Triple

T9983749
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Streets of Fire E196514 entity
Predicate hasCastMember P2308 FINISHED
Object Robert Townsend
Robert Townsend is an American actor, comedian, and filmmaker best known for his groundbreaking work in African-American cinema, including directing and starring in the film "Hollywood Shuffle."
 E268044 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: Robert Townsend | Statement: [Streets of Fire, hasCastMember, Robert Townsend]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Robert Townsend
Context triple: [Streets of Fire, hasCastMember, Robert Townsend]
  • A. Robert Townsend
    Robert Townsend is an American actor, director, and filmmaker known for his influential work in African-American cinema, including films like "Hollywood Shuffle" and "The Five Heartbeats."
  • B. Michael Leigh
    Michael Leigh is a renowned English film and theatre director and screenwriter known for his improvisational working methods and critically acclaimed social-realist dramas.
  • C. Jack Livingston
    Jack Livingston was an American silent film actor active in the early 20th century.
  • D. Chris Curtis
    Chris Curtis was the drummer and a key member of the 1960s British Merseybeat band The Searchers, contributing to their distinctive sound during their peak years.
  • E. Martin Gabel
    Martin Gabel was an American actor and director known for his character roles in film, theater, and television, as well as his frequent appearances on quiz and panel shows.
  • 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: Robert Townsend
Triple: [Streets of Fire, hasCastMember, Robert Townsend]
Generated description
Robert Townsend is an American actor, comedian, and filmmaker best known for his groundbreaking work in African-American cinema, including directing and starring in the film "Hollywood Shuffle."
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Robert Townsend
Target entity description: Robert Townsend is an American actor, comedian, and filmmaker best known for his groundbreaking work in African-American cinema, including directing and starring in the film "Hollywood Shuffle."
  • A. Robert Townsend chosen
    Robert Townsend is an American actor, director, and filmmaker known for his influential work in African-American cinema, including films like "Hollywood Shuffle" and "The Five Heartbeats."
  • B. Michael Leigh
    Michael Leigh is a renowned English film and theatre director and screenwriter known for his improvisational working methods and critically acclaimed social-realist dramas.
  • C. Jack Livingston
    Jack Livingston was an American silent film actor active in the early 20th century.
  • D. Chris Curtis
    Chris Curtis was the drummer and a key member of the 1960s British Merseybeat band The Searchers, contributing to their distinctive sound during their peak years.
  • E. Martin Gabel
    Martin Gabel was an American actor and director known for his character roles in film, theater, and television, as well as his frequent appearances on quiz and panel shows.
  • F. None of above.

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_69ca82efbce081908179b4b9c65096eb completed March 30, 2026, 2:04 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69cdb8bdc0388190bbbd4bdc5ac3adec completed April 2, 2026, 12:30 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69d257f3c59481909b90896be0f3a870 completed April 5, 2026, 12:39 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69d25889b0f08190a28c5401417fe3cc completed April 5, 2026, 12:41 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69d25981db3c8190b7b4935cdcc1fe1c completed April 5, 2026, 12:45 p.m.
Created at: March 30, 2026, 8:49 p.m.