Triple

T2900886
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Road to Perdition E62649 entity
Predicate mainCharacter P1183 FINISHED
Object Michael Sullivan
Michael Sullivan is a stoic Depression-era mob enforcer and conflicted father whose quest for vengeance and protection of his son drives the crime drama of "Road to Perdition."
E308441 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: Michael Sullivan | Statement: [Road to Perdition, mainCharacter, Michael Sullivan]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Michael Sullivan
Context triple: [Road to Perdition, mainCharacter, Michael Sullivan]
  • A. Michael L. Sale
    Michael L. Sale is a film editor known for his work on major Hollywood comedies, including the hit movie "Bridesmaids."
  • B. Gregory Nussbaum
    Gregory Nussbaum is a film editor known for his work on the 2008 comic-book adaptation "The Spirit."
  • C. Ronald G. Larson
    Ronald G. Larson is an American chemical engineer and rheologist renowned for his influential research on the flow and deformation of complex fluids and polymers.
  • D. Mark Sanger
    Mark Sanger is a British film editor best known for his Academy Award–winning work on the science fiction thriller "Gravity."
  • E. Michael G. Smith
    Michael G. Smith is an American Episcopal bishop who has served as the diocesan leader of the Episcopal Diocese of Albany.
  • 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: Michael Sullivan
Triple: [Road to Perdition, mainCharacter, Michael Sullivan]
Generated description
Michael Sullivan is a stoic Depression-era mob enforcer and conflicted father whose quest for vengeance and protection of his son drives the crime drama of "Road to Perdition."
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Michael Sullivan
Target entity description: Michael Sullivan is a stoic Depression-era mob enforcer and conflicted father whose quest for vengeance and protection of his son drives the crime drama of "Road to Perdition."
  • A. Michael L. Sale
    Michael L. Sale is a film editor known for his work on major Hollywood comedies, including the hit movie "Bridesmaids."
  • B. Gregory Nussbaum
    Gregory Nussbaum is a film editor known for his work on the 2008 comic-book adaptation "The Spirit."
  • C. Ronald G. Larson
    Ronald G. Larson is an American chemical engineer and rheologist renowned for his influential research on the flow and deformation of complex fluids and polymers.
  • D. Mark Sanger
    Mark Sanger is a British film editor best known for his Academy Award–winning work on the science fiction thriller "Gravity."
  • E. Michael G. Smith
    Michael G. Smith is an American Episcopal bishop who has served as the diocesan leader of the Episcopal Diocese of Albany.
  • 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_69ab4c3e070c8190b78d3d2c005876dd completed March 6, 2026, 9:50 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69abe0b081308190af8875151fb11c4e completed March 7, 2026, 8:24 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69b0318f2c908190aa10aa93f8fb139c completed March 10, 2026, 2:58 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69b0405be9008190b1a264bc20e794c6 completed March 10, 2026, 4:01 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69b044ad7cd48190b4a3ae143131616e completed March 10, 2026, 4:19 p.m.
Created at: March 6, 2026, 10:10 p.m.