Triple

T8207606
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject The Virtuous Sin E191725 entity
Predicate stars P1956 FINISHED
Object Kenneth MacKenna
Kenneth MacKenna was an American stage and film actor and director active in the early to mid-20th century, known for his work in both Broadway productions and Hollywood films.
E736081 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: Kenneth MacKenna | Statement: [The Virtuous Sin, stars, Kenneth MacKenna]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Kenneth MacKenna
Context triple: [The Virtuous Sin, stars, Kenneth MacKenna]
  • A. Duncan Campbell
    Duncan Campbell is a British journalist and writer best known for his investigative reporting and his long-term marriage to actress Julie Christie.
  • B. Alexander McDougall
    Alexander McDougall was a Scottish-born American merchant, political leader, and Revolutionary War officer who became a prominent patriot voice in New York before and during the American Revolution.
  • C. John Kilbride
    John Kilbride was a 12-year-old boy from Greater Manchester who became one of the child victims of the notorious 1960s Moors murders committed by Ian Brady and Myra Hindley.
  • D. Richard Macdonald
    Richard Macdonald was a British production designer and art director known for his distinctive visual work on films including the 1991 movie "The Addams Family."
  • E. James Anthony Carmichael
    James Anthony Carmichael is an American record producer and arranger best known for his work with Motown artists such as Commodores and Lionel Richie.
  • 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: Kenneth MacKenna
Triple: [The Virtuous Sin, stars, Kenneth MacKenna]
Generated description
Kenneth MacKenna was an American stage and film actor and director active in the early to mid-20th century, known for his work in both Broadway productions and Hollywood films.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Kenneth MacKenna
Target entity description: Kenneth MacKenna was an American stage and film actor and director active in the early to mid-20th century, known for his work in both Broadway productions and Hollywood films.
  • A. Duncan Campbell
    Duncan Campbell is a British journalist and writer best known for his investigative reporting and his long-term marriage to actress Julie Christie.
  • B. Alexander McDougall
    Alexander McDougall was a Scottish-born American merchant, political leader, and Revolutionary War officer who became a prominent patriot voice in New York before and during the American Revolution.
  • C. John Kilbride
    John Kilbride was a 12-year-old boy from Greater Manchester who became one of the child victims of the notorious 1960s Moors murders committed by Ian Brady and Myra Hindley.
  • D. Richard Macdonald
    Richard Macdonald was a British production designer and art director known for his distinctive visual work on films including the 1991 movie "The Addams Family."
  • E. James Anthony Carmichael
    James Anthony Carmichael is an American record producer and arranger best known for his work with Motown artists such as Commodores and Lionel Richie.
  • 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_69cb726d26ec8190957da68227f5ce61 completed March 31, 2026, 7:06 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69ce391ff03c8190b10d23163bd0cfb1 completed April 2, 2026, 9:38 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69ce3c354bd0819095da07133e985675 completed April 2, 2026, 9:51 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69ce3ca57ec081909a14d962eee2c9a5 completed April 2, 2026, 9:53 a.m.
Created at: March 30, 2026, 5:43 p.m.