Triple

T5913991
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject American Pie E131532 entity
Predicate stars P1956 FINISHED
Object Thomas Ian Nicholas
Thomas Ian Nicholas is an American actor and musician best known for playing Kevin Myers in the "American Pie" film series.
E556138 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: Thomas Ian Nicholas | Statement: [American Pie, stars, Thomas Ian Nicholas]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Thomas Ian Nicholas
Context triple: [American Pie, stars, Thomas Ian Nicholas]
  • A. Stephen Graham
    Stephen Graham is an English character actor known for his intense, often gritty performances in films and television series such as "This Is England," "Boardwalk Empire," and "The Irishman."
  • B. David Miner
    David Miner is a television producer known for his work on acclaimed comedy series such as Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt.
  • C. Michael Patrick King
    Michael Patrick King is an American writer, director, and producer best known for his work on the television series "Sex and the City" and its related projects.
  • D. Gregory Jacobs
    Gregory Jacobs is an American film producer and director known for his longtime collaboration with Steven Soderbergh on numerous critically acclaimed movies.
  • E. Dean Devlin
    Dean Devlin is an American film and television producer, writer, and director best known for his work on science fiction and action projects such as "Independence Day," "Stargate," and various genre TV series.
  • 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: Thomas Ian Nicholas
Triple: [American Pie, stars, Thomas Ian Nicholas]
Generated description
Thomas Ian Nicholas is an American actor and musician best known for playing Kevin Myers in the "American Pie" film series.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Thomas Ian Nicholas
Target entity description: Thomas Ian Nicholas is an American actor and musician best known for playing Kevin Myers in the "American Pie" film series.
  • A. Stephen Graham
    Stephen Graham is an English character actor known for his intense, often gritty performances in films and television series such as "This Is England," "Boardwalk Empire," and "The Irishman."
  • B. David Miner
    David Miner is a television producer known for his work on acclaimed comedy series such as Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt.
  • C. Michael Patrick King
    Michael Patrick King is an American writer, director, and producer best known for his work on the television series "Sex and the City" and its related projects.
  • D. Gregory Jacobs
    Gregory Jacobs is an American film producer and director known for his longtime collaboration with Steven Soderbergh on numerous critically acclaimed movies.
  • E. Dean Devlin
    Dean Devlin is an American film and television producer, writer, and director best known for his work on science fiction and action projects such as "Independence Day," "Stargate," and various genre TV series.
  • 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_69c008593a44819081a07ae0efe6c574 completed March 22, 2026, 3:18 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69c037b9f0908190ad854e5f2600f114 completed March 22, 2026, 6:40 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69c0c01ddd30819088571c5b56dbae83 completed March 23, 2026, 4:22 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69c0c214d8988190a599d2b65072524f completed March 23, 2026, 4:31 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69c0c30ef6c88190bb4afa41ae8f6a20 completed March 23, 2026, 4:35 a.m.
Created at: March 22, 2026, 3:59 p.m.