Triple

T6660714
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Mr. Skeffington E151467 entity
Predicate starring P1507 FINISHED
Object John Alexander
John Alexander was an American character actor best known for his comedic and eccentric roles in classic Hollywood films of the 1930s and 1940s.
 E608831 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: John Alexander | Statement: [Mr. Skeffington, starring, John Alexander]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: John Alexander
Context triple: [Mr. Skeffington, starring, John Alexander]
  • A. John Alexander
    John Alexander is an American actor and creature performer known for his work in practical effects and suit acting in fantasy and science fiction films.
  • B. John Alexander
    John Alexander was a prominent landowner in colonial Virginia whose family holdings encompassed the area that later became the city of Alexandria.
  • C. Alexander Bruce
    Alexander Bruce was a medieval Scottish nobleman of the influential Bruce family, related to the line that produced King Robert the Bruce.
  • D. Alistair
    Alistair is a masculine given name of Scottish origin commonly used in English-speaking countries.
  • E. Duncan
    Duncan is a character in Margaret Atwood's novel "The Edible Woman," serving as an eccentric and introspective figure who reflects the protagonist's psychological turmoil.
  • 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: John Alexander
Triple: [Mr. Skeffington, starring, John Alexander]
Generated description
John Alexander was an American character actor best known for his comedic and eccentric roles in classic Hollywood films of the 1930s and 1940s.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: John Alexander
Target entity description: John Alexander was an American character actor best known for his comedic and eccentric roles in classic Hollywood films of the 1930s and 1940s.
  • A. John Alexander
    John Alexander was a prominent landowner in colonial Virginia whose family holdings encompassed the area that later became the city of Alexandria.
  • B. John Alexander
    John Alexander is an American actor and creature performer known for his work in practical effects and suit acting in fantasy and science fiction films.
  • C. Alexander Bruce
    Alexander Bruce was a medieval Scottish nobleman of the influential Bruce family, related to the line that produced King Robert the Bruce.
  • D. Alistair
    Alistair is a masculine given name of Scottish origin commonly used in English-speaking countries.
  • E. Duncan
    Duncan is a character in Margaret Atwood's novel "The Edible Woman," serving as an eccentric and introspective figure who reflects the protagonist's psychological turmoil.
  • 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_69c687f5fac48190a09e4838d9c6b45d completed March 27, 2026, 1:36 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69c6b0737cb08190ad455b48fd30eec8 completed March 27, 2026, 4:29 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69c6ef0738a88190802abaeb0ab0a927 completed March 27, 2026, 8:56 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69c6f0a3f0b481908dfe70d626277e8f completed March 27, 2026, 9:03 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69c6f1a3995c8190b22766356b6e6bf8 completed March 27, 2026, 9:07 p.m.
Created at: March 27, 2026, 2:02 p.m.