Triple

T8842844
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject The Normal Heart E210429 entity
Predicate hasCharacter P2308 FINISHED
Object Ben Weeks
Ben Weeks is a central character in Larry Kramer's play "The Normal Heart," portrayed as the brother of activist Ned Weeks and representing a more conservative, establishment perspective on the early AIDS crisis.
E779243 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: Ben Weeks | Statement: [The Normal Heart, hasCharacter, Ben Weeks]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Ben Weeks
Context triple: [The Normal Heart, hasCharacter, Ben Weeks]
  • A. Shaun Parkes
    Shaun Parkes is a British actor known for his versatile performances in film, television, and theatre, including prominent roles in series such as "Casanova," "Doctor Who," and "Small Axe."
  • B. Ben Shepherd
    Ben Shepherd is an American musician best known as the longtime bassist for the influential grunge band Soundgarden.
  • C. Dominic Mafham
    Dominic Mafham is a British actor known for his work in television, film, and theatre, including roles in series such as "The Fragile Heart" and "Land Girls."
  • D. Matt Strevens
    Matt Strevens is a British television producer best known for his work as an executive producer on the revived era of Doctor Who.
  • E. David Pegg
    David Pegg was an English footballer who played as a left winger for Manchester United's famed "Busby Babes" before his life was tragically cut short in the Munich air disaster of 1958.
  • 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: Ben Weeks
Triple: [The Normal Heart, hasCharacter, Ben Weeks]
Generated description
Ben Weeks is a central character in Larry Kramer's play "The Normal Heart," portrayed as the brother of activist Ned Weeks and representing a more conservative, establishment perspective on the early AIDS crisis.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Ben Weeks
Target entity description: Ben Weeks is a central character in Larry Kramer's play "The Normal Heart," portrayed as the brother of activist Ned Weeks and representing a more conservative, establishment perspective on the early AIDS crisis.
  • A. Shaun Parkes
    Shaun Parkes is a British actor known for his versatile performances in film, television, and theatre, including prominent roles in series such as "Casanova," "Doctor Who," and "Small Axe."
  • B. Ben Shepherd
    Ben Shepherd is an American musician best known as the longtime bassist for the influential grunge band Soundgarden.
  • C. Dominic Mafham
    Dominic Mafham is a British actor known for his work in television, film, and theatre, including roles in series such as "The Fragile Heart" and "Land Girls."
  • D. Matt Strevens
    Matt Strevens is a British television producer best known for his work as an executive producer on the revived era of Doctor Who.
  • E. David Pegg
    David Pegg was an English footballer who played as a left winger for Manchester United's famed "Busby Babes" before his life was tragically cut short in the Munich air disaster of 1958.
  • 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_69ca838967bc8190b46c3c80a2887ea4 completed March 30, 2026, 2:07 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69cc608946cc8190bed3c340ba303b9c completed April 1, 2026, 12:02 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69d02f6e221081909a8a83f2e465b1c2 completed April 3, 2026, 9:21 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69d0343054388190949c9b4ec2492aaf completed April 3, 2026, 9:42 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69d0347b762c8190913dc347cde6cbb0 completed April 3, 2026, 9:43 p.m.
Created at: March 30, 2026, 6:48 p.m.