Triple

T560713
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Robert Downey Jr. E13443 entity
Predicate parent P120 FINISHED
Object Robert Downey Sr.
Robert Downey Sr. was an American filmmaker and actor known for his underground, countercultural films of the 1960s and 1970s and as the father of actor Robert Downey Jr.
E71081 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: Robert Downey Sr. | Statement: [Robert Downey Jr., parent, Robert Downey Sr.]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Robert Downey Sr.
Context triple: [Robert Downey Jr., parent, Robert Downey Sr.]
  • A. Clint Howard
    Clint Howard is an American character actor known for his numerous supporting roles in film and television, often appearing in projects directed by his brother Ron Howard.
  • B. Norman Lloyd
    Norman Lloyd was an American actor, producer, and director whose career in film, television, and theater spanned more than eight decades.
  • C. Dwight Frye
    Dwight Frye was an American character actor best known for his intense, often deranged roles in early horror films such as "Dracula" and "Frankenstein."
  • D. Tom Wilkinson
    Tom Wilkinson was an acclaimed English character actor known for his versatile performances in films such as "The Full Monty," "In the Bedroom," and "Michael Clayton."
  • E. Eddie Albert
    Eddie Albert was an American actor best known for his roles in film and television, particularly the sitcom "Green Acres" and numerous classic Hollywood movies.
  • 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: Robert Downey Sr.
Triple: [Robert Downey Jr., parent, Robert Downey Sr.]
Generated description
Robert Downey Sr. was an American filmmaker and actor known for his underground, countercultural films of the 1960s and 1970s and as the father of actor Robert Downey Jr.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Robert Downey Sr.
Target entity description: Robert Downey Sr. was an American filmmaker and actor known for his underground, countercultural films of the 1960s and 1970s and as the father of actor Robert Downey Jr.
  • A. Clint Howard
    Clint Howard is an American character actor known for his numerous supporting roles in film and television, often appearing in projects directed by his brother Ron Howard.
  • B. Norman Lloyd
    Norman Lloyd was an American actor, producer, and director whose career in film, television, and theater spanned more than eight decades.
  • C. Dwight Frye
    Dwight Frye was an American character actor best known for his intense, often deranged roles in early horror films such as "Dracula" and "Frankenstein."
  • D. Tom Wilkinson
    Tom Wilkinson was an acclaimed English character actor known for his versatile performances in films such as "The Full Monty," "In the Bedroom," and "Michael Clayton."
  • E. Eddie Albert
    Eddie Albert was an American actor best known for his roles in film and television, particularly the sitcom "Green Acres" and numerous classic Hollywood movies.
  • 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_69a4933edcf08190b35ecfd6014caee6 completed March 1, 2026, 7:27 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69a499e2795c8190903240e79964156d completed March 1, 2026, 7:56 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69a4efcc641c8190b9538069fa88db94 completed March 2, 2026, 2:02 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69a4f0a7376081908eb2ebfeb731dab1 completed March 2, 2026, 2:06 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69a4f103ab10819081675ccae0b210b5 completed March 2, 2026, 2:08 a.m.
Created at: March 1, 2026, 7:32 p.m.