Triple

T7593950
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject The Cat and the Canary (1939 film) E179807 entity
Predicate starring P1507 FINISHED
Object John Beal
John Beal was an American film and television actor active from the 1930s onward, known for his roles in dramas, thrillers, and classic Hollywood productions.
E678147 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 Beal | Statement: [The Cat and the Canary (1939 film), starring, John Beal]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: John Beal
Context triple: [The Cat and the Canary (1939 film), starring, John Beal]
  • A. Don Beyer
    Don Beyer is an American Democratic politician and former Lieutenant Governor of Virginia who serves in the U.S. House of Representatives.
  • B. John J. Haden
    John J. Haden was an early 20th-century Florida horticulturist best known for developing the influential Haden mango cultivar that helped launch Florida’s commercial mango industry.
  • C. Bill DeMott
    Bill DeMott is a retired American professional wrestler and wrestling trainer best known for his work in World Championship Wrestling (WCW) and WWE, including a controversial tenure as head trainer for WWE’s developmental system.
  • D. Bill Bolling
    Bill Bolling is an American Republican politician who served as the 39th Lieutenant Governor of Virginia from 2006 to 2014.
  • E. James Mullen
    James Mullen is a notable individual distinguished enough to be specifically recognized as a prominent bearer of the surname Mullen.
  • 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 Beal
Triple: [The Cat and the Canary (1939 film), starring, John Beal]
Generated description
John Beal was an American film and television actor active from the 1930s onward, known for his roles in dramas, thrillers, and classic Hollywood productions.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: John Beal
Target entity description: John Beal was an American film and television actor active from the 1930s onward, known for his roles in dramas, thrillers, and classic Hollywood productions.
  • A. Don Beyer
    Don Beyer is an American Democratic politician and former Lieutenant Governor of Virginia who serves in the U.S. House of Representatives.
  • B. John J. Haden
    John J. Haden was an early 20th-century Florida horticulturist best known for developing the influential Haden mango cultivar that helped launch Florida’s commercial mango industry.
  • C. Bill DeMott
    Bill DeMott is a retired American professional wrestler and wrestling trainer best known for his work in World Championship Wrestling (WCW) and WWE, including a controversial tenure as head trainer for WWE’s developmental system.
  • D. Bill Bolling
    Bill Bolling is an American Republican politician who served as the 39th Lieutenant Governor of Virginia from 2006 to 2014.
  • E. James Mullen
    James Mullen is a notable individual distinguished enough to be specifically recognized as a prominent bearer of the surname Mullen.
  • 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_69c69f3487ec8190bf7acdf2dd91e6d6 completed March 27, 2026, 3:16 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69c6f9bab3a08190a2c36b2c72a1de25 completed March 27, 2026, 9:42 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69c87080c19c8190ba6a632f6f277621 completed March 29, 2026, 12:21 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69c873e039908190a9ca7fa7294bff53 completed March 29, 2026, 12:35 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69c874347ebc8190829d5304c7744bd6 completed March 29, 2026, 12:37 a.m.
Created at: March 27, 2026, 3:53 p.m.