Triple

T2758212
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Stephen Tobolowsky E61156 entity
Predicate playedCharacter P1507 FINISHED
Object Sammy Jankis
Sammy Jankis is a pivotal, memory-impaired character from the film "Memento," whose tragic condition mirrors and foreshadows the protagonist’s own struggles.
E296004 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: Sammy Jankis | Statement: [Stephen Tobolowsky, playedCharacter, Sammy Jankis]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Sammy Jankis
Context triple: [Stephen Tobolowsky, playedCharacter, Sammy Jankis]
  • A. Potsie Weber
    Potsie Weber is a lovable but somewhat dim-witted teenage friend of Richie Cunningham on the classic American sitcom "Happy Days."
  • B. Jack Roth
    Jack Roth is a British actor known for his roles in film and television, and is the son of acclaimed actor Tim Roth.
  • C. Martin "Buggsy" Goldstein
    Martin "Buggsy" Goldstein was an American mobster and contract killer associated with New York's organized crime underworld in the early to mid-20th century.
  • D. Melvin
    Melvin is the full given name of legendary American voice actor and comedian Mel Blanc, famed for voicing many iconic Looney Tunes characters.
  • E. Sammy
    Sammy is the owl mascot of Rice University, known for representing the school's athletic teams and spirit.
  • 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: Sammy Jankis
Triple: [Stephen Tobolowsky, playedCharacter, Sammy Jankis]
Generated description
Sammy Jankis is a pivotal, memory-impaired character from the film "Memento," whose tragic condition mirrors and foreshadows the protagonist’s own struggles.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Sammy Jankis
Target entity description: Sammy Jankis is a pivotal, memory-impaired character from the film "Memento," whose tragic condition mirrors and foreshadows the protagonist’s own struggles.
  • A. Potsie Weber
    Potsie Weber is a lovable but somewhat dim-witted teenage friend of Richie Cunningham on the classic American sitcom "Happy Days."
  • B. Jack Roth
    Jack Roth is a British actor known for his roles in film and television, and is the son of acclaimed actor Tim Roth.
  • C. Martin "Buggsy" Goldstein
    Martin "Buggsy" Goldstein was an American mobster and contract killer associated with New York's organized crime underworld in the early to mid-20th century.
  • D. Melvin
    Melvin is the full given name of legendary American voice actor and comedian Mel Blanc, famed for voicing many iconic Looney Tunes characters.
  • E. Sammy
    Sammy is the owl mascot of Rice University, known for representing the school's athletic teams and spirit.
  • 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_69ab4b7a85bc819094a349b84beb1f2c completed March 6, 2026, 9:47 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69abdb8ba4688190b401b6eb5b734ac6 completed March 7, 2026, 8:02 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69afbbe2d9cc81909b041635ae793bc3 completed March 10, 2026, 6:36 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69afbcc1dd988190826ab05e55adf1ee completed March 10, 2026, 6:40 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69afbd452e1c8190a3ee9eaf642e80a0 completed March 10, 2026, 6:42 a.m.
Created at: March 6, 2026, 9:57 p.m.