Triple
T3198016
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Platoon |
E66978
|
entity |
| Predicate | character |
P662
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FINISHED |
| Object |
Sergeant Elias Grodin
Sergeant Elias Grodin is a central, idealistic yet battle-weary soldier in the Vietnam War film "Platoon," known for his moral integrity and conflict with the more brutal Sergeant Barnes.
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E336220
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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: Sergeant Elias Grodin | Statement: [Platoon, character, Sergeant Elias Grodin]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Sergeant Elias Grodin Context triple: [Platoon, character, Sergeant Elias Grodin]
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A.
Sergeant Joe Bomowski
Sergeant Joe Bomowski is a tough but comically beleaguered Los Angeles police detective whose overbearing mother constantly interferes in both his personal life and police work.
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B.
Sergeant "Mac" MacChesney
Sergeant "Mac" MacChesney is a tough, no-nonsense British army sergeant and one of the central military characters in the classic adventure film *Gunga Din*.
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C.
Corporal Miller
Corporal Miller is a skilled explosives expert and member of the commando team in the World War II adventure film "The Guns of Navarone."
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D.
Sergeant Waters
Sergeant Waters is a complex, embittered Black non-commissioned officer in the film and play "A Soldier's Story," whose internalized racism and harsh leadership drive much of the story's central conflict.
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E.
Lieutenant Hearn
Lieutenant Hearn is a central character in Norman Mailer’s World War II novel "The Naked and the Dead," serving as a thoughtful, conflicted army officer whose clashes with authority explore themes of power and morality in wartime.
- 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: Sergeant Elias Grodin Triple: [Platoon, character, Sergeant Elias Grodin]
Generated description
Sergeant Elias Grodin is a central, idealistic yet battle-weary soldier in the Vietnam War film "Platoon," known for his moral integrity and conflict with the more brutal Sergeant Barnes.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Sergeant Elias Grodin Target entity description: Sergeant Elias Grodin is a central, idealistic yet battle-weary soldier in the Vietnam War film "Platoon," known for his moral integrity and conflict with the more brutal Sergeant Barnes.
-
A.
Sergeant Joe Bomowski
Sergeant Joe Bomowski is a tough but comically beleaguered Los Angeles police detective whose overbearing mother constantly interferes in both his personal life and police work.
-
B.
Sergeant "Mac" MacChesney
Sergeant "Mac" MacChesney is a tough, no-nonsense British army sergeant and one of the central military characters in the classic adventure film *Gunga Din*.
-
C.
Corporal Miller
Corporal Miller is a skilled explosives expert and member of the commando team in the World War II adventure film "The Guns of Navarone."
-
D.
Sergeant Waters
Sergeant Waters is a complex, embittered Black non-commissioned officer in the film and play "A Soldier's Story," whose internalized racism and harsh leadership drive much of the story's central conflict.
-
E.
Lieutenant Hearn
Lieutenant Hearn is a central character in Norman Mailer’s World War II novel "The Naked and the Dead," serving as a thoughtful, conflicted army officer whose clashes with authority explore themes of power and morality in wartime.
- 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_69ad8588ba18819086a10951c32ecb80 |
completed | March 8, 2026, 2:19 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69ada7192994819084817307065a25e2 |
completed | March 8, 2026, 4:43 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69b24bbdc9908190b5d8328f6fbc6002 |
completed | March 12, 2026, 5:14 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69b25034bc4481909c860099cc1aa311 |
completed | March 12, 2026, 5:33 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69b251458ab48190a374f910103763f2 |
completed | March 12, 2026, 5:38 a.m. |
Created at: March 8, 2026, 3:07 p.m.