Triple

T5514977
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject The Letter (1940 film) E144658 entity
Predicate portraysCharacter P1668 FINISHED
Object James Stephenson as Howard Joyce
James Stephenson as Howard Joyce refers to the British actor’s acclaimed performance as the principled lawyer Howard Joyce in the 1940 film adaptation of W. Somerset Maugham’s drama "The Letter."
E530718 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 Stephenson as Howard Joyce | Statement: [The Letter (1940 film), portraysCharacter, James Stephenson as Howard Joyce]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: James Stephenson as Howard Joyce
Context triple: [The Letter (1940 film), portraysCharacter, James Stephenson as Howard Joyce]
  • A. Brian Kerwin as Hank Mitchell
    Brian Kerwin as Hank Mitchell refers to the character of a heroic adventurer and love interest played by Brian Kerwin in the 1986 monster film "King Kong Lives."
  • B. 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."
  • C. Howard Sprague – Jack Dodson
    Howard Sprague, portrayed by Jack Dodson, is the mild-mannered, bookish county clerk of Mayberry known for his fussy demeanor and close relationship with his mother in the Mayberry R.F.D. universe.
  • D. Chris Cooper as Phil Woodward
    Chris Cooper as Phil Woodward is a portrayal of a seasoned, high-ranking corporate executive whose life unravels after a layoff in the drama film "The Company Men."
  • E. Eric Blore as Gordon
    Eric Blore as Gordon is a comic supporting character in the 1936 Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers musical film "Swing Time," played by British character actor Eric Blore.
  • 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 Stephenson as Howard Joyce
Triple: [The Letter (1940 film), portraysCharacter, James Stephenson as Howard Joyce]
Generated description
James Stephenson as Howard Joyce refers to the British actor’s acclaimed performance as the principled lawyer Howard Joyce in the 1940 film adaptation of W. Somerset Maugham’s drama "The Letter."
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: James Stephenson as Howard Joyce
Target entity description: James Stephenson as Howard Joyce refers to the British actor’s acclaimed performance as the principled lawyer Howard Joyce in the 1940 film adaptation of W. Somerset Maugham’s drama "The Letter."
  • A. Brian Kerwin as Hank Mitchell
    Brian Kerwin as Hank Mitchell refers to the character of a heroic adventurer and love interest played by Brian Kerwin in the 1986 monster film "King Kong Lives."
  • B. 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."
  • C. Howard Sprague – Jack Dodson
    Howard Sprague, portrayed by Jack Dodson, is the mild-mannered, bookish county clerk of Mayberry known for his fussy demeanor and close relationship with his mother in the Mayberry R.F.D. universe.
  • D. Chris Cooper as Phil Woodward
    Chris Cooper as Phil Woodward is a portrayal of a seasoned, high-ranking corporate executive whose life unravels after a layoff in the drama film "The Company Men."
  • E. Eric Blore as Gordon
    Eric Blore as Gordon is a comic supporting character in the 1936 Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers musical film "Swing Time," played by British character actor Eric Blore.
  • 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_69c008f77ff88190b0cd50ca207295d1 completed March 22, 2026, 3:21 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69c01f5b4e988190b590b4157cf089c1 completed March 22, 2026, 4:56 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69c027d92e0c8190ad5552d66e370a22 completed March 22, 2026, 5:33 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69c0376eea3c8190af11dbb0030cc57d completed March 22, 2026, 6:39 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69c0384d023081909cb0d4ba4b80c07e completed March 22, 2026, 6:43 p.m.
Created at: March 22, 2026, 3:33 p.m.