Triple
T8207160
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | The Whole Town’s Talking |
E191715
|
entity |
| Predicate | starred |
P5563
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Lucien Littlefield |
E323220
|
NE FINISHED |
How this triple was built (2 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: Lucien Littlefield | Statement: [The Whole Town’s Talking, starred, Lucien Littlefield]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Lucien Littlefield Context triple: [The Whole Town’s Talking, starred, Lucien Littlefield]
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A.
Lucien Littlefield
chosen
Lucien Littlefield was an American character actor known for his prolific work in silent and early sound films, often portraying timid or eccentric supporting roles.
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B.
Thomas S. Bullock
Thomas S. Bullock was an American railroad entrepreneur best known for developing and leading the Sierra Railway of California during the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
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C.
William A. Guthrie
William A. Guthrie was an American businessman best known for establishing the influential American Tobacco Company during the late 19th century.
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D.
John H. Traylor
John H. Traylor was an American politician who served as mayor of Dallas, Texas, in the late 19th century.
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E.
Edwin J. Houston
Edwin J. Houston was an American electrical engineer, inventor, and educator who co-founded General Electric and made significant contributions to the development and popularization of electrical power systems.
- F. None of above.
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Provenance (3 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_69cd34b49fb88190b30a89d594ed4ada |
completed | April 1, 2026, 3:07 p.m. |
Created at: March 30, 2026, 5:43 p.m.