Triple

T2651543
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Layer Cake E53909 entity
Predicate starring P1507 FINISHED
Object Kenneth Cranham
Kenneth Cranham is a Scottish character actor known for his extensive work in British film, television, and theatre, often portraying authoritative or villainous roles.
 E313000 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: Kenneth Cranham | Statement: [Layer Cake, starring, Kenneth Cranham]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Kenneth Cranham
Context triple: [Layer Cake, starring, Kenneth Cranham]
  • A. Michael Gough
    Michael Gough was an English character actor best known for his role as Alfred Pennyworth in the Batman films of the late 1980s and 1990s and for frequent collaborations with director Tim Burton.
  • B. Anthony Ainley
    Anthony Ainley was an English actor best known for playing the villainous Time Lord known as the Master in the long-running British science fiction series Doctor Who.
  • C. Iain Glen
    Iain Glen is a Scottish actor best known internationally for his role as Ser Jorah Mormont in the television series "Game of Thrones."
  • D. Terence Stamp
    Terence Stamp is an English actor known for his distinctive presence and performances in films such as "The Collector," "Superman II," and "The Limey."
  • E. Michael Hordern
    Michael Hordern was an English actor renowned for his distinguished stage and screen career, often noted for his Shakespearean roles and character work in British film and television.
  • 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: Kenneth Cranham
Triple: [Layer Cake, starring, Kenneth Cranham]
Generated description
Kenneth Cranham is a Scottish character actor known for his extensive work in British film, television, and theatre, often portraying authoritative or villainous roles.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Kenneth Cranham
Target entity description: Kenneth Cranham is a Scottish character actor known for his extensive work in British film, television, and theatre, often portraying authoritative or villainous roles.
  • A. Michael Gough
    Michael Gough was an English character actor best known for his role as Alfred Pennyworth in the Batman films of the late 1980s and 1990s and for frequent collaborations with director Tim Burton.
  • B. Anthony Ainley
    Anthony Ainley was an English actor best known for playing the villainous Time Lord known as the Master in the long-running British science fiction series Doctor Who.
  • C. Iain Glen
    Iain Glen is a Scottish actor best known internationally for his role as Ser Jorah Mormont in the television series "Game of Thrones."
  • D. Terence Stamp
    Terence Stamp is an English actor known for his distinctive presence and performances in films such as "The Collector," "Superman II," and "The Limey."
  • E. Michael Hordern
    Michael Hordern was an English actor renowned for his distinguished stage and screen career, often noted for his Shakespearean roles and character work in British film and television.
  • 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_69ab495e192081909c77b622e8e7e15a completed March 6, 2026, 9:38 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69abd93071248190820197936e3167f7 completed March 7, 2026, 7:52 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69b0862d08e48190a40af283184991ee completed March 10, 2026, 8:59 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69b0d02aaeb48190988cdb86f898d647 completed March 11, 2026, 2:15 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69b0d0995558819093d2f02218710296 completed March 11, 2026, 2:16 a.m.
Created at: March 6, 2026, 9:53 p.m.