Triple
T8607677
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | The Vanishing Legion |
E203841
|
entity |
| Predicate | hasCastMember |
P2308
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Blackie Whiteford
Blackie Whiteford was an American character actor known for his numerous supporting roles in early 20th-century Westerns and serial films.
|
E745720
|
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: Blackie Whiteford | Statement: [The Vanishing Legion, hasCastMember, Blackie Whiteford]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Blackie Whiteford Context triple: [The Vanishing Legion, hasCastMember, Blackie Whiteford]
-
A.
Marc White
Marc White is an English football manager and businessman best known as the founder and long-time manager of non-league club Dorking Wanderers F.C.
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B.
Alan Black
Alan Black is a Northern Irish man known for being the sole survivor of the 1976 Kingsmill massacre during the Troubles.
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C.
Blackie Towery
Blackie Towery was a professional basketball player best known for his time in the National Basketball League during the 1940s.
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D.
Billy Talbot
Billy Talbot is an American bassist best known as a founding member of Neil Young’s backing band Crazy Horse.
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E.
Josh White
Josh White was an influential American folk and blues singer, guitarist, and civil rights activist known for his powerful interpretations of protest songs and spirituals.
- 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: Blackie Whiteford Triple: [The Vanishing Legion, hasCastMember, Blackie Whiteford]
Generated description
Blackie Whiteford was an American character actor known for his numerous supporting roles in early 20th-century Westerns and serial films.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Blackie Whiteford Target entity description: Blackie Whiteford was an American character actor known for his numerous supporting roles in early 20th-century Westerns and serial films.
-
A.
Marc White
Marc White is an English football manager and businessman best known as the founder and long-time manager of non-league club Dorking Wanderers F.C.
-
B.
Alan Black
Alan Black is a Northern Irish man known for being the sole survivor of the 1976 Kingsmill massacre during the Troubles.
-
C.
Blackie Towery
Blackie Towery was a professional basketball player best known for his time in the National Basketball League during the 1940s.
-
D.
Billy Talbot
Billy Talbot is an American bassist best known as a founding member of Neil Young’s backing band Crazy Horse.
-
E.
Josh White
Josh White was an influential American folk and blues singer, guitarist, and civil rights activist known for his powerful interpretations of protest songs and spirituals.
- 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_69cea909757c819095dd38644c21af33 |
completed | April 2, 2026, 5:36 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69cea9d23cc88190b937e89b9aa2bd66 |
completed | April 2, 2026, 5:39 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69ceaae76d188190932826c9fd9f7f5f |
completed | April 2, 2026, 5:44 p.m. |
Created at: March 30, 2026, 6:25 p.m.