Triple

T5224541
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Earth vs. the Flying Saucers E117952 entity
Predicate starring P1507 FINISHED
Object Donald Curtis
Donald Curtis was an American actor and occasional writer best known for his roles in mid-20th-century science fiction and adventure films.
E503822 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: Donald Curtis | Statement: [Earth vs. the Flying Saucers, starring, Donald Curtis]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Donald Curtis
Context triple: [Earth vs. the Flying Saucers, starring, Donald Curtis]
  • A. Curtis Craig
    Curtis Craig was the male college student who served as the named plaintiff challenging Oklahoma's gender-based drinking age law in the landmark U.S. Supreme Court case Craig v. Boren.
  • B. Dick Curtis
    Dick Curtis was an American character actor known for his numerous supporting roles in B-movies and serials during the 1930s and 1940s, often portraying villains in Westerns and adventure films.
  • C. Jake Curtis
    Jake Curtis is a British filmmaker and photographer, known as the son of screenwriter-director Richard Curtis and broadcaster Emma Freud.
  • D. Don Stevens
    Don Stevens is a notable individual recognized for achievements significant enough to be distinguished from others sharing the surname Stevens.
  • E. Rob Burnett
    Rob Burnett is an American television producer, writer, and director best known for his longtime work with David Letterman, including serving as executive producer of the "Late Show with David Letterman."
  • 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: Donald Curtis
Triple: [Earth vs. the Flying Saucers, starring, Donald Curtis]
Generated description
Donald Curtis was an American actor and occasional writer best known for his roles in mid-20th-century science fiction and adventure films.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Donald Curtis
Target entity description: Donald Curtis was an American actor and occasional writer best known for his roles in mid-20th-century science fiction and adventure films.
  • A. Curtis Craig
    Curtis Craig was the male college student who served as the named plaintiff challenging Oklahoma's gender-based drinking age law in the landmark U.S. Supreme Court case Craig v. Boren.
  • B. Dick Curtis
    Dick Curtis was an American character actor known for his numerous supporting roles in B-movies and serials during the 1930s and 1940s, often portraying villains in Westerns and adventure films.
  • C. Jake Curtis
    Jake Curtis is a British filmmaker and photographer, known as the son of screenwriter-director Richard Curtis and broadcaster Emma Freud.
  • D. Don Stevens
    Don Stevens is a notable individual recognized for achievements significant enough to be distinguished from others sharing the surname Stevens.
  • E. Rob Burnett
    Rob Burnett is an American television producer, writer, and director best known for his longtime work with David Letterman, including serving as executive producer of the "Late Show with David Letterman."
  • 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_69bd4465e03081909bfcfd7113062590 completed March 20, 2026, 12:58 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69bd7abd3ed48190bfd8d2f2ca399741 completed March 20, 2026, 4:50 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69beeffc51888190938dc157b14c4b6c completed March 21, 2026, 7:22 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69bef0b2b6448190be1c465738be741b completed March 21, 2026, 7:25 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69bef121817c8190aebd27ee34c0a419 completed March 21, 2026, 7:27 p.m.
Created at: March 20, 2026, 1:48 p.m.