Triple
T11318923
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | A Soldier's Play |
E268039
|
entity |
| Predicate | notableCharacter |
P1481
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Sergeant Vernon C. Waters
Sergeant Vernon C. Waters is a complex, embittered Black sergeant in Charles Fuller's play "A Soldier's Play," whose internalized racism and authoritarian leadership drive much of the drama's central conflict.
|
E918909
|
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: Sergeant Vernon C. Waters | Statement: [A Soldier's Play, notableCharacter, Sergeant Vernon C. Waters]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Sergeant Vernon C. Waters Context triple: [A Soldier's Play, notableCharacter, Sergeant Vernon C. Waters]
-
A.
Sergeant Milton Warden
Sergeant Milton Warden is a tough, capable career soldier and central figure in James Jones's novel "From Here to Eternity," known for his conflicted sense of duty and his illicit love affair with his commanding officer’s wife.
-
B.
Sergeant Daniel Bissell
Sergeant Daniel Bissell was an American Revolutionary War soldier and spy for the Continental Army who conducted dangerous intelligence missions behind British lines.
-
C.
Lt. Harold Woodruff
Lt. Harold Woodruff is a fictional military officer featured as a character in the war-themed board game "Attack!".
-
D.
Sgt. Al Powell
Sgt. Al Powell is a sympathetic Los Angeles police sergeant in the film "Die Hard" who becomes John McClane’s trusted ally and emotional support during the Nakatomi Plaza hostage crisis.
-
E.
Sgt. Joe Broadhurst
Sgt. Joe Broadhurst is a supporting police sergeant character on the 1970s American television crime drama "McCloud."
- 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: Sergeant Vernon C. Waters Triple: [A Soldier's Play, notableCharacter, Sergeant Vernon C. Waters]
Generated description
Sergeant Vernon C. Waters is a complex, embittered Black sergeant in Charles Fuller's play "A Soldier's Play," whose internalized racism and authoritarian leadership drive much of the drama's central conflict.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Sergeant Vernon C. Waters Target entity description: Sergeant Vernon C. Waters is a complex, embittered Black sergeant in Charles Fuller's play "A Soldier's Play," whose internalized racism and authoritarian leadership drive much of the drama's central conflict.
-
A.
Sergeant Milton Warden
Sergeant Milton Warden is a tough, capable career soldier and central figure in James Jones's novel "From Here to Eternity," known for his conflicted sense of duty and his illicit love affair with his commanding officer’s wife.
-
B.
Sergeant Daniel Bissell
Sergeant Daniel Bissell was an American Revolutionary War soldier and spy for the Continental Army who conducted dangerous intelligence missions behind British lines.
-
C.
Lt. Harold Woodruff
Lt. Harold Woodruff is a fictional military officer featured as a character in the war-themed board game "Attack!".
-
D.
Sgt. Al Powell
Sgt. Al Powell is a sympathetic Los Angeles police sergeant in the film "Die Hard" who becomes John McClane’s trusted ally and emotional support during the Nakatomi Plaza hostage crisis.
-
E.
Sgt. Joe Broadhurst
Sgt. Joe Broadhurst is a supporting police sergeant character on the 1970s American television crime drama "McCloud."
- 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_69d6aaca5c24819083db46a30d86cb34 |
completed | April 8, 2026, 7:21 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69d7e9de875481908acfa56015d4b46f |
completed | April 9, 2026, 6:03 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69e525d3160c8190b58c5c04a66b3e3e |
completed | April 19, 2026, 6:58 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69e52c81449c8190847b64fa91a45b2e |
completed | April 19, 2026, 7:26 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69e531b079708190ac9e19127d36a848 |
completed | April 19, 2026, 7:49 p.m. |
Created at: April 8, 2026, 9:32 p.m.