Triple

T8742117
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Touch of Evil E207528 entity
Predicate character P662 FINISHED
Object Hank Quinlan
Hank Quinlan is the corrupt, physically imposing police captain portrayed by Orson Welles in the classic film noir "Touch of Evil."
 E754451 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: Hank Quinlan | Statement: [Touch of Evil, character, Hank Quinlan]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Hank Quinlan
Context triple: [Touch of Evil, character, Hank Quinlan]
  • A. Dennis Austin
    Dennis Austin was a software engineer best known as the co-creator and principal developer of Microsoft PowerPoint, originally developed at Forethought Inc.
  • B. Alex Ryan
    Alex Ryan is a music producer best known for his work on Hozier’s album "Wasteland, Baby!".
  • C. Peter Masterson
    Peter Masterson was an American actor, director, producer, and writer best known for co-writing and co-directing the film adaptation of the musical "The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas."
  • D. Eddie Kane
    Eddie Kane was an American character actor known for his numerous supporting roles in Hollywood films from the 1930s through the 1950s.
  • E. Herman Parker Jr.
    Herman Parker Jr., better known as Junior Parker, was an influential American blues singer and harmonica player associated with the Memphis blues and early rock and roll scenes.
  • 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: Hank Quinlan
Triple: [Touch of Evil, character, Hank Quinlan]
Generated description
Hank Quinlan is the corrupt, physically imposing police captain portrayed by Orson Welles in the classic film noir "Touch of Evil."
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Hank Quinlan
Target entity description: Hank Quinlan is the corrupt, physically imposing police captain portrayed by Orson Welles in the classic film noir "Touch of Evil."
  • A. Dennis Austin
    Dennis Austin was a software engineer best known as the co-creator and principal developer of Microsoft PowerPoint, originally developed at Forethought Inc.
  • B. Alex Ryan
    Alex Ryan is a music producer best known for his work on Hozier’s album "Wasteland, Baby!".
  • C. Peter Masterson
    Peter Masterson was an American actor, director, producer, and writer best known for co-writing and co-directing the film adaptation of the musical "The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas."
  • D. Eddie Kane
    Eddie Kane was an American character actor known for his numerous supporting roles in Hollywood films from the 1930s through the 1950s.
  • E. Herman Parker Jr.
    Herman Parker Jr., better known as Junior Parker, was an influential American blues singer and harmonica player associated with the Memphis blues and early rock and roll scenes.
  • 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_69ca835a03a081909d4d4cd01a18c9fb completed March 30, 2026, 2:06 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69cc5d6fd5dc8190906b7147f27c5d46 completed March 31, 2026, 11:49 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69cf42f282e48190ad158063e265e0f0 completed April 3, 2026, 4:32 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69cf4433605c8190991f95d19726cab8 completed April 3, 2026, 4:38 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69cf44c20b408190b622d18f78277802 completed April 3, 2026, 4:40 a.m.
Created at: March 30, 2026, 6:38 p.m.