Triple

T7217443
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Badlands E149570 entity
Predicate mainCharacter P1183 FINISHED
Object Kit Carruthers
Kit Carruthers is the charismatic yet disturbingly detached young drifter and spree killer at the center of Terrence Malick’s film "Badlands."
E652036 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: Kit Carruthers | Statement: [Badlands, mainCharacter, Kit Carruthers]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Kit Carruthers
Context triple: [Badlands, mainCharacter, Kit Carruthers]
  • A. Laurie MacDonald
    Laurie MacDonald is a prominent American film producer known for her work on major Hollywood features and impactful documentaries.
  • B. Robin McAuley
    Robin McAuley is an Irish rock singer best known for his work with the McAuley Schenker Group and as a longtime vocalist in various hard rock and metal projects.
  • C. Aaron Hilmer
    Aaron Hilmer is a German actor best known internationally for his role in the 2022 adaptation of "All Quiet on the Western Front."
  • D. Jocelyn Ritchie
    Jocelyn Ritchie is a musician best known for her collaborative work with American rock-rap artist Kid Rock.
  • E. Kit Ballard
    Kit Ballard is the spouse of American film director Carroll Ballard, known for his visually striking, nature-focused movies.
  • 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: Kit Carruthers
Triple: [Badlands, mainCharacter, Kit Carruthers]
Generated description
Kit Carruthers is the charismatic yet disturbingly detached young drifter and spree killer at the center of Terrence Malick’s film "Badlands."
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Kit Carruthers
Target entity description: Kit Carruthers is the charismatic yet disturbingly detached young drifter and spree killer at the center of Terrence Malick’s film "Badlands."
  • A. Laurie MacDonald
    Laurie MacDonald is a prominent American film producer known for her work on major Hollywood features and impactful documentaries.
  • B. Robin McAuley
    Robin McAuley is an Irish rock singer best known for his work with the McAuley Schenker Group and as a longtime vocalist in various hard rock and metal projects.
  • C. Aaron Hilmer
    Aaron Hilmer is a German actor best known internationally for his role in the 2022 adaptation of "All Quiet on the Western Front."
  • D. Jocelyn Ritchie
    Jocelyn Ritchie is a musician best known for her collaborative work with American rock-rap artist Kid Rock.
  • E. Kit Ballard
    Kit Ballard is the spouse of American film director Carroll Ballard, known for his visually striking, nature-focused movies.
  • 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_69c687eca814819095abb52316b1af80 completed March 27, 2026, 1:36 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69c6e99170d88190b1aef326a7d81134 completed March 27, 2026, 8:33 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69c7d38423bc8190aaf4ee3940813d33 completed March 28, 2026, 1:11 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69c7d44e67848190ac52eca99ef18f28 completed March 28, 2026, 1:14 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69c7d4fc837c81909827352be19f64b4 completed March 28, 2026, 1:17 p.m.
Created at: March 27, 2026, 2:53 p.m.