Triple

T4609790
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject The Serpent and the Rainbow E100525 entity
Predicate leadCharacter P1668 FINISHED
Object Dennis Alan
Dennis Alan is the main protagonist of the horror film "The Serpent and the Rainbow," a Harvard anthropologist who investigates Haitian voodoo and zombification.
E456215 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: Dennis Alan | Statement: [The Serpent and the Rainbow, leadCharacter, Dennis Alan]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Dennis Alan
Context triple: [The Serpent and the Rainbow, leadCharacter, Dennis Alan]
  • A. Dennis Reynolds
    Dennis Reynolds is a narcissistic, manipulative co-owner of Paddy’s Pub and one of the main characters in the dark comedy series "It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia."
  • B. Dennis Hull
    Dennis Hull is a former Canadian professional ice hockey left winger who played primarily for the Chicago Black Hawks in the NHL and is the younger brother of Hall of Famer Bobby Hull.
  • C. Dennis Awtrey
    Dennis Awtrey is a former American professional basketball center known for his defensive play and role as a key contributor on several NBA teams during the 1970s and early 1980s.
  • D. David Ditzel
    David Ditzel is a computer engineer and entrepreneur best known as the founder of Transmeta and for his work on low-power, innovative microprocessor designs.
  • E. Dennis Shaw
    Dennis Shaw is a former American football quarterback who starred at San Diego State before playing in the NFL, most notably for the Buffalo Bills.
  • 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: Dennis Alan
Triple: [The Serpent and the Rainbow, leadCharacter, Dennis Alan]
Generated description
Dennis Alan is the main protagonist of the horror film "The Serpent and the Rainbow," a Harvard anthropologist who investigates Haitian voodoo and zombification.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Dennis Alan
Target entity description: Dennis Alan is the main protagonist of the horror film "The Serpent and the Rainbow," a Harvard anthropologist who investigates Haitian voodoo and zombification.
  • A. Dennis Reynolds
    Dennis Reynolds is a narcissistic, manipulative co-owner of Paddy’s Pub and one of the main characters in the dark comedy series "It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia."
  • B. Dennis Hull
    Dennis Hull is a former Canadian professional ice hockey left winger who played primarily for the Chicago Black Hawks in the NHL and is the younger brother of Hall of Famer Bobby Hull.
  • C. Dennis Awtrey
    Dennis Awtrey is a former American professional basketball center known for his defensive play and role as a key contributor on several NBA teams during the 1970s and early 1980s.
  • D. David Ditzel
    David Ditzel is a computer engineer and entrepreneur best known as the founder of Transmeta and for his work on low-power, innovative microprocessor designs.
  • E. Dennis Shaw
    Dennis Shaw is a former American football quarterback who starred at San Diego State before playing in the NFL, most notably for the Buffalo Bills.
  • 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_69bd43cce1e08190a07d53af6a9b6c24 completed March 20, 2026, 12:55 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69bd599f08d88190ad4bed8bafb592cd completed March 20, 2026, 2:28 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69bdfa7e918881908743818e0645da46 completed March 21, 2026, 1:55 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69bdfb6fa3fc8190b79b641025710eb1 completed March 21, 2026, 1:59 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69bdfbeddd7c8190955bd3363fec4ca1 completed March 21, 2026, 2:01 a.m.
Created at: March 20, 2026, 1:12 p.m.