Triple
T9802398
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Chow Yun-fat |
E237870
|
entity |
| Predicate | notableWork |
P4
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Once a Thief |
E827007
|
NE FINISHED |
How this triple was built (2 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: Once a Thief | Statement: [Chow Yun-fat, notableWork, Once a Thief]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Once a Thief Context triple: [Chow Yun-fat, notableWork, Once a Thief]
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A.
Once a Thief
chosen
Once a Thief is a 1991 Hong Kong action-comedy film blending heist capers with stylized gunplay and humor.
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B.
Once a Thief
Once a Thief is a 1965 American crime drama film directed by Ralph Nelson, centered on an ex-convict struggling to go straight while being pulled back into the criminal underworld.
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C.
The Good Thief
The Good Thief is a 2002 crime drama film directed by Neil Jordan that follows an aging gambler and thief attempting one last elaborate heist on the French Riviera.
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D.
The King of the Thieves
The King of the Thieves is a crime novel by British author John Gardner that follows the intricate schemes and underworld dealings of professional criminals.
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E.
It Takes a Thief
It Takes a Thief is a late-1960s American television series about a suave professional thief who is recruited by the U.S. government for secret missions, starring Robert Wagner in the lead role.
- F. None of above.
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Provenance (3 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_69ca84dd4608819097ff4ed00feca280 |
completed | March 30, 2026, 2:12 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69cda62b41048190bcef70a7591830c6 |
completed | April 1, 2026, 11:11 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69d1eac78b1881908e77c3678f98fac9 |
completed | April 5, 2026, 4:53 a.m. |
Created at: March 30, 2026, 8:29 p.m.