Triple

T8607674
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject The Vanishing Legion E203841 entity
Predicate hasCastMember P2308 FINISHED
Object Nelson McDowell
Nelson McDowell was an American character actor of the silent and early sound film era, known for his distinctive gaunt appearance and frequent roles in Westerns and serials.
 E776889 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: Nelson McDowell | Statement: [The Vanishing Legion, hasCastMember, Nelson McDowell]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Nelson McDowell
Context triple: [The Vanishing Legion, hasCastMember, Nelson McDowell]
  • A. Ward McAllister
    Ward McAllister was a prominent 19th-century New York social arbiter best known for codifying the rules of high society and helping define the elite circle known as "The Four Hundred."
  • B. Charles Noland
    Charles Noland is an American actor known for his character roles in film, television, and theater.
  • C. Leland Palmer
    Leland Palmer is an American actress, singer, and dancer best known for her work in musical theatre and film during the 1960s and 1970s.
  • D. Nelson Woss
    Nelson Woss is an Australian film producer best known for his work on the popular family film "Red Dog" and its related projects.
  • E. John McGowan
    John McGowan was a writer whose work served as the basis for the 1943 musical film "Girl Crazy."
  • 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: Nelson McDowell
Triple: [The Vanishing Legion, hasCastMember, Nelson McDowell]
Generated description
Nelson McDowell was an American character actor of the silent and early sound film era, known for his distinctive gaunt appearance and frequent roles in Westerns and serials.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Nelson McDowell
Target entity description: Nelson McDowell was an American character actor of the silent and early sound film era, known for his distinctive gaunt appearance and frequent roles in Westerns and serials.
  • A. Ward McAllister
    Ward McAllister was a prominent 19th-century New York social arbiter best known for codifying the rules of high society and helping define the elite circle known as "The Four Hundred."
  • B. Charles Noland
    Charles Noland is an American actor known for his character roles in film, television, and theater.
  • C. Leland Palmer
    Leland Palmer is an American actress, singer, and dancer best known for her work in musical theatre and film during the 1960s and 1970s.
  • D. Nelson Woss
    Nelson Woss is an Australian film producer best known for his work on the popular family film "Red Dog" and its related projects.
  • E. John McGowan
    John McGowan was a writer whose work served as the basis for the 1943 musical film "Girl Crazy."
  • 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_69d016e84df4819092b442216a5f6c9e completed April 3, 2026, 7:37 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69d019059e8481909a696575366aa0b6 completed April 3, 2026, 7:46 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69d019a2736c8190880c8f3786cf353b completed April 3, 2026, 7:48 p.m.
Created at: March 30, 2026, 6:25 p.m.