar's original Toy Story film.
  • 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: Trevor Reznik
Triple: [Christian Bale, portrayedCharacter, Trevor Reznik]
Generated description
Trevor Reznik is the emaciated, sleep-deprived machinist protagonist of the psychological thriller film "The Machinist," known for his deteriorating mental state and Christian Bale's extreme physical transformation for the role.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Trevor Reznik
Target entity description: Trevor Reznik is the emaciated, sleep-deprived machinist protagonist of the psychological thriller film "The Machinist," known for his deteriorating mental state and Christian Bale's extreme physical transformation for the role.
  • A. Trevor Rabin
    Trevor Rabin is a South African musician and composer best known as the former guitarist of the rock band Yes and as a prolific film score composer.
  • B. Mark Mothersbaugh
    Mark Mothersbaugh is an American composer, musician, and co-founder of the band Devo, known for his extensive work scoring films and television.
  • C. Jerry Finn
    Jerry Finn was an influential American record producer and engineer best known for shaping the polished pop-punk sound of bands like Blink-182, Green Day, and AFI.
  • D. Robby Mook
    Robby Mook is an American political strategist best known for serving as campaign manager for Hillary Clinton’s 2016 U.S. presidential campaign.
  • E. Sid Phillips
    Sid Phillips is the sadistic, toy-destroying neighborhood bully who serves as the primary human antagonist in Pixar's original Toy Story film.
  • 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_69a88b0339a88190a1207333cd271cc9 completed March 4, 2026, 7:41 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69abc8fb78408190b99fa8b4dfaaa75d completed March 7, 2026, 6:43 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69aeb3e95334819093923b0c36b968f2 completed March 9, 2026, 11:50 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69aeb7b2d8f88190a12ce00000735fd6 completed March 9, 2026, 12:06 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69aeb827504c8190bd458e79193d51cc completed March 9, 2026, 12:08 p.m.
Created at: March 4, 2026, 7:58 p.m.