Triple

T4890291
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject The Cowboys E109540 entity
Predicate portrays P264 FINISHED
Object Bruce Dern as Asa Watts
Bruce Dern as Asa Watts is the actor’s memorable portrayal of the ruthless cattle thief and primary antagonist in the 1972 Western film "The Cowboys."
E476515 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: Bruce Dern as Asa Watts | Statement: [The Cowboys, portrays, Bruce Dern as Asa Watts]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Bruce Dern as Asa Watts
Context triple: [The Cowboys, portrays, Bruce Dern as Asa Watts]
  • A. Bruce Dern as Freeman Lowell
    Bruce Dern as Freeman Lowell is the intense, idealistic botanist-astronaut protagonist of the 1972 science fiction film "Silent Running," known for his solitary struggle to preserve Earth's last remaining forests in space.
  • B. Bruce Dern as Bob Hyde
    Bruce Dern as Bob Hyde refers to the actor’s acclaimed portrayal of a troubled Marine officer and husband in the 1978 Vietnam War drama film "Coming Home."
  • C. Jon Voight as Luke Martin
    Jon Voight as Luke Martin is the portrayal of a paralyzed Vietnam War veteran in the 1978 film "Coming Home," a role that earned Voight widespread acclaim and an Academy Award.
  • D. Fred Ward as John Anglin
    Fred Ward as John Anglin is the actor’s portrayal of one of the real-life inmate escapees in the 1979 prison drama film "Escape from Alcatraz."
  • E. Clint Eastwood as Frank Morris
    Clint Eastwood as Frank Morris is the stoic, resourceful inmate protagonist who masterminds a daring prison break in the film "Escape from Alcatraz."
  • 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: Bruce Dern as Asa Watts
Triple: [The Cowboys, portrays, Bruce Dern as Asa Watts]
Generated description
Bruce Dern as Asa Watts is the actor’s memorable portrayal of the ruthless cattle thief and primary antagonist in the 1972 Western film "The Cowboys."
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Bruce Dern as Asa Watts
Target entity description: Bruce Dern as Asa Watts is the actor’s memorable portrayal of the ruthless cattle thief and primary antagonist in the 1972 Western film "The Cowboys."
  • A. Bruce Dern as Freeman Lowell
    Bruce Dern as Freeman Lowell is the intense, idealistic botanist-astronaut protagonist of the 1972 science fiction film "Silent Running," known for his solitary struggle to preserve Earth's last remaining forests in space.
  • B. Bruce Dern as Bob Hyde
    Bruce Dern as Bob Hyde refers to the actor’s acclaimed portrayal of a troubled Marine officer and husband in the 1978 Vietnam War drama film "Coming Home."
  • C. Jon Voight as Luke Martin
    Jon Voight as Luke Martin is the portrayal of a paralyzed Vietnam War veteran in the 1978 film "Coming Home," a role that earned Voight widespread acclaim and an Academy Award.
  • D. Fred Ward as John Anglin
    Fred Ward as John Anglin is the actor’s portrayal of one of the real-life inmate escapees in the 1979 prison drama film "Escape from Alcatraz."
  • E. Clint Eastwood as Frank Morris
    Clint Eastwood as Frank Morris is the stoic, resourceful inmate protagonist who masterminds a daring prison break in the film "Escape from Alcatraz."
  • 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_69bd440f71348190b99938e59fb7f9a1 completed March 20, 2026, 12:56 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69bd6e07ca10819083f80f12374544b1 completed March 20, 2026, 3:55 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69be681a3d7881908120dc642af3f58a completed March 21, 2026, 9:42 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69be6892c02481908dc64c7e84aac3b2 completed March 21, 2026, 9:44 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69be695116788190903fbd5e375bd31d completed March 21, 2026, 9:48 a.m.
Created at: March 20, 2026, 1:28 p.m.