Triple
T11740852
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | The Best Years of Our Lives |
E279148
|
entity |
| Predicate | character |
P662
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Homer Parrish
Homer Parrish is a World War II veteran who lost both hands and struggles to readjust to civilian life in the classic film "The Best Years of Our Lives."
|
E944399
|
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: Homer Parrish | Statement: [The Best Years of Our Lives, character, Homer Parrish]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Homer Parrish Context triple: [The Best Years of Our Lives, character, Homer Parrish]
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A.
Horace McCoy
Horace McCoy was an American novelist and screenwriter best known for his hardboiled crime fiction, including the classic novel "They Shoot Horses, Don't They?".
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B.
J.H. Braly
J.H. Braly was an individual significant enough in local or regional history that the city of Brawley, California, was named in his honor.
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C.
Cecil Purdy
Cecil Purdy was an Australian chess player, writer, and the first official World Correspondence Chess Champion, renowned for his instructional contributions to the game.
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D.
J. A. Farmer
J. A. Farmer is an individual notable enough to be specifically cited as a bearer of the surname Farmer, though further widely known biographical or professional details are not clearly established.
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E.
W. R. Burnett
W. R. Burnett was an American novelist and screenwriter best known for his hardboiled crime fiction that inspired numerous classic Hollywood films.
- 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: Homer Parrish Triple: [The Best Years of Our Lives, character, Homer Parrish]
Generated description
Homer Parrish is a World War II veteran who lost both hands and struggles to readjust to civilian life in the classic film "The Best Years of Our Lives."
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Homer Parrish Target entity description: Homer Parrish is a World War II veteran who lost both hands and struggles to readjust to civilian life in the classic film "The Best Years of Our Lives."
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A.
Horace McCoy
Horace McCoy was an American novelist and screenwriter best known for his hardboiled crime fiction, including the classic novel "They Shoot Horses, Don't They?".
-
B.
J.H. Braly
J.H. Braly was an individual significant enough in local or regional history that the city of Brawley, California, was named in his honor.
-
C.
Cecil Purdy
Cecil Purdy was an Australian chess player, writer, and the first official World Correspondence Chess Champion, renowned for his instructional contributions to the game.
-
D.
J. A. Farmer
J. A. Farmer is an individual notable enough to be specifically cited as a bearer of the surname Farmer, though further widely known biographical or professional details are not clearly established.
-
E.
W. R. Burnett
W. R. Burnett was an American novelist and screenwriter best known for his hardboiled crime fiction that inspired numerous classic Hollywood films.
- 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_69d6aaffec6881908bead509e8621742 |
completed | April 8, 2026, 7:22 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69d8a4f025f88190a39280806c9d7c33 |
completed | April 10, 2026, 7:21 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69f019d331888190866bdd04f6c73e08 |
completed | April 28, 2026, 2:22 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69f0319520dc8190817c5e75ddb7d40b |
completed | April 28, 2026, 4:03 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69f05aa351888190a31092e6a9aee26b |
completed | April 28, 2026, 6:58 a.m. |
Created at: April 8, 2026, 9:41 p.m.