Triple
T3692028
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | The Butler |
E78363
|
entity |
| Predicate | mainCharacter |
P1183
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Cecil Gaines
Cecil Gaines is the fictionalized African-American White House butler whose life story, spanning decades of service to multiple U.S. presidents, is portrayed in the film "The Butler."
|
E380824
|
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: Cecil Gaines | Statement: [The Butler, mainCharacter, Cecil Gaines]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Cecil Gaines Context triple: [The Butler, mainCharacter, Cecil Gaines]
-
A.
Marshall LaCount
Marshall LaCount is a musician best known for his work as a member of the indie supergroup Gayngs.
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B.
Cecil Upshaw
Cecil Upshaw was an American Major League Baseball relief pitcher, best known for his years with the Atlanta Braves in the late 1960s and early 1970s.
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C.
Cecil Grayson
Cecil Grayson was a British scholar and translator best known for his work on Italian Renaissance literature, particularly his authoritative studies and editions of Niccolò Machiavelli.
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D.
C. Aubrey Smith
C. Aubrey Smith was an English cricketer-turned-character actor known for his commanding presence and frequent portrayals of dignified British gentlemen in early Hollywood films.
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E.
Memphis Raines
Memphis Raines is the master car thief protagonist of the 2000 action film "Gone in 60 Seconds," known for his high-speed heists and leadership of a skilled crew.
- 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: Cecil Gaines Triple: [The Butler, mainCharacter, Cecil Gaines]
Generated description
Cecil Gaines is the fictionalized African-American White House butler whose life story, spanning decades of service to multiple U.S. presidents, is portrayed in the film "The Butler."
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Cecil Gaines Target entity description: Cecil Gaines is the fictionalized African-American White House butler whose life story, spanning decades of service to multiple U.S. presidents, is portrayed in the film "The Butler."
-
A.
Marshall LaCount
Marshall LaCount is a musician best known for his work as a member of the indie supergroup Gayngs.
-
B.
Cecil Upshaw
Cecil Upshaw was an American Major League Baseball relief pitcher, best known for his years with the Atlanta Braves in the late 1960s and early 1970s.
-
C.
Cecil Grayson
Cecil Grayson was a British scholar and translator best known for his work on Italian Renaissance literature, particularly his authoritative studies and editions of Niccolò Machiavelli.
-
D.
C. Aubrey Smith
C. Aubrey Smith was an English cricketer-turned-character actor known for his commanding presence and frequent portrayals of dignified British gentlemen in early Hollywood films.
-
E.
Memphis Raines
Memphis Raines is the master car thief protagonist of the 2000 action film "Gone in 60 Seconds," known for his high-speed heists and leadership of a skilled crew.
- 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_69ad85e285a081908f8cbfa9e2ed9b75 |
completed | March 8, 2026, 2:21 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69adc4e783a88190b2837a68b8723a25 |
completed | March 8, 2026, 6:50 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69b4c3cd64c4819098f9f93a8d2efdf7 |
completed | March 14, 2026, 2:11 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69b4c5e9ce5481909465e77cb3590f88 |
completed | March 14, 2026, 2:20 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69b4c644efe0819098d982c6a06cd9b4 |
completed | March 14, 2026, 2:21 a.m. |
Created at: March 8, 2026, 3:26 p.m.