Triple

T8458038
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject The Pit and the Pendulum (1961 film) E199969 entity
Predicate starring P1507 FINISHED
Object Barbara Steele
Barbara Steele is an English actress renowned as a cult icon of 1960s Gothic horror cinema, noted for her striking features and roles in films by directors such as Mario Bava and Roger Corman.
E735232 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: Barbara Steele | Statement: [The Pit and the Pendulum (1961 film), starring, Barbara Steele]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Barbara Steele
Context triple: [The Pit and the Pendulum (1961 film), starring, Barbara Steele]
  • A. Kathleen Courtney
    Kathleen Courtney is the birth name of Kathy Hochul, the 57th governor of New York and the first woman to hold that office.
  • B. Barbara Shelley
    Barbara Shelley was a prominent British actress best known as a leading lady in mid-20th-century horror and science fiction films, particularly through her work with Hammer Films.
  • C. Debra Paget
    Debra Paget is an American actress best known for her roles in 1950s Hollywood epics and adventure films, including prominent performances in movies like "The Ten Commandments" and "Love Me Tender."
  • D. Sylvia Hawkes
    Sylvia Hawkes, better known as Sylvia Ashley, was a British model, showgirl, and socialite famed for her multiple high-profile marriages, including to actor Douglas Fairbanks Sr.
  • E. Elsa Lanchester
    Elsa Lanchester was a British-born character actress best known for her eccentric and memorable roles in classic Hollywood films, including her iconic turn in "The Bride of Frankenstein."
  • 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: Barbara Steele
Triple: [The Pit and the Pendulum (1961 film), starring, Barbara Steele]
Generated description
Barbara Steele is an English actress renowned as a cult icon of 1960s Gothic horror cinema, noted for her striking features and roles in films by directors such as Mario Bava and Roger Corman.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Barbara Steele
Target entity description: Barbara Steele is an English actress renowned as a cult icon of 1960s Gothic horror cinema, noted for her striking features and roles in films by directors such as Mario Bava and Roger Corman.
  • A. Kathleen Courtney
    Kathleen Courtney is the birth name of Kathy Hochul, the 57th governor of New York and the first woman to hold that office.
  • B. Barbara Shelley
    Barbara Shelley was a prominent British actress best known as a leading lady in mid-20th-century horror and science fiction films, particularly through her work with Hammer Films.
  • C. Debra Paget
    Debra Paget is an American actress best known for her roles in 1950s Hollywood epics and adventure films, including prominent performances in movies like "The Ten Commandments" and "Love Me Tender."
  • D. Sylvia Hawkes
    Sylvia Hawkes, better known as Sylvia Ashley, was a British model, showgirl, and socialite famed for her multiple high-profile marriages, including to actor Douglas Fairbanks Sr.
  • E. Elsa Lanchester
    Elsa Lanchester was a British-born character actress best known for her eccentric and memorable roles in classic Hollywood films, including her iconic turn in "The Bride of Frankenstein."
  • 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_69ca8318231881908fd1bc1c4d45d286 completed March 30, 2026, 2:05 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69cbe49064f881909391d565b97e9886 completed March 31, 2026, 3:13 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69ce1dea01c481909496ebfca4e9916e completed April 2, 2026, 7:42 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69ce20130e9c81908c13e571ca8a6ad4 completed April 2, 2026, 7:51 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69ce209338b48190ba8375200a5529bd completed April 2, 2026, 7:53 a.m.
Created at: March 30, 2026, 6:10 p.m.