Triple

T4651463
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Brazil (film) E102302 entity
Predicate castMember P1668 FINISHED
Object Ian Richardson
Ian Richardson was a distinguished Scottish actor renowned for his classical stage work with the Royal Shakespeare Company and his chilling portrayal of Francis Urquhart in the original BBC "House of Cards" series.
 E497595 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: Ian Richardson | Statement: [Brazil (film), castMember, Ian Richardson]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Ian Richardson
Context triple: [Brazil (film), castMember, Ian Richardson]
  • A. Ron Todd
    Ron Todd is an American politician who served as the Kansas Insurance Commissioner before Kathleen Sebelius.
  • B. Bill Nighy
    Bill Nighy is an English actor known for his distinctive voice and acclaimed performances in films such as "Love Actually," "Pirates of the Caribbean," and "About Time."
  • C. Richard Briers
    Richard Briers was an English actor best known for his work in British television comedies such as "The Good Life" and for his frequent collaborations with director Kenneth Branagh in both stage and film.
  • D. Jim Broadbent
    Jim Broadbent is an English character actor acclaimed for his versatile performances in film, television, and theatre, including roles in "Iris," the "Harry Potter" series, and numerous Mike Leigh films.
  • E. Philip Anthony Hopkins
    Philip Anthony Hopkins is a Welsh actor renowned for his intense and versatile performances in film and theatre, particularly his iconic role as Hannibal Lecter in "The Silence of the Lambs."
  • 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: Ian Richardson
Triple: [Brazil (film), castMember, Ian Richardson]
Generated description
Ian Richardson was a distinguished Scottish actor renowned for his classical stage work with the Royal Shakespeare Company and his chilling portrayal of Francis Urquhart in the original BBC "House of Cards" series.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Ian Richardson
Target entity description: Ian Richardson was a distinguished Scottish actor renowned for his classical stage work with the Royal Shakespeare Company and his chilling portrayal of Francis Urquhart in the original BBC "House of Cards" series.
  • A. Ron Todd
    Ron Todd is an American politician who served as the Kansas Insurance Commissioner before Kathleen Sebelius.
  • B. Bill Nighy
    Bill Nighy is an English actor known for his distinctive voice and acclaimed performances in films such as "Love Actually," "Pirates of the Caribbean," and "About Time."
  • C. Richard Briers
    Richard Briers was an English actor best known for his work in British television comedies such as "The Good Life" and for his frequent collaborations with director Kenneth Branagh in both stage and film.
  • D. Jim Broadbent
    Jim Broadbent is an English character actor acclaimed for his versatile performances in film, television, and theatre, including roles in "Iris," the "Harry Potter" series, and numerous Mike Leigh films.
  • E. Philip Anthony Hopkins
    Philip Anthony Hopkins is a Welsh actor renowned for his intense and versatile performances in film and theatre, particularly his iconic role as Hannibal Lecter in "The Silence of the Lambs."
  • 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_69bd43d71a308190afea7280841b0de8 completed March 20, 2026, 12:55 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69bd630343f88190954d19fcd18a5864 completed March 20, 2026, 3:08 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69becf98d9cc8190a06d87027dec5680 completed March 21, 2026, 5:04 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69bed266e9b481908a463e94da5604fd completed March 21, 2026, 5:16 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69bed2be57108190bc3e758c34ffc34f completed March 21, 2026, 5:17 p.m.
Created at: March 20, 2026, 1:14 p.m.