Triple

T3043356
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject James Gandolfini E83182 entity
Predicate notableWork P4 FINISHED
Object Killing Them Softly
Killing Them Softly is a 2012 American crime film, based on George V. Higgins' novel "Cogan's Trade," that follows a hitman investigating a heist on a mob-protected poker game.
 E321055 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: Killing Them Softly | Statement: [James Gandolfini, notableWork, Killing Them Softly]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Killing Them Softly
Context triple: [James Gandolfini, notableWork, Killing Them Softly]
  • A. Biutiful
    Biutiful is a 2010 Spanish-language drama film directed by Alejandro González Iñárritu, featuring Javier Bardem as a terminally ill man struggling to care for his children amid the criminal underworld of Barcelona.
  • B. Nightcrawler
    Nightcrawler is a 2014 neo-noir thriller film starring Jake Gyllenhaal as an amoral crime videographer prowling Los Angeles for sensational footage.
  • C. Justified
    Justified is an American neo-Western crime drama television series centered on U.S. Marshal Raylan Givens as he enforces his own brand of justice in his rural Kentucky hometown.
  • D. A Most Violent Year
    A Most Violent Year is a 2014 crime drama film set in 1981 New York City that follows an ambitious immigrant businessman struggling to protect his family and company amid rampant corruption and violence.
  • E. Before the Devil Knows You're Dead
    Before the Devil Knows You're Dead is a 2007 crime thriller film directed by Sidney Lumet that follows two brothers whose plan to rob their parents’ jewelry store spirals into tragedy.
  • 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: Killing Them Softly
Triple: [James Gandolfini, notableWork, Killing Them Softly]
Generated description
Killing Them Softly is a 2012 American crime film, based on George V. Higgins' novel "Cogan's Trade," that follows a hitman investigating a heist on a mob-protected poker game.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Killing Them Softly
Target entity description: Killing Them Softly is a 2012 American crime film, based on George V. Higgins' novel "Cogan's Trade," that follows a hitman investigating a heist on a mob-protected poker game.
  • A. Biutiful
    Biutiful is a 2010 Spanish-language drama film directed by Alejandro González Iñárritu, featuring Javier Bardem as a terminally ill man struggling to care for his children amid the criminal underworld of Barcelona.
  • B. Nightcrawler
    Nightcrawler is a 2014 neo-noir thriller film starring Jake Gyllenhaal as an amoral crime videographer prowling Los Angeles for sensational footage.
  • C. Justified
    Justified is an American neo-Western crime drama television series centered on U.S. Marshal Raylan Givens as he enforces his own brand of justice in his rural Kentucky hometown.
  • D. A Most Violent Year
    A Most Violent Year is a 2014 crime drama film set in 1981 New York City that follows an ambitious immigrant businessman struggling to protect his family and company amid rampant corruption and violence.
  • E. Before the Devil Knows You're Dead
    Before the Devil Knows You're Dead is a 2007 crime thriller film directed by Sidney Lumet that follows two brothers whose plan to rob their parents’ jewelry store spirals into tragedy.
  • 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_69ad8b2298908190a7cb4e9bdbf064d0 completed March 8, 2026, 2:43 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69ad9b5ec5988190b8b6c95c743c6d1e completed March 8, 2026, 3:53 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69b1ded35e008190be7dd72aa7537a3b completed March 11, 2026, 9:29 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69b1dfa2fb28819089d7d76d9dc72e06 completed March 11, 2026, 9:33 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69b1e0243a848190bce24d035a79fc0a completed March 11, 2026, 9:35 p.m.
Created at: March 8, 2026, 3:01 p.m.