Triple

T8607665
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject The Vanishing Legion E203841 entity
Predicate hasCastMember P2308 FINISHED
Object J. Farrell MacDonald
J. Farrell MacDonald was an American character actor and occasional director known for his prolific work in early Hollywood cinema, particularly in silent films and early talkies.
E747828 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: J. Farrell MacDonald | Statement: [The Vanishing Legion, hasCastMember, J. Farrell MacDonald]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: J. Farrell MacDonald
Context triple: [The Vanishing Legion, hasCastMember, J. Farrell MacDonald]
  • A. R. R. McCormack
    R. R. McCormack is a screenwriter best known for writing the Elvis Presley musical film "Viva Las Vegas."
  • B. Cecil Purdy
    Cecil Purdy was an Australian chess player, writer, and the first official World Correspondence Chess Champion, renowned for his instructional contributions to the game.
  • C. H. C. K. Wyld
    H. C. K. Wyld was a British philologist and historical linguist known for his influential work on the history and development of the English language.
  • D. Edwin Thomas Meredith
    Edwin Thomas Meredith was an American publishing magnate and politician who founded the media company that became Meredith Corporation and served as U.S. Secretary of Agriculture under President Woodrow Wilson.
  • E. R. S. McMillan
    R. S. McMillan is an astronomer best known for discovering the trans-Neptunian object Varuna.
  • 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: J. Farrell MacDonald
Triple: [The Vanishing Legion, hasCastMember, J. Farrell MacDonald]
Generated description
J. Farrell MacDonald was an American character actor and occasional director known for his prolific work in early Hollywood cinema, particularly in silent films and early talkies.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: J. Farrell MacDonald
Target entity description: J. Farrell MacDonald was an American character actor and occasional director known for his prolific work in early Hollywood cinema, particularly in silent films and early talkies.
  • A. R. R. McCormack
    R. R. McCormack is a screenwriter best known for writing the Elvis Presley musical film "Viva Las Vegas."
  • B. Cecil Purdy
    Cecil Purdy was an Australian chess player, writer, and the first official World Correspondence Chess Champion, renowned for his instructional contributions to the game.
  • C. H. C. K. Wyld
    H. C. K. Wyld was a British philologist and historical linguist known for his influential work on the history and development of the English language.
  • D. Edwin Thomas Meredith
    Edwin Thomas Meredith was an American publishing magnate and politician who founded the media company that became Meredith Corporation and served as U.S. Secretary of Agriculture under President Woodrow Wilson.
  • E. R. S. McMillan
    R. S. McMillan is an astronomer best known for discovering the trans-Neptunian object Varuna.
  • 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_69ca832c23e4819095a9f3eea4a21828 completed March 30, 2026, 2:05 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69cc46ec301881908ce148a3f07069fe completed March 31, 2026, 10:13 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69cebbb9307c81909b31995c73728e91 completed April 2, 2026, 6:55 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69cebfbfaa888190b4dc61ea6e65bc3f completed April 2, 2026, 7:13 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69cec01ec2d88190a9d96637f3e03932 completed April 2, 2026, 7:14 p.m.
Created at: March 30, 2026, 6:25 p.m.