Triple
T7162108
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Dick Powell |
E166970
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entity |
| Predicate | birthName |
P65
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FINISHED |
| Object |
Richard Ewing Powell
Richard Ewing Powell, better known as Dick Powell, was an American actor, singer, and director who transitioned from light musical comedies to hard-boiled film noir roles and later became a prominent television producer.
|
E651080
|
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: Richard Ewing Powell | Statement: [Dick Powell, birthName, Richard Ewing Powell]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Richard Ewing Powell Context triple: [Dick Powell, birthName, Richard Ewing Powell]
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A.
Rance Howard
Rance Howard was an American character actor known for his extensive work in film and television and as the patriarch of the Howard acting and directing family.
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B.
Paul Powell
Paul Powell was an American film director active during the silent era, known for helming several popular features in the 1910s and 1920s.
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C.
Lloyd Owen
Lloyd Owen is a British actor known for his work in film, television, and theatre, including roles in productions such as "Miss Potter" and "The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power."
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D.
Ricardo Cortez
Ricardo Cortez was an American actor of the silent and early sound film era, best known for his leading-man roles in crime dramas and early film noir.
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E.
Ray Curtiss
Ray Curtiss is a film editor best known for his work on the 1938 aviation adventure movie "The Dawn Patrol."
- 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: Richard Ewing Powell Triple: [Dick Powell, birthName, Richard Ewing Powell]
Generated description
Richard Ewing Powell, better known as Dick Powell, was an American actor, singer, and director who transitioned from light musical comedies to hard-boiled film noir roles and later became a prominent television producer.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Richard Ewing Powell Target entity description: Richard Ewing Powell, better known as Dick Powell, was an American actor, singer, and director who transitioned from light musical comedies to hard-boiled film noir roles and later became a prominent television producer.
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A.
Rance Howard
Rance Howard was an American character actor known for his extensive work in film and television and as the patriarch of the Howard acting and directing family.
-
B.
Paul Powell
Paul Powell was an American film director active during the silent era, known for helming several popular features in the 1910s and 1920s.
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C.
Lloyd Owen
Lloyd Owen is a British actor known for his work in film, television, and theatre, including roles in productions such as "Miss Potter" and "The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power."
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D.
Ricardo Cortez
Ricardo Cortez was an American actor of the silent and early sound film era, best known for his leading-man roles in crime dramas and early film noir.
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E.
Ray Curtiss
Ray Curtiss is a film editor best known for his work on the 1938 aviation adventure movie "The Dawn Patrol."
- 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_69c68887a5cc8190bec0ea96227164f7 |
completed | March 27, 2026, 1:39 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69c6e82e4b248190ad3c3863cb93971e |
completed | March 27, 2026, 8:27 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69c7cbdab96c81909b9cfa10973fbf23 |
completed | March 28, 2026, 12:38 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69c7cc86efa481909b0d6cb04755efde |
completed | March 28, 2026, 12:41 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69c7cd1d5ac08190bb085530c647a54c |
completed | March 28, 2026, 12:44 p.m. |
Created at: March 27, 2026, 2:47 p.m.