Triple

T9839307
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Videodrome E239180 entity
Predicate character P662 FINISHED
Object Brian O'Blivion
Brian O'Blivion is a fictional media theorist and prophet of the television age in David Cronenberg's film "Videodrome," known for appearing only via pre-recorded video messages.
 E824117 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: Brian O'Blivion | Statement: [Videodrome, character, Brian O'Blivion]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Brian O'Blivion
Context triple: [Videodrome, character, Brian O'Blivion]
  • A. Don Reo
    Don Reo is an American television writer and producer known for creating and working on numerous sitcoms and comedy series.
  • B. Eric Blore
    Eric Blore was an English character actor best known for his comic portrayals of butlers and valets in 1930s and 1940s Hollywood films.
  • C. Robby Mook
    Robby Mook is an American political strategist best known for serving as campaign manager for Hillary Clinton’s 2016 U.S. presidential campaign.
  • D. Robert Prosky
    Robert Prosky was an American character actor known for his warm, authoritative presence in film, television, and theater, with notable roles in works like "Hill Street Blues," "Broadcast News," and numerous stage productions.
  • E. Don Rhymer
    Don Rhymer was an American screenwriter known for his work on family-oriented films and animated features, including contributions to the Rio franchise.
  • 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: Brian O'Blivion
Triple: [Videodrome, character, Brian O'Blivion]
Generated description
Brian O'Blivion is a fictional media theorist and prophet of the television age in David Cronenberg's film "Videodrome," known for appearing only via pre-recorded video messages.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Brian O'Blivion
Target entity description: Brian O'Blivion is a fictional media theorist and prophet of the television age in David Cronenberg's film "Videodrome," known for appearing only via pre-recorded video messages.
  • A. Don Reo
    Don Reo is an American television writer and producer known for creating and working on numerous sitcoms and comedy series.
  • B. Eric Blore
    Eric Blore was an English character actor best known for his comic portrayals of butlers and valets in 1930s and 1940s Hollywood films.
  • C. Robby Mook
    Robby Mook is an American political strategist best known for serving as campaign manager for Hillary Clinton’s 2016 U.S. presidential campaign.
  • D. Robert Prosky
    Robert Prosky was an American character actor known for his warm, authoritative presence in film, television, and theater, with notable roles in works like "Hill Street Blues," "Broadcast News," and numerous stage productions.
  • E. Don Rhymer
    Don Rhymer was an American screenwriter known for his work on family-oriented films and animated features, including contributions to the Rio franchise.
  • 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_69ca84e3f0c48190ada72a65ebd50efd completed March 30, 2026, 2:12 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69cdb34921b881909836ba0f5b42a27b completed April 2, 2026, 12:07 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69d1d5d145ac8190ad10a4328216ef54 completed April 5, 2026, 3:24 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69d1d6bb23cc81909efbeccf147018e8 completed April 5, 2026, 3:27 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69d1d726e58c819090135d1ff275d2d8 completed April 5, 2026, 3:29 a.m.
Created at: March 30, 2026, 8:33 p.m.