Triple

T7498438
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Palooka E177193 entity
Predicate starring P1507 FINISHED
Object William Cagney
William Cagney was an American film producer and occasional actor, best known as the younger brother and frequent collaborator of Hollywood star James Cagney.
E669083 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: William Cagney | Statement: [Palooka, starring, William Cagney]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: William Cagney
Context triple: [Palooka, starring, William Cagney]
  • A. James Cagney
    James Cagney was an American film actor renowned for his energetic performances in gangster roles and musicals, and is widely regarded as one of Hollywood's greatest stars of the 20th century.
  • B. Lloyd Bridges
    Lloyd Bridges was an American film and television actor known for his versatile roles in classics like "High Noon" and for being the father of actors Jeff and Beau Bridges.
  • C. Frank Giustra
    Frank Giustra is a Canadian businessman and philanthropist best known as the founder of Lionsgate Entertainment and for his extensive work in the mining and film industries.
  • D. Richard Conte
    Richard Conte was an American film and television actor best known for his roles in classic crime dramas and film noir, including "The Godfather" and "Thieves' Highway."
  • E. Burt Young
    Burt Young was an American character actor best known for his Oscar-nominated role as Paulie Pennino, Rocky Balboa’s gruff but loyal friend, in the Rocky film series.
  • 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: William Cagney
Triple: [Palooka, starring, William Cagney]
Generated description
William Cagney was an American film producer and occasional actor, best known as the younger brother and frequent collaborator of Hollywood star James Cagney.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: William Cagney
Target entity description: William Cagney was an American film producer and occasional actor, best known as the younger brother and frequent collaborator of Hollywood star James Cagney.
  • A. James Cagney
    James Cagney was an American film actor renowned for his energetic performances in gangster roles and musicals, and is widely regarded as one of Hollywood's greatest stars of the 20th century.
  • B. Lloyd Bridges
    Lloyd Bridges was an American film and television actor known for his versatile roles in classics like "High Noon" and for being the father of actors Jeff and Beau Bridges.
  • C. Frank Giustra
    Frank Giustra is a Canadian businessman and philanthropist best known as the founder of Lionsgate Entertainment and for his extensive work in the mining and film industries.
  • D. Richard Conte
    Richard Conte was an American film and television actor best known for his roles in classic crime dramas and film noir, including "The Godfather" and "Thieves' Highway."
  • E. Burt Young
    Burt Young was an American character actor best known for his Oscar-nominated role as Paulie Pennino, Rocky Balboa’s gruff but loyal friend, in the Rocky film series.
  • 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_69c69f2696688190915a8458f2398211 completed March 27, 2026, 3:15 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69c6f597a0c08190b34fa283a11d98c7 completed March 27, 2026, 9:24 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69c83c8b28d0819095c7b666d442c7ab completed March 28, 2026, 8:39 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69c83d49547081909028ac0293dae102 completed March 28, 2026, 8:42 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69c8410c22bc8190a1f52179bf3c720b completed March 28, 2026, 8:58 p.m.
Created at: March 27, 2026, 3:44 p.m.