Triple
T3858967
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Funny People |
E90087
|
entity |
| Predicate | mainCharacter |
P1183
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
George Simmons
George Simmons is a successful but lonely stand-up comedian and film star who confronts his mortality and personal relationships in the comedy-drama film "Funny People."
|
E394525
|
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: George Simmons | Statement: [Funny People, mainCharacter, George Simmons]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: George Simmons Context triple: [Funny People, mainCharacter, George Simmons]
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A.
John Simmons
John Simmons was a 19th-century American clothing manufacturer and philanthropist whose endowment led to the creation of Simmons University in Boston.
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B.
Al Simmons
Al Simmons was a Hall of Fame Major League Baseball outfielder best known as a star hitter for the Philadelphia Athletics during the late 1920s and early 1930s.
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C.
David Simas
David Simas is an American political strategist and former Obama White House official who serves as a top executive leader at the Obama Foundation.
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D.
Richard Somers
Richard Somers was a United States Navy officer and early American naval hero of the First Barbary War, remembered for his leadership and death during a daring 1804 explosion-ship mission at Tripoli.
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E.
Warren Simmons
Warren Simmons is an American real estate developer best known for creating San Francisco’s popular waterfront attraction Pier 39.
- 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: George Simmons Triple: [Funny People, mainCharacter, George Simmons]
Generated description
George Simmons is a successful but lonely stand-up comedian and film star who confronts his mortality and personal relationships in the comedy-drama film "Funny People."
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: George Simmons Target entity description: George Simmons is a successful but lonely stand-up comedian and film star who confronts his mortality and personal relationships in the comedy-drama film "Funny People."
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A.
John Simmons
John Simmons was a 19th-century American clothing manufacturer and philanthropist whose endowment led to the creation of Simmons University in Boston.
-
B.
Al Simmons
Al Simmons was a Hall of Fame Major League Baseball outfielder best known as a star hitter for the Philadelphia Athletics during the late 1920s and early 1930s.
-
C.
David Simas
David Simas is an American political strategist and former Obama White House official who serves as a top executive leader at the Obama Foundation.
-
D.
Richard Somers
Richard Somers was a United States Navy officer and early American naval hero of the First Barbary War, remembered for his leadership and death during a daring 1804 explosion-ship mission at Tripoli.
-
E.
Warren Simmons
Warren Simmons is an American real estate developer best known for creating San Francisco’s popular waterfront attraction Pier 39.
- 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_69aed95b3c088190a8f85d19e6070599 |
completed | March 9, 2026, 2:29 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69aeec1ff39c8190b83a88abd840a0e3 |
completed | March 9, 2026, 3:49 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69b512348fe88190b5ae942809732b76 |
completed | March 14, 2026, 7:45 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69b513013db481908f8fb5f56470c0d0 |
completed | March 14, 2026, 7:49 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69b5137200a08190bd2a78398e03803e |
completed | March 14, 2026, 7:51 a.m. |
Created at: March 9, 2026, 3:19 p.m.