Triple

T9913227
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Trilogy of Terror E185798 entity
Predicate starring P1507 FINISHED
Object John Karlen
John Karlen was an American character actor best known for his roles in the gothic soap opera "Dark Shadows" and the crime drama series "Cagney & Lacey."
E833369 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: John Karlen | Statement: [Trilogy of Terror, starring, John Karlen]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: John Karlen
Context triple: [Trilogy of Terror, starring, John Karlen]
  • A. Kevin Reynolds
    Kevin Reynolds is an American film director best known for helming movies such as "Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves" and "Waterworld."
  • B. Oren Peli
    Oren Peli is an Israeli-American filmmaker best known as the creator of the "Paranormal Activity" franchise and a producer of numerous successful horror films.
  • C. Scott Z. Burns
    Scott Z. Burns is an American screenwriter, director, and producer known for socially conscious films such as Contagion, The Informant!, and The Report.
  • D. Chris McKenna
    Chris McKenna is an American screenwriter and producer known for his work on films like the Marvel Cinematic Universe’s Spider-Man series and TV shows such as Community.
  • E. Jon Lucas
    Jon Lucas is an American screenwriter and filmmaker best known for co-writing the hit comedy film "The Hangover" and creating the sitcom "Mixology."
  • 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: John Karlen
Triple: [Trilogy of Terror, starring, John Karlen]
Generated description
John Karlen was an American character actor best known for his roles in the gothic soap opera "Dark Shadows" and the crime drama series "Cagney & Lacey."
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: John Karlen
Target entity description: John Karlen was an American character actor best known for his roles in the gothic soap opera "Dark Shadows" and the crime drama series "Cagney & Lacey."
  • A. Kevin Reynolds
    Kevin Reynolds is an American film director best known for helming movies such as "Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves" and "Waterworld."
  • B. Oren Peli
    Oren Peli is an Israeli-American filmmaker best known as the creator of the "Paranormal Activity" franchise and a producer of numerous successful horror films.
  • C. Scott Z. Burns
    Scott Z. Burns is an American screenwriter, director, and producer known for socially conscious films such as Contagion, The Informant!, and The Report.
  • D. Chris McKenna
    Chris McKenna is an American screenwriter and producer known for his work on films like the Marvel Cinematic Universe’s Spider-Man series and TV shows such as Community.
  • E. Jon Lucas
    Jon Lucas is an American screenwriter and filmmaker best known for co-writing the hit comedy film "The Hangover" and creating the sitcom "Mixology."
  • 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_69ca829b45f481909040f7b99a1976ed completed March 30, 2026, 2:03 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69cdb53a300481909d917e487d8aab56 completed April 2, 2026, 12:15 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69d2578390888190b60f3962aec37b2d completed April 5, 2026, 12:37 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69d25889b0f08190a28c5401417fe3cc completed April 5, 2026, 12:41 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69d25977ab988190969ed8ff8eb53ddd completed April 5, 2026, 12:45 p.m.
Created at: March 30, 2026, 8:41 p.m.