Triple
T8669678
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | The Town |
E205762
|
entity |
| Predicate | mainCharacter |
P1183
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
James Coughlin
James Coughlin is a volatile and fiercely loyal career criminal from Charlestown who serves as Doug MacRay’s best friend and crew member in the film "The Town."
|
E800305
|
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: James Coughlin | Statement: [The Town, mainCharacter, James Coughlin]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: James Coughlin Context triple: [The Town, mainCharacter, James Coughlin]
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A.
James G. O'Hara
James G. O'Hara was an American Democratic politician who served as a U.S. Representative from Michigan in the mid-20th century.
-
B.
Charles P. Boyle
Charles P. Boyle was an American cinematographer best known for his work on classic mid-20th-century films, particularly family-oriented productions from major Hollywood studios.
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C.
Bill DeMott
Bill DeMott is a retired American professional wrestler and wrestling trainer best known for his work in World Championship Wrestling (WCW) and WWE, including a controversial tenure as head trainer for WWE’s developmental system.
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D.
James T. Conway
James T. Conway is a retired four-star U.S. Marine Corps general who later served as the 34th Commandant of the Marine Corps.
-
E.
Howard G. Cunningham
Howard G. Cunningham, better known as Ward Cunningham, is an American computer programmer best known for creating the first wiki and contributing to agile software development practices.
- 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: James Coughlin Triple: [The Town, mainCharacter, James Coughlin]
Generated description
James Coughlin is a volatile and fiercely loyal career criminal from Charlestown who serves as Doug MacRay’s best friend and crew member in the film "The Town."
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: James Coughlin Target entity description: James Coughlin is a volatile and fiercely loyal career criminal from Charlestown who serves as Doug MacRay’s best friend and crew member in the film "The Town."
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A.
James G. O'Hara
James G. O'Hara was an American Democratic politician who served as a U.S. Representative from Michigan in the mid-20th century.
-
B.
Charles P. Boyle
Charles P. Boyle was an American cinematographer best known for his work on classic mid-20th-century films, particularly family-oriented productions from major Hollywood studios.
-
C.
Bill DeMott
Bill DeMott is a retired American professional wrestler and wrestling trainer best known for his work in World Championship Wrestling (WCW) and WWE, including a controversial tenure as head trainer for WWE’s developmental system.
-
D.
James T. Conway
James T. Conway is a retired four-star U.S. Marine Corps general who later served as the 34th Commandant of the Marine Corps.
-
E.
Howard G. Cunningham
Howard G. Cunningham, better known as Ward Cunningham, is an American computer programmer best known for creating the first wiki and contributing to agile software development practices.
- 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_69ca83516ae88190aefe034b3bc589e3 |
completed | March 30, 2026, 2:06 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69cc4917cb9881909a73b74e54250613 |
completed | March 31, 2026, 10:22 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69d121cb33188190b5b70020a041c18f |
completed | April 4, 2026, 2:35 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69d1231adb4481908fac11cae099d0de |
completed | April 4, 2026, 2:41 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69d123fcc8f48190838abd08a4af0a63 |
completed | April 4, 2026, 2:45 p.m. |
Created at: March 30, 2026, 6:31 p.m.