Triple

T6635536
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject The Extra Day E150440 entity
Predicate starring P1507 FINISHED
Object Ronald Shiner
Ronald Shiner was a British comic actor and entertainer best known for his popular film and stage roles in the 1940s and 1950s.
 E645938 NE FINISHED

Named-entity recognition

Before disambiguation, gpt-5-mini classified whether the object phrase is a named entity — the step behind the object's NE type shown above.

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: Ronald Shiner | Statement: [The Extra Day, starring, Ronald Shiner]

Disambiguation candidates (2 decisions)

The exact options the model was shown at each disambiguation step, with the option it chose highlighted — the evidence behind this triple's disambiguated ids.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Ronald Shiner
Context triple: [The Extra Day, starring, Ronald Shiner]
  • A. Alan E. Nourse
    Alan E. Nourse was an American science fiction author and physician known for works that often explored medical and social themes, including the novel "The Bladerunner."
  • B. Martin Ransohoff
    Martin Ransohoff was an American film and television producer known for founding Filmways and producing notable works such as "The Cincinnati Kid," "Catch-22," and "Jagged Edge."
  • C. Robert J. Kolenkow
    Robert J. Kolenkow is a physicist and educator best known as the co-author of the influential undergraduate textbook "An Introduction to Mechanics."
  • D. R. Bruce Lindsay
    R. Bruce Lindsay was an American physicist and acoustician known for his influential work in physical acoustics and contributions to the history and philosophy of science.
  • E. Robert N. Fitch
    Robert N. Fitch was a composer best known for writing the University of California fight song "Fight for California."
  • F. None of above. chosen
  • G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Ronald Shiner
Target entity description: Ronald Shiner was a British comic actor and entertainer best known for his popular film and stage roles in the 1940s and 1950s.
  • A. Alan E. Nourse
    Alan E. Nourse was an American science fiction author and physician known for works that often explored medical and social themes, including the novel "The Bladerunner."
  • B. Martin Ransohoff
    Martin Ransohoff was an American film and television producer known for founding Filmways and producing notable works such as "The Cincinnati Kid," "Catch-22," and "Jagged Edge."
  • C. Robert J. Kolenkow
    Robert J. Kolenkow is a physicist and educator best known as the co-author of the influential undergraduate textbook "An Introduction to Mechanics."
  • D. R. Bruce Lindsay
    R. Bruce Lindsay was an American physicist and acoustician known for his influential work in physical acoustics and contributions to the history and philosophy of science.
  • E. Robert N. Fitch
    Robert N. Fitch was a composer best known for writing the University of California fight song "Fight for California."
  • F. None of above. chosen

How the object was described

The object's one-sentence description was generated by prompting gpt-5.1 with the object name and this triple as context.

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: Ronald Shiner
Triple: [The Extra Day, starring, Ronald Shiner]
Generated description
Ronald Shiner was a British comic actor and entertainer best known for his popular film and stage roles in the 1940s and 1950s.

Provenance (5 batches)

Stage Batch ID Job type Status
creating batch_69c687f0ceb08190bf40807bfc605fa5 elicitation completed
NER batch_69c6afcd9a608190a949eb55766d5701 ner completed
NED1 batch_69c7ad6002b48190a3c95b704e700c56 ned_source_triple completed
NED2 batch_69c7afbfb0a88190ac8443edc71eb0d4 ned_description completed
NEDg batch_69c7af5c05508190af4232d66aa89130 nedg completed
Created at: March 27, 2026, 1:59 p.m.