Triple

T6161681
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Dallas Buyers Club E137456 entity
Predicate mainCharacter P1183 FINISHED
Object Ron Woodroof
Ron Woodroof was a real-life Texas electrician and rodeo cowboy who, after being diagnosed with AIDS in the 1980s, became known for smuggling and distributing unapproved medications to fellow patients, a story dramatized in the film "Dallas Buyers Club."
E574169 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: Ron Woodroof | Statement: [Dallas Buyers Club, mainCharacter, Ron Woodroof]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Ron Woodroof
Context triple: [Dallas Buyers Club, mainCharacter, Ron Woodroof]
  • A. Kent Smith
    Kent Smith was an American film and television actor known for his roles in classic Hollywood thrillers and dramas, including notable appearances in 1940s suspense films.
  • B. Gus Witherspoon
    Gus Witherspoon is the gruff but warm-hearted grandfather and family patriarch played by Wilford Brimley on the 1980s television drama "Our House."
  • C. Ryan Bingham
    Ryan Bingham is the corporate downsizer and frequent flyer protagonist of the film "Up in the Air," known for his detached lifestyle and constant business travel.
  • D. Terrence Kaufman
    Terrence Kaufman was an influential American linguist known for his extensive work on indigenous languages of the Americas, particularly in Mesoamerica.
  • E. Alvy Singer
    Alvy Singer is the neurotic, introspective New York comedian portrayed by Woody Allen in the film "Annie Hall."
  • 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: Ron Woodroof
Triple: [Dallas Buyers Club, mainCharacter, Ron Woodroof]
Generated description
Ron Woodroof was a real-life Texas electrician and rodeo cowboy who, after being diagnosed with AIDS in the 1980s, became known for smuggling and distributing unapproved medications to fellow patients, a story dramatized in the film "Dallas Buyers Club."
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Ron Woodroof
Target entity description: Ron Woodroof was a real-life Texas electrician and rodeo cowboy who, after being diagnosed with AIDS in the 1980s, became known for smuggling and distributing unapproved medications to fellow patients, a story dramatized in the film "Dallas Buyers Club."
  • A. Kent Smith
    Kent Smith was an American film and television actor known for his roles in classic Hollywood thrillers and dramas, including notable appearances in 1940s suspense films.
  • B. Gus Witherspoon
    Gus Witherspoon is the gruff but warm-hearted grandfather and family patriarch played by Wilford Brimley on the 1980s television drama "Our House."
  • C. Ryan Bingham
    Ryan Bingham is the corporate downsizer and frequent flyer protagonist of the film "Up in the Air," known for his detached lifestyle and constant business travel.
  • D. Terrence Kaufman
    Terrence Kaufman was an influential American linguist known for his extensive work on indigenous languages of the Americas, particularly in Mesoamerica.
  • E. Alvy Singer
    Alvy Singer is the neurotic, introspective New York comedian portrayed by Woody Allen in the film "Annie Hall."
  • 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_69c008a54fc88190b6ce4416490ca79d completed March 22, 2026, 3:20 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69c05d371484819090c18b62b095b49e completed March 22, 2026, 9:20 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69c14194d31081908e61a867f11117b4 completed March 23, 2026, 1:35 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69c1472997d081909266b0e64fdbfe96 completed March 23, 2026, 1:59 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69c147b5214c819082c20480965842be completed March 23, 2026, 2:01 p.m.
Created at: March 22, 2026, 4:17 p.m.