Triple
T5358962
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Black Mass (2015 film) |
E102772
|
entity |
| Predicate | mainCharacter |
P1183
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
James "Whitey" Bulger
James "Whitey" Bulger was a notorious Boston mob boss and longtime FBI informant whose violent criminal career and eventual capture made him one of the most infamous gangsters in American history.
|
E514067
|
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: James "Whitey" Bulger | Statement: [Black Mass (2015 film), mainCharacter, James "Whitey" Bulger]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: James "Whitey" Bulger Context triple: [Black Mass (2015 film), mainCharacter, James "Whitey" Bulger]
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A.
Bulger
Bulger is a surname most notably associated with former NFL quarterback Marc Bulger and several other prominent American figures.
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B.
Albert DeSalvo
Albert DeSalvo was an American criminal who confessed to being the "Boston Strangler," a notorious serial killer linked to a series of murders in the Boston area during the early 1960s.
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C.
Frank Sheeran
Frank Sheeran was an American labor union official and alleged mob hitman best known for his claimed involvement in the disappearance of Jimmy Hoffa, as depicted in the film "The Irishman."
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D.
Crazy Joe Gallo
Crazy Joe Gallo was a notorious New York City mobster and hitman associated with the Colombo crime family during the mid-20th century.
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E.
Frank Costello
Frank Costello was a powerful Italian-American mob boss and political fixer who led the Luciano crime family and became known as the "Prime Minister of the Underworld" in mid-20th-century New York.
- 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: James "Whitey" Bulger Triple: [Black Mass (2015 film), mainCharacter, James "Whitey" Bulger]
Generated description
James "Whitey" Bulger was a notorious Boston mob boss and longtime FBI informant whose violent criminal career and eventual capture made him one of the most infamous gangsters in American history.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: James "Whitey" Bulger Target entity description: James "Whitey" Bulger was a notorious Boston mob boss and longtime FBI informant whose violent criminal career and eventual capture made him one of the most infamous gangsters in American history.
-
A.
Bulger
Bulger is a surname most notably associated with former NFL quarterback Marc Bulger and several other prominent American figures.
-
B.
Albert DeSalvo
Albert DeSalvo was an American criminal who confessed to being the "Boston Strangler," a notorious serial killer linked to a series of murders in the Boston area during the early 1960s.
-
C.
Frank Sheeran
Frank Sheeran was an American labor union official and alleged mob hitman best known for his claimed involvement in the disappearance of Jimmy Hoffa, as depicted in the film "The Irishman."
-
D.
Crazy Joe Gallo
Crazy Joe Gallo was a notorious New York City mobster and hitman associated with the Colombo crime family during the mid-20th century.
-
E.
Frank Costello
Frank Costello was a powerful Italian-American mob boss and political fixer who led the Luciano crime family and became known as the "Prime Minister of the Underworld" in mid-20th-century New York.
- 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_69bd43d8f7248190b64c140734b5c9a8 |
completed | March 20, 2026, 12:55 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69bd8631ca2c8190856258bf340f6e5d |
completed | March 20, 2026, 5:38 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69bf21e955a8819094a0b12e42e2d6a6 |
completed | March 21, 2026, 10:55 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69bf23d9ca3881909bfc0a2e99164450 |
completed | March 21, 2026, 11:03 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69bf243319448190a30d6e8847d3f4b8 |
completed | March 21, 2026, 11:05 p.m. |
Created at: March 20, 2026, 2:02 p.m.