Triple

T8385011
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Infernal Affairs E197793 entity
Predicate starring P1507 FINISHED
Object Eric Tsang
Eric Tsang is a veteran Hong Kong actor, comedian, and film producer known for his prolific career in Cantonese cinema and television.
E740385 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: Eric Tsang | Statement: [Infernal Affairs, starring, Eric Tsang]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Eric Tsang
Context triple: [Infernal Affairs, starring, Eric Tsang]
  • A. Alex Tse
    Alex Tse is an American screenwriter and producer best known for co-writing the film adaptation of the graphic novel "Watchmen."
  • B. Yu Lik-wai
    Yu Lik-wai is a Hong Kong cinematographer and film director best known for his long-time collaboration with Chinese auteur Jia Zhangke on critically acclaimed art-house films.
  • C. Ronnie Chan
    Ronnie Chan is a Hong Kong billionaire businessman and philanthropist best known as the chairman of Hang Lung Group and for his prominent role in property development and higher-education philanthropy.
  • D. Ryan Chan
    Ryan Chan is a film editor known for his work on the 2020 adaptation of "The Witches."
  • E. Andy Lau
    Andy Lau is a renowned Hong Kong actor and Cantopop singer, widely regarded as one of the most successful and influential stars in the Chinese entertainment industry.
  • 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: Eric Tsang
Triple: [Infernal Affairs, starring, Eric Tsang]
Generated description
Eric Tsang is a veteran Hong Kong actor, comedian, and film producer known for his prolific career in Cantonese cinema and television.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Eric Tsang
Target entity description: Eric Tsang is a veteran Hong Kong actor, comedian, and film producer known for his prolific career in Cantonese cinema and television.
  • A. Alex Tse
    Alex Tse is an American screenwriter and producer best known for co-writing the film adaptation of the graphic novel "Watchmen."
  • B. Yu Lik-wai
    Yu Lik-wai is a Hong Kong cinematographer and film director best known for his long-time collaboration with Chinese auteur Jia Zhangke on critically acclaimed art-house films.
  • C. Ronnie Chan
    Ronnie Chan is a Hong Kong billionaire businessman and philanthropist best known as the chairman of Hang Lung Group and for his prominent role in property development and higher-education philanthropy.
  • D. Ryan Chan
    Ryan Chan is a film editor known for his work on the 2020 adaptation of "The Witches."
  • E. Andy Lau
    Andy Lau is a renowned Hong Kong actor and Cantopop singer, widely regarded as one of the most successful and influential stars in the Chinese entertainment industry.
  • 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_69ca82f749388190bffbea6dfb509016 completed March 30, 2026, 2:04 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69cb80e03eb08190a458c9caa0524e0f completed March 31, 2026, 8:08 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69ce6cdb3b48819091c554539e74812a completed April 2, 2026, 1:19 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69ce6e66c5e48190badcc5e075892006 completed April 2, 2026, 1:25 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69ce6f0cc434819089e78d24dfee5361 completed April 2, 2026, 1:28 p.m.
Created at: March 30, 2026, 6:02 p.m.