Triple
T7775601
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | The Big Heat |
E221381
|
entity |
| Predicate | starring |
P1507
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Howard Wendell
Howard Wendell was an American character actor known for his supporting roles in mid-20th-century films and television, including the classic crime drama "The Big Heat."
|
E693015
|
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: Howard Wendell | Statement: [The Big Heat, starring, Howard Wendell]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Howard Wendell Context triple: [The Big Heat, starring, Howard Wendell]
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A.
Dan Jewett
Dan Jewett is an American science teacher known for his brief marriage to billionaire philanthropist and novelist MacKenzie Scott.
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B.
Russell Patterson
Russell Patterson is an American conductor best known for his leadership roles with major U.S. orchestras, including serving as music director of the Kansas City Symphony.
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C.
Syd Saylor
Syd Saylor was an American character actor known for his comic roles and prolific appearances in Westerns and adventure serials during the early to mid-20th century.
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D.
Paul Brooks
Paul Brooks is known primarily as the husband of civil rights activist and Freedom Rider Catherine Burks-Brooks.
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E.
Matt Bondurant
Matt Bondurant is an American novelist and academic best known for his historical crime novel "The Wettest County in the World," which was adapted into the film "Lawless."
- 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: Howard Wendell Triple: [The Big Heat, starring, Howard Wendell]
Generated description
Howard Wendell was an American character actor known for his supporting roles in mid-20th-century films and television, including the classic crime drama "The Big Heat."
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Howard Wendell Target entity description: Howard Wendell was an American character actor known for his supporting roles in mid-20th-century films and television, including the classic crime drama "The Big Heat."
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A.
Dan Jewett
Dan Jewett is an American science teacher known for his brief marriage to billionaire philanthropist and novelist MacKenzie Scott.
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B.
Russell Patterson
Russell Patterson is an American conductor best known for his leadership roles with major U.S. orchestras, including serving as music director of the Kansas City Symphony.
-
C.
Syd Saylor
Syd Saylor was an American character actor known for his comic roles and prolific appearances in Westerns and adventure serials during the early to mid-20th century.
-
D.
Paul Brooks
Paul Brooks is known primarily as the husband of civil rights activist and Freedom Rider Catherine Burks-Brooks.
-
E.
Matt Bondurant
Matt Bondurant is an American novelist and academic best known for his historical crime novel "The Wettest County in the World," which was adapted into the film "Lawless."
- 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_69ca83ebbef881909ac47f789145fef7 |
completed | March 30, 2026, 2:08 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69caa4d005808190ac14c8d716421bdb |
completed | March 30, 2026, 4:29 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69caf58a86548190b870417692e4b654 |
completed | March 30, 2026, 10:13 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69caf81d934881908fa41ebd43f3b2e2 |
completed | March 30, 2026, 10:24 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69caf9f86d808190880f7bb2fc8d4fe3 |
completed | March 30, 2026, 10:32 p.m. |
Created at: March 30, 2026, 3:46 p.m.