Triple

T7809375
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Grandma's Boy E180638 entity
Predicate starring P1507 FINISHED
Object Dick Sutherland
Dick Sutherland was an American character actor of the silent film era who appeared in numerous comedies and dramas in the 1920s.
 E694542 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: Dick Sutherland | Statement: [Grandma's Boy, starring, Dick Sutherland]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Dick Sutherland
Context triple: [Grandma's Boy, starring, Dick Sutherland]
  • A. Tim Sutherland
    Tim Sutherland is a notable individual who shares the Sutherland surname and has achieved sufficient recognition to be specifically cited as a prominent bearer of the name.
  • B. Dennis Spooner
    Dennis Spooner was a British television writer and script editor best known for his influential work on early Doctor Who and other popular 1960s adventure and spy series.
  • C. Nolan Ross
    Nolan Ross is a brilliant, eccentric tech entrepreneur and loyal ally who plays a pivotal role in the drama series "Revenge."
  • D. Nolan Sorrento
    Nolan Sorrento is the primary antagonist in Ernest Cline's novel "Ready Player One," a ruthless corporate executive who seeks control of the virtual reality world OASIS.
  • E. Jack Mullaney
    Jack Mullaney was an American character actor known for his comedic roles in mid-20th-century film and television.
  • 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: Dick Sutherland
Triple: [Grandma's Boy, starring, Dick Sutherland]
Generated description
Dick Sutherland was an American character actor of the silent film era who appeared in numerous comedies and dramas in the 1920s.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Dick Sutherland
Target entity description: Dick Sutherland was an American character actor of the silent film era who appeared in numerous comedies and dramas in the 1920s.
  • A. Tim Sutherland
    Tim Sutherland is a notable individual who shares the Sutherland surname and has achieved sufficient recognition to be specifically cited as a prominent bearer of the name.
  • B. Dennis Spooner
    Dennis Spooner was a British television writer and script editor best known for his influential work on early Doctor Who and other popular 1960s adventure and spy series.
  • C. Nolan Ross
    Nolan Ross is a brilliant, eccentric tech entrepreneur and loyal ally who plays a pivotal role in the drama series "Revenge."
  • D. Nolan Sorrento
    Nolan Sorrento is the primary antagonist in Ernest Cline's novel "Ready Player One," a ruthless corporate executive who seeks control of the virtual reality world OASIS.
  • E. Jack Mullaney
    Jack Mullaney was an American character actor known for his comedic roles in mid-20th-century film and television.
  • 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_69ca827f6f148190beca4e245b993506 completed March 30, 2026, 2:02 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69caf78bb4b08190b2b3b51c5a0a033c completed March 30, 2026, 10:22 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69cb145b93788190a89f26dacbd0b437 completed March 31, 2026, 12:24 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69cb173190a88190b31fd7973bc19d43 completed March 31, 2026, 12:37 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69cb1a56d25881908b8413b82edf5508 completed March 31, 2026, 12:50 a.m.
Created at: March 30, 2026, 4:36 p.m.