Triple

T9116086
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject The Hobbit (1977 animated film) E218721 entity
Predicate voiceActor P1507 FINISHED
Object Theodore Gottlieb
Theodore Gottlieb, better known as Brother Theodore, was a German-born American monologist, comedian, and actor famed for his darkly comedic, rant-style performances and cult status in mid-20th-century entertainment.
E780192 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: Theodore Gottlieb | Statement: [The Hobbit (1977 animated film), voiceActor, Theodore Gottlieb]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Theodore Gottlieb
Context triple: [The Hobbit (1977 animated film), voiceActor, Theodore Gottlieb]
  • A. Samuel Ehrlich
    Samuel Ehrlich is an individual notable enough to be recognized as a prominent bearer of the surname Ehrlich.
  • B. Frederick Mensch
    Frederick Mensch is a screenwriter best known for his work on the film "Nightingale."
  • C. Jacob J. Finkelstein
    Jacob J. Finkelstein is an individual notable enough to be recognized as a prominent bearer of the surname Finkelstein.
  • D. Henry Freulich
    Henry Freulich was an American cinematographer known for his extensive work on Hollywood films from the 1930s through the 1950s, particularly at Columbia Pictures.
  • E. Arthur Simon Flegenheimer
    Arthur Simon Flegenheimer, better known as Dutch Schultz, was a notorious New York City mobster and bootlegger during the Prohibition era.
  • 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: Theodore Gottlieb
Triple: [The Hobbit (1977 animated film), voiceActor, Theodore Gottlieb]
Generated description
Theodore Gottlieb, better known as Brother Theodore, was a German-born American monologist, comedian, and actor famed for his darkly comedic, rant-style performances and cult status in mid-20th-century entertainment.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Theodore Gottlieb
Target entity description: Theodore Gottlieb, better known as Brother Theodore, was a German-born American monologist, comedian, and actor famed for his darkly comedic, rant-style performances and cult status in mid-20th-century entertainment.
  • A. Samuel Ehrlich
    Samuel Ehrlich is an individual notable enough to be recognized as a prominent bearer of the surname Ehrlich.
  • B. Frederick Mensch
    Frederick Mensch is a screenwriter best known for his work on the film "Nightingale."
  • C. Jacob J. Finkelstein
    Jacob J. Finkelstein is an individual notable enough to be recognized as a prominent bearer of the surname Finkelstein.
  • D. Henry Freulich
    Henry Freulich was an American cinematographer known for his extensive work on Hollywood films from the 1930s through the 1950s, particularly at Columbia Pictures.
  • E. Arthur Simon Flegenheimer
    Arthur Simon Flegenheimer, better known as Dutch Schultz, was a notorious New York City mobster and bootlegger during the Prohibition era.
  • 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_69ca83dc94ac8190b9ef42684d36ff39 completed March 30, 2026, 2:08 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69cca8a4c9e08190ba3603a5d00afb20 completed April 1, 2026, 5:09 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69d047baf5e48190aab0eb19908fabfc completed April 3, 2026, 11:05 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69d049058dec81909854965276252808 completed April 3, 2026, 11:11 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69d049913b7481909ccbaf4999e37c06 completed April 3, 2026, 11:13 p.m.
Created at: March 30, 2026, 7:16 p.m.