Triple

T9810453
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Spotlight E238253 entity
Predicate character P662 FINISHED
Object Walter "Robby" Robinson
Walter "Robby" Robinson is an investigative journalist and editor portrayed as the leader of The Boston Globe’s Spotlight team in the film "Spotlight," which chronicles the newspaper’s real-life investigation into clergy sexual abuse.
E822614 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: Walter "Robby" Robinson | Statement: [Spotlight, character, Walter "Robby" Robinson]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Walter "Robby" Robinson
Context triple: [Spotlight, character, Walter "Robby" Robinson]
  • A. Don Robinson
    Don Robinson is a former Major League Baseball right-handed pitcher known for his long career primarily with the Pittsburgh Pirates and his role as both a starter and reliever in the 1970s and 1980s.
  • B. Fred Robinson
    Fred Robinson was an American jazz trombonist active in the 1920s and 1930s, known for his work with Louis Armstrong and other leading early jazz ensembles.
  • C. Leon Robinson
    Leon Robinson is an American actor and singer best known for his roles in films such as "The Five Heartbeats," "Cool Runnings," and "Above the Rim."
  • D. Larry Robinson
    Larry Robinson is a Hall of Fame Canadian ice hockey defenseman best known for his long, successful career with the Montreal Canadiens and multiple Stanley Cup championships.
  • E. Larry Robinson
    Larry Robinson is an American academic and administrator best known for serving as president of Florida A&M University.
  • 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: Walter "Robby" Robinson
Triple: [Spotlight, character, Walter "Robby" Robinson]
Generated description
Walter "Robby" Robinson is an investigative journalist and editor portrayed as the leader of The Boston Globe’s Spotlight team in the film "Spotlight," which chronicles the newspaper’s real-life investigation into clergy sexual abuse.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Walter "Robby" Robinson
Target entity description: Walter "Robby" Robinson is an investigative journalist and editor portrayed as the leader of The Boston Globe’s Spotlight team in the film "Spotlight," which chronicles the newspaper’s real-life investigation into clergy sexual abuse.
  • A. Don Robinson
    Don Robinson is a former Major League Baseball right-handed pitcher known for his long career primarily with the Pittsburgh Pirates and his role as both a starter and reliever in the 1970s and 1980s.
  • B. Fred Robinson
    Fred Robinson was an American jazz trombonist active in the 1920s and 1930s, known for his work with Louis Armstrong and other leading early jazz ensembles.
  • C. Leon Robinson
    Leon Robinson is an American actor and singer best known for his roles in films such as "The Five Heartbeats," "Cool Runnings," and "Above the Rim."
  • D. Larry Robinson
    Larry Robinson is a Hall of Fame Canadian ice hockey defenseman best known for his long, successful career with the Montreal Canadiens and multiple Stanley Cup championships.
  • E. Larry Robinson
    Larry Robinson is an American academic and administrator best known for serving as president of Florida A&M University.
  • 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_69ca84defac48190abc1148804f184c1 completed March 30, 2026, 2:12 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69cdb220310c8190a16ca0b746f0ef7a completed April 2, 2026, 12:02 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69d1cc5f768c8190987aaa7164f42444 completed April 5, 2026, 2:43 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69d1ccd04b60819085a5bde42605ecf5 completed April 5, 2026, 2:45 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69d1cd70aa5481908b67afef279c38af completed April 5, 2026, 2:48 a.m.
Created at: March 30, 2026, 8:30 p.m.