Triple

T5433517
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject What's Up, Doc? E121551 entity
Predicate hasCharacter P2308 FINISHED
Object Howard Bannister
Howard Bannister is the mild-mannered, musicologist protagonist played by Ryan O'Neal in the screwball comedy film "What's Up, Doc?".
E522419 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: Howard Bannister | Statement: [What's Up, Doc?, hasCharacter, Howard Bannister]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Howard Bannister
Context triple: [What's Up, Doc?, hasCharacter, Howard Bannister]
  • A. Scott Banister
    Scott Banister is an American entrepreneur and angel investor known for co-founding IronPort and early involvement with companies like PayPal and Facebook.
  • B. Charles Storrs
    Charles Storrs was a benefactor and early supporter of the institution that became the University of Connecticut, for whom the town of Storrs is named.
  • C. Paul Wattson
    Paul Wattson was an American Episcopal then Catholic priest best known for his pioneering work in promoting ecumenism and Christian unity in the early 20th century.
  • D. Harry Sanborn
    Harry Sanborn is a wealthy, commitment-averse older music executive who undergoes an unexpected romantic and personal awakening in the romantic comedy film "Something's Gotta Give."
  • E. Christopher Benstead
    Christopher Benstead is a British composer and music editor known for his film scores and sound work on major movies, including collaborations with director Guy Ritchie.
  • 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: Howard Bannister
Triple: [What's Up, Doc?, hasCharacter, Howard Bannister]
Generated description
Howard Bannister is the mild-mannered, musicologist protagonist played by Ryan O'Neal in the screwball comedy film "What's Up, Doc?".
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Howard Bannister
Target entity description: Howard Bannister is the mild-mannered, musicologist protagonist played by Ryan O'Neal in the screwball comedy film "What's Up, Doc?".
  • A. Scott Banister
    Scott Banister is an American entrepreneur and angel investor known for co-founding IronPort and early involvement with companies like PayPal and Facebook.
  • B. Charles Storrs
    Charles Storrs was a benefactor and early supporter of the institution that became the University of Connecticut, for whom the town of Storrs is named.
  • C. Paul Wattson
    Paul Wattson was an American Episcopal then Catholic priest best known for his pioneering work in promoting ecumenism and Christian unity in the early 20th century.
  • D. Harry Sanborn
    Harry Sanborn is a wealthy, commitment-averse older music executive who undergoes an unexpected romantic and personal awakening in the romantic comedy film "Something's Gotta Give."
  • E. Christopher Benstead
    Christopher Benstead is a British composer and music editor known for his film scores and sound work on major movies, including collaborations with director Guy Ritchie.
  • 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_69bd463c65f0819082ee6483ab4b466a completed March 20, 2026, 1:06 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69bd91ae18cc8190aefe610f91b5382c completed March 20, 2026, 6:27 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69bf487fdfe08190af6294021d1b81e5 completed March 22, 2026, 1:40 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69bf497a88b48190b87bf175fe224211 completed March 22, 2026, 1:44 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69bf4a1f6e1c8190a9ae94e45fb16cf9 completed March 22, 2026, 1:47 a.m.
Created at: March 20, 2026, 2:06 p.m.