Triple
T13434622
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Elephant (2003 film) |
E320197
|
entity |
| Predicate | mainCharacter |
P1183
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
John McFarland
John McFarland is a central student character in Gus Van Sant’s 2003 drama film "Elephant," which portrays an ordinary day at an American high school leading up to a tragic shooting.
|
E1050908
|
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 McFarland | Statement: [Elephant (2003 film), mainCharacter, John McFarland]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: John McFarland Context triple: [Elephant (2003 film), mainCharacter, John McFarland]
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A.
Michael McDowell
Michael McDowell was an American novelist and screenwriter best known for his Southern Gothic horror fiction and for writing the screenplay for the film "Beetlejuice."
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B.
Michael Mahoney
Michael Mahoney is a television producer best known for his executive production work on the period crime drama miniseries "The Lizzie Borden Chronicles."
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C.
Brent Metcalf
Brent Metcalf is an American freestyle and folkstyle wrestler best known for his dominant collegiate career at Iowa, where he became a multiple-time NCAA champion and one of the program’s most celebrated competitors.
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D.
John Ferrell
John Ferrell was a photographer for the U.S. Farm Security Administration, contributing documentary images of American life during the Great Depression and World War II era.
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E.
Sean McKittrick
Sean McKittrick is an American film producer known for his work on acclaimed and genre-defining films such as "BlacKkKlansman," "Get Out," and "Donnie Darko."
- 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 McFarland Triple: [Elephant (2003 film), mainCharacter, John McFarland]
Generated description
John McFarland is a central student character in Gus Van Sant’s 2003 drama film "Elephant," which portrays an ordinary day at an American high school leading up to a tragic shooting.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: John McFarland Target entity description: John McFarland is a central student character in Gus Van Sant’s 2003 drama film "Elephant," which portrays an ordinary day at an American high school leading up to a tragic shooting.
-
A.
Michael McDowell
Michael McDowell was an American novelist and screenwriter best known for his Southern Gothic horror fiction and for writing the screenplay for the film "Beetlejuice."
-
B.
Michael Mahoney
Michael Mahoney is a television producer best known for his executive production work on the period crime drama miniseries "The Lizzie Borden Chronicles."
-
C.
Brent Metcalf
Brent Metcalf is an American freestyle and folkstyle wrestler best known for his dominant collegiate career at Iowa, where he became a multiple-time NCAA champion and one of the program’s most celebrated competitors.
-
D.
John Ferrell
John Ferrell was a photographer for the U.S. Farm Security Administration, contributing documentary images of American life during the Great Depression and World War II era.
-
E.
Sean McKittrick
Sean McKittrick is an American film producer known for his work on acclaimed and genre-defining films such as "BlacKkKlansman," "Get Out," and "Donnie Darko."
- 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_69d80761e6cc8190a90c844589998ecc |
completed | April 9, 2026, 8:09 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69dbaee29fec81908b07b4fca2922242 |
completed | April 12, 2026, 2:40 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69f77f7dcb8481909299419234dd30fe |
completed | May 3, 2026, 5:01 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69f78043e4dc8190a996cc14d1ba6d0b |
completed | May 3, 2026, 5:05 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69f780d1a4c48190afc8060c6e065e00 |
completed | May 3, 2026, 5:07 p.m. |
Created at: April 9, 2026, 9:40 p.m.