Triple

T5423189
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Everything Must Go E121298 entity
Predicate characterRole P268 FINISHED
Object Will Ferrell as Nick Halsey
Will Ferrell as Nick Halsey is the down-on-his-luck, recently fired and separated suburban salesman at the center of the dramedy "Everything Must Go," whose life unravels as he holds a yard sale on his front lawn.
E519690 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: Will Ferrell as Nick Halsey | Statement: [Everything Must Go, characterRole, Will Ferrell as Nick Halsey]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Will Ferrell as Nick Halsey
Context triple: [Everything Must Go, characterRole, Will Ferrell as Nick Halsey]
  • A. Bill Hader as Stefon Zolesky
    Bill Hader as Stefon Zolesky is the actor-comedian’s iconic Saturday Night Live persona, a flamboyant and eccentric New York City nightlife correspondent known for his bizarre club recommendations on “Weekend Update.”
  • B. Owen Wilson as Ken Hutchinson
    Owen Wilson as Ken Hutchinson is the comedic portrayal of the laid-back, blond detective "Hutch" in the 2004 film adaptation of the classic buddy-cop TV series Starsky & Hutch.
  • C. Paul Rudd as Brian Fantana
    Paul Rudd as Brian Fantana is the portrayal of the vain, mustachioed field reporter and ladies’ man from the Anchorman comedy films, known for his overconfident charm and absurd cologne collection.
  • D. Rob Frye
    Rob Frye is a multi-instrumentalist and composer known for his work in experimental, jazz, and folk-influenced music projects.
  • E. Steve Carell as Brick Tamland
    Steve Carell as Brick Tamland refers to Carell’s portrayal of the dim-witted yet endearing weatherman of the Channel 4 News Team in the Anchorman comedy films.
  • 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: Will Ferrell as Nick Halsey
Triple: [Everything Must Go, characterRole, Will Ferrell as Nick Halsey]
Generated description
Will Ferrell as Nick Halsey is the down-on-his-luck, recently fired and separated suburban salesman at the center of the dramedy "Everything Must Go," whose life unravels as he holds a yard sale on his front lawn.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Will Ferrell as Nick Halsey
Target entity description: Will Ferrell as Nick Halsey is the down-on-his-luck, recently fired and separated suburban salesman at the center of the dramedy "Everything Must Go," whose life unravels as he holds a yard sale on his front lawn.
  • A. Bill Hader as Stefon Zolesky
    Bill Hader as Stefon Zolesky is the actor-comedian’s iconic Saturday Night Live persona, a flamboyant and eccentric New York City nightlife correspondent known for his bizarre club recommendations on “Weekend Update.”
  • B. Owen Wilson as Ken Hutchinson
    Owen Wilson as Ken Hutchinson is the comedic portrayal of the laid-back, blond detective "Hutch" in the 2004 film adaptation of the classic buddy-cop TV series Starsky & Hutch.
  • C. Paul Rudd as Brian Fantana
    Paul Rudd as Brian Fantana is the portrayal of the vain, mustachioed field reporter and ladies’ man from the Anchorman comedy films, known for his overconfident charm and absurd cologne collection.
  • D. Rob Frye
    Rob Frye is a multi-instrumentalist and composer known for his work in experimental, jazz, and folk-influenced music projects.
  • E. Steve Carell as Brick Tamland
    Steve Carell as Brick Tamland refers to Carell’s portrayal of the dim-witted yet endearing weatherman of the Channel 4 News Team in the Anchorman comedy films.
  • 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_69bd463b58d88190b258261573de9e91 completed March 20, 2026, 1:06 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69bd8812f84c819094d8516f69fff83d completed March 20, 2026, 5:46 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69bf3ab7f6b481908fead172fbdafe36 completed March 22, 2026, 12:41 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69bf3bc4b1e08190a7574b3ec67823e4 completed March 22, 2026, 12:45 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69bf3c4530288190924b4c38d7b1fb70 completed March 22, 2026, 12:48 a.m.
Created at: March 20, 2026, 2:06 p.m.