Triple
T4035069
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | No Country for Old Men |
E83808
|
entity |
| Predicate | mainCharacter |
P1183
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Ed Tom Bell
Ed Tom Bell is a weary, morally reflective sheriff in Cormac McCarthy’s novel and its film adaptation, embodying the struggle to uphold traditional justice amid escalating modern violence.
|
E410734
|
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: Ed Tom Bell | Statement: [No Country for Old Men, mainCharacter, Ed Tom Bell]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Ed Tom Bell Context triple: [No Country for Old Men, mainCharacter, Ed Tom Bell]
-
A.
William Snyder
William Snyder is an American photojournalist and editor renowned for his powerful visual storytelling, which earned him the Pulitzer Prize for Feature Photography.
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B.
Harold Jacob Smith
Harold Jacob Smith was an American screenwriter best known for his Academy Award–winning work on socially conscious films in the mid-20th century.
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C.
Mickey Stevenson
Mickey Stevenson is an American songwriter and record producer best known for his influential work at Motown Records during the 1960s.
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D.
Holland M. Smith
Holland M. Smith was a prominent U.S. Marine Corps general in World War II, renowned for his leadership of amphibious assaults in the Pacific Theater.
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E.
Hugh McCracken
Hugh McCracken was an American session guitarist and harmonica player renowned for his work with major artists such as Paul McCartney, Steely Dan, and Aretha Franklin.
- 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: Ed Tom Bell Triple: [No Country for Old Men, mainCharacter, Ed Tom Bell]
Generated description
Ed Tom Bell is a weary, morally reflective sheriff in Cormac McCarthy’s novel and its film adaptation, embodying the struggle to uphold traditional justice amid escalating modern violence.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Ed Tom Bell Target entity description: Ed Tom Bell is a weary, morally reflective sheriff in Cormac McCarthy’s novel and its film adaptation, embodying the struggle to uphold traditional justice amid escalating modern violence.
-
A.
William Snyder
William Snyder is an American photojournalist and editor renowned for his powerful visual storytelling, which earned him the Pulitzer Prize for Feature Photography.
-
B.
Harold Jacob Smith
Harold Jacob Smith was an American screenwriter best known for his Academy Award–winning work on socially conscious films in the mid-20th century.
-
C.
Mickey Stevenson
Mickey Stevenson is an American songwriter and record producer best known for his influential work at Motown Records during the 1960s.
-
D.
Holland M. Smith
Holland M. Smith was a prominent U.S. Marine Corps general in World War II, renowned for his leadership of amphibious assaults in the Pacific Theater.
-
E.
Hugh McCracken
Hugh McCracken was an American session guitarist and harmonica player renowned for his work with major artists such as Paul McCartney, Steely Dan, and Aretha Franklin.
- 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_69aed92f7cf0819098e0539bdcc3767f |
completed | March 9, 2026, 2:29 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69aefb11d92481909aaebbc250ff45b9 |
completed | March 9, 2026, 4:53 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69b5629748d88190984cce08eef05e9c |
completed | March 14, 2026, 1:28 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69b5637cd5b881909a930ecb33eed991 |
completed | March 14, 2026, 1:32 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69b564603b4881909e80970aa21e3db4 |
completed | March 14, 2026, 1:36 p.m. |
Created at: March 9, 2026, 3:36 p.m.