Triple

T3519837
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject John Teller E74393 entity
Predicate portrayedInFlashbacksBy P1507 FINISHED
Object Nicholas Guest
Nicholas Guest is an American character actor known for his extensive work in film, television, and voice acting since the late 1970s.
E366074 NE FINISHED

How this triple was built (5 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: Nicholas Guest | Statement: [John Teller, portrayedInFlashbacksBy, Nicholas Guest]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Nicholas Guest
Context triple: [John Teller, portrayedInFlashbacksBy, Nicholas Guest]
  • A. Nicholas Hughes
    Nicholas Hughes was the son of poets Sylvia Plath and Ted Hughes, who became a respected fisheries biologist before his tragic death in 2009.
  • B. Nicholas Hannen
    Nicholas Hannen was a British stage and film actor known for his classical performances, including roles in mid-20th-century Shakespearean adaptations.
  • C. Nicholas Saul
    Nicholas Saul was the founder of the institution that became the Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University, one of the oldest natural history museums and scientific research centers in the United States.
  • D. Nicholas Lucas
    Nicholas Lucas was an early colonial leader known for helping establish the West Jersey settlement in what is now New Jersey.
  • E. Nicholas Beauman
    Nicholas Beauman is a British editor and publisher known for championing and reissuing neglected literary works, particularly through the imprint Persephone Books.
  • 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: Nicholas Guest
Triple: [John Teller, portrayedInFlashbacksBy, Nicholas Guest]
Generated description
Nicholas Guest is an American character actor known for his extensive work in film, television, and voice acting since the late 1970s.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Nicholas Guest
Target entity description: Nicholas Guest is an American character actor known for his extensive work in film, television, and voice acting since the late 1970s.
  • A. Nicholas Hughes
    Nicholas Hughes was the son of poets Sylvia Plath and Ted Hughes, who became a respected fisheries biologist before his tragic death in 2009.
  • B. Nicholas Hannen
    Nicholas Hannen was a British stage and film actor known for his classical performances, including roles in mid-20th-century Shakespearean adaptations.
  • C. Nicholas Saul
    Nicholas Saul was the founder of the institution that became the Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University, one of the oldest natural history museums and scientific research centers in the United States.
  • D. Nicholas Lucas
    Nicholas Lucas was an early colonial leader known for helping establish the West Jersey settlement in what is now New Jersey.
  • E. Nicholas Beauman
    Nicholas Beauman is a British editor and publisher known for championing and reissuing neglected literary works, particularly through the imprint Persephone Books.
  • F. None of above. chosen
PD Predicate disambiguation gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target predicate: portrayedInFlashbacksBy
Context triple: [John Teller, portrayedInFlashbacksBy, Nicholas Guest]
  • A. portrayedBy chosen
    Indicates that one entity serves as the actor or performer who represents or plays the role of another entity in a work or medium.
  • B. portrayedVia
    Indicates that one entity is represented, depicted, or expressed through a particular medium, method, or channel.
  • C. playedBy
    Indicates that a role, character, or performance is portrayed or executed by a specific person or agent.
  • D. portrayedByAlsoPlays
    Indicates that the actor who portrays a given character also plays another specified role or character.
  • E. supportingCharacterPortrayedBy
    Indicates that a supporting (non-leading) character in a work is portrayed or acted by a specific performer.
  • F. None of above.

Provenance (6 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_69ad85d0c5488190a3d8e02ebd01a1aa completed March 8, 2026, 2:21 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69adbc4af70c8190a7471f28e1efd7fd completed March 8, 2026, 6:13 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69b37e848d1c8190b100cb2e1218afbb completed March 13, 2026, 3:03 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69b37f07ab70819089fdb7083b81b992 completed March 13, 2026, 3:05 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69b38078bc288190b69d73a64acce8ca completed March 13, 2026, 3:11 a.m.
PD Predicate disambiguation batch_69adae10689c8190b7dc6d7daa8295b6 completed March 8, 2026, 5:12 p.m.
Created at: March 8, 2026, 3:19 p.m.