Triple

T9914701
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Donovan's Brain E185837 entity
Predicate stars P1956 FINISHED
Object Victor Sutherland
Victor Sutherland was an American character actor active in the early to mid-20th century, known for his supporting roles in films such as the science fiction thriller "Donovan's Brain."
E829720 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: Victor Sutherland | Statement: [Donovan's Brain, stars, Victor Sutherland]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Victor Sutherland
Context triple: [Donovan's Brain, stars, Victor Sutherland]
  • A. Ivan Sutherland
    Ivan Sutherland is a pioneering computer scientist widely regarded as the "father of computer graphics" for his groundbreaking work on interactive graphics systems and virtual reality.
  • B. Allan Kayser
    Allan Kayser is an American actor best known for playing Bubba Higgins on the sitcom "Mama’s Family."
  • C. Walter Rosenblith
    Walter Rosenblith was a prominent biophysicist and neuroscientist who became a key figure at MIT, notably serving as provost and helping shape the institute’s postwar research and academic directions.
  • D. Sydney M. Mead
    Sydney M. Mead is a scholar of religion known for his influential work on American religious history and the role of religion in shaping national identity.
  • E. Terry Winograd
    Terry Winograd is a pioneering computer scientist known for his influential work in artificial intelligence, natural language understanding, and human-computer interaction.
  • 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: Victor Sutherland
Triple: [Donovan's Brain, stars, Victor Sutherland]
Generated description
Victor Sutherland was an American character actor active in the early to mid-20th century, known for his supporting roles in films such as the science fiction thriller "Donovan's Brain."
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Victor Sutherland
Target entity description: Victor Sutherland was an American character actor active in the early to mid-20th century, known for his supporting roles in films such as the science fiction thriller "Donovan's Brain."
  • A. Ivan Sutherland
    Ivan Sutherland is a pioneering computer scientist widely regarded as the "father of computer graphics" for his groundbreaking work on interactive graphics systems and virtual reality.
  • B. Allan Kayser
    Allan Kayser is an American actor best known for playing Bubba Higgins on the sitcom "Mama’s Family."
  • C. Walter Rosenblith
    Walter Rosenblith was a prominent biophysicist and neuroscientist who became a key figure at MIT, notably serving as provost and helping shape the institute’s postwar research and academic directions.
  • D. Sydney M. Mead
    Sydney M. Mead is a scholar of religion known for his influential work on American religious history and the role of religion in shaping national identity.
  • E. Terry Winograd
    Terry Winograd is a pioneering computer scientist known for his influential work in artificial intelligence, natural language understanding, and human-computer interaction.
  • 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_69cdb53ba1ac8190ba655133b81596d7 completed April 2, 2026, 12:15 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69d20dd82edc8190b405a3969864af77 completed April 5, 2026, 7:23 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69d20ed1f69c819099faa881a9a4368d completed April 5, 2026, 7:27 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69d212e3b864819092b8464f5a5ab696 completed April 5, 2026, 7:44 a.m.
Created at: March 30, 2026, 8:41 p.m.