Triple

T8207158
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject The Whole Town’s Talking E191715 entity
Predicate starred P5563 FINISHED
Object James Donlan
James Donlan was an American character actor of the early 20th century, known for his prolific work in Hollywood films during the 1920s and 1930s.
 E719469 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: James Donlan | Statement: [The Whole Town’s Talking, starred, James Donlan]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: James Donlan
Context triple: [The Whole Town’s Talking, starred, James Donlan]
  • A. Martin McKee
    Martin McKee is a prominent public health physician and researcher known for his work on health policy, health systems, and the impacts of social and political change on population health.
  • B. Mike Garrett
    Mike Garrett is a former American football running back best known for his standout collegiate career at USC, winning the Heisman Trophy, and later playing professionally in the AFL and NFL.
  • C. Howard Cunningham
    Howard Cunningham is the affable, old-fashioned Milwaukee hardware store owner and father figure on the classic American sitcom "Happy Days."
  • D. Tod Leiweke
    Tod Leiweke is an American sports executive known for leading and developing major professional franchises, including serving as CEO and part-owner of the NHL’s Seattle Kraken.
  • E. Martin May
    Martin May is the husband of acclaimed American actress Anne Bancroft.
  • 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: James Donlan
Triple: [The Whole Town’s Talking, starred, James Donlan]
Generated description
James Donlan was an American character actor of the early 20th century, known for his prolific work in Hollywood films during the 1920s and 1930s.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: James Donlan
Target entity description: James Donlan was an American character actor of the early 20th century, known for his prolific work in Hollywood films during the 1920s and 1930s.
  • A. Martin McKee
    Martin McKee is a prominent public health physician and researcher known for his work on health policy, health systems, and the impacts of social and political change on population health.
  • B. Mike Garrett
    Mike Garrett is a former American football running back best known for his standout collegiate career at USC, winning the Heisman Trophy, and later playing professionally in the AFL and NFL.
  • C. Howard Cunningham
    Howard Cunningham is the affable, old-fashioned Milwaukee hardware store owner and father figure on the classic American sitcom "Happy Days."
  • D. Tod Leiweke
    Tod Leiweke is an American sports executive known for leading and developing major professional franchises, including serving as CEO and part-owner of the NHL’s Seattle Kraken.
  • E. Martin May
    Martin May is the husband of acclaimed American actress Anne Bancroft.
  • 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_69ca82c7f3e08190857bf1fc63b2a10c completed March 30, 2026, 2:03 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69cb726b520081908ce4a03bd14dfcdf completed March 31, 2026, 7:06 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69ccedda69148190b8c221221de5dae5 completed April 1, 2026, 10:05 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69ccf1ba74548190831677bb126bea1a completed April 1, 2026, 10:21 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69cd05c2059081908bd04ee4722f9aad completed April 1, 2026, 11:47 a.m.
Created at: March 30, 2026, 5:43 p.m.