Triple

T9392012
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Stephen Boyd E226046 entity
Predicate role P268 FINISHED
Object Messala in Ben-Hur
Messala in Ben-Hur is the ambitious and ruthless Roman officer whose betrayal of his childhood friend Judah Ben-Hur drives the central conflict of the 1959 epic film.
E797147 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: Messala in Ben-Hur | Statement: [Stephen Boyd, role, Messala in Ben-Hur]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Messala in Ben-Hur
Context triple: [Stephen Boyd, role, Messala in Ben-Hur]
  • A. Ben-Hur
    Ben-Hur is a 1959 epic historical drama film renowned for its grand scale, record-setting 11 Academy Awards, and iconic chariot race sequence.
  • B. Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ (novel)
    Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ is an 1880 historical novel by Lew Wallace that intertwines an epic tale of revenge and redemption in ancient Rome with the life and teachings of Jesus Christ.
  • C. The Robe
    The Robe is a 1953 biblical epic drama film best known for being the first motion picture released in the widescreen CinemaScope format.
  • D. Barabbas
    Barabbas is a figure in the New Testament Gospels who was imprisoned for insurrection and released by Pontius Pilate instead of Jesus at the crowd’s demand.
  • E. Spartacus
    Spartacus is a historical Thracian gladiator who led a major slave uprising against the Roman Republic and has since become a symbol of resistance and freedom in popular culture.
  • 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: Messala in Ben-Hur
Triple: [Stephen Boyd, role, Messala in Ben-Hur]
Generated description
Messala in Ben-Hur is the ambitious and ruthless Roman officer whose betrayal of his childhood friend Judah Ben-Hur drives the central conflict of the 1959 epic film.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Messala in Ben-Hur
Target entity description: Messala in Ben-Hur is the ambitious and ruthless Roman officer whose betrayal of his childhood friend Judah Ben-Hur drives the central conflict of the 1959 epic film.
  • A. Ben-Hur
    Ben-Hur is a 1959 epic historical drama film renowned for its grand scale, record-setting 11 Academy Awards, and iconic chariot race sequence.
  • B. Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ (novel)
    Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ is an 1880 historical novel by Lew Wallace that intertwines an epic tale of revenge and redemption in ancient Rome with the life and teachings of Jesus Christ.
  • C. The Robe
    The Robe is a 1953 biblical epic drama film best known for being the first motion picture released in the widescreen CinemaScope format.
  • D. Barabbas
    Barabbas is a figure in the New Testament Gospels who was imprisoned for insurrection and released by Pontius Pilate instead of Jesus at the crowd’s demand.
  • E. Spartacus
    Spartacus is a famous ballet, with music by Aram Khachaturian, that dramatizes the slave revolt led by the Thracian gladiator Spartacus against ancient Rome.
  • 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_69ca842f7e3481908bf5bcf52e032dbd completed March 30, 2026, 2:09 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69cd510eae0c8190b7c4ab487a366bb3 completed April 1, 2026, 5:08 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69d1079272c88190b9c44f25e834f9ef completed April 4, 2026, 12:44 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69d1082f41b48190b8588bb986028f59 completed April 4, 2026, 12:46 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69d108bab8c881909748ffbb4b23f4ba completed April 4, 2026, 12:48 p.m.
Created at: March 30, 2026, 7:45 p.m.