Triple

T4559765
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject The Company Men E120563 entity
Predicate mainCharacter P1183 FINISHED
Object Gene McClary
Gene McClary is a senior executive in the film "The Company Men" who grapples with corporate downsizing and its moral and personal consequences.
 E452261 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: Gene McClary | Statement: [The Company Men, mainCharacter, Gene McClary]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Gene McClary
Context triple: [The Company Men, mainCharacter, Gene McClary]
  • A. Johnette Howard
    Johnette Howard is an American sports journalist and author known for her insightful writing on athletes and sports culture.
  • B. John Clarkson
    John Clarkson was a British abolitionist and naval officer who played a key role in establishing the Sierra Leone colony for freed slaves in the late 18th century.
  • C. John Bloom
    John Bloom is a film editor best known for his Academy Award-winning work on movies such as "Gandhi" and his editing contributions to notable films including "Charlie Wilson's War."
  • D. Keith Lockhart
    Keith Lockhart is an American conductor best known for his long tenure leading the Boston Pops Orchestra and his frequent appearances on nationally televised concerts.
  • E. Michael Zager
    Michael Zager is an American record producer, composer, and arranger best known for his work in disco and pop music, including the hit "Let's All Chant."
  • 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: Gene McClary
Triple: [The Company Men, mainCharacter, Gene McClary]
Generated description
Gene McClary is a senior executive in the film "The Company Men" who grapples with corporate downsizing and its moral and personal consequences.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Gene McClary
Target entity description: Gene McClary is a senior executive in the film "The Company Men" who grapples with corporate downsizing and its moral and personal consequences.
  • A. Johnette Howard
    Johnette Howard is an American sports journalist and author known for her insightful writing on athletes and sports culture.
  • B. John Clarkson
    John Clarkson was a British abolitionist and naval officer who played a key role in establishing the Sierra Leone colony for freed slaves in the late 18th century.
  • C. John Bloom
    John Bloom is a film editor best known for his Academy Award-winning work on movies such as "Gandhi" and his editing contributions to notable films including "Charlie Wilson's War."
  • D. Keith Lockhart
    Keith Lockhart is an American conductor best known for his long tenure leading the Boston Pops Orchestra and his frequent appearances on nationally televised concerts.
  • E. Michael Zager
    Michael Zager is an American record producer, composer, and arranger best known for his work in disco and pop music, including the hit "Let's All Chant."
  • 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_69bd4636f1648190a701445c2fcd9c17 completed March 20, 2026, 1:05 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69bd582b871c8190be0b70c76d639000 completed March 20, 2026, 2:22 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69bdc593eaf881908a9043366230b391 completed March 20, 2026, 10:09 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69bdc5f0b52c8190bbfa2a6a22d56725 completed March 20, 2026, 10:10 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69bdc63b1e0881908f861f7c9c5ce3ac completed March 20, 2026, 10:12 p.m.
Created at: March 20, 2026, 1:09 p.m.