Triple
T14454710
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Things Change |
E358426
|
entity |
| Predicate | starring |
P1507
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
J. J. Johnston
J. J. Johnston was an American character actor known for his tough-guy roles in crime and drama films, including work with playwright and filmmaker David Mamet.
|
E1110240
|
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: J. J. Johnston | Statement: [Things Change, starring, J. J. Johnston]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: J. J. Johnston Context triple: [Things Change, starring, J. J. Johnston]
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A.
J. T. Odell
J. T. Odell is a business figure best known as the founder of the computer storage company Conner Peripherals.
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B.
Will B. Johnstone
Will B. Johnstone was an American cartoonist and comedy writer best known for his work on Marx Brothers films and other early 20th-century stage and screen comedies.
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C.
Allan Shivers
Allan Shivers was a mid-20th-century American politician who served as governor of Texas and was influential in the state's conservative Democratic politics.
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D.
Jerry Scoggins
Jerry Scoggins was an American country and western singer best known for performing the theme song to the classic television sitcom "The Beverly Hillbillies."
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E.
Johnston Marklee
Johnston Marklee is a Los Angeles–based architecture firm known for its conceptually driven, context-sensitive cultural and residential projects worldwide.
- 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: J. J. Johnston Triple: [Things Change, starring, J. J. Johnston]
Generated description
J. J. Johnston was an American character actor known for his tough-guy roles in crime and drama films, including work with playwright and filmmaker David Mamet.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: J. J. Johnston Target entity description: J. J. Johnston was an American character actor known for his tough-guy roles in crime and drama films, including work with playwright and filmmaker David Mamet.
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A.
J. T. Odell
J. T. Odell is a business figure best known as the founder of the computer storage company Conner Peripherals.
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B.
Will B. Johnstone
Will B. Johnstone was an American cartoonist and comedy writer best known for his work on Marx Brothers films and other early 20th-century stage and screen comedies.
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C.
Allan Shivers
Allan Shivers was a mid-20th-century American politician who served as governor of Texas and was influential in the state's conservative Democratic politics.
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D.
Jerry Scoggins
Jerry Scoggins was an American country and western singer best known for performing the theme song to the classic television sitcom "The Beverly Hillbillies."
-
E.
Johnston Marklee
Johnston Marklee is a Los Angeles–based architecture firm known for its conceptually driven, context-sensitive cultural and residential projects worldwide.
- 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_69d82794dfa081909b9134ad2e32244b |
completed | April 9, 2026, 10:26 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69de91a8bf088190abf5fd4f646b8c62 |
completed | April 14, 2026, 7:12 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69fda90a7f2881909a7744f1f4344173 |
completed | May 8, 2026, 9:12 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69fdb1d37098819089c71aafe298b5c0 |
completed | May 8, 2026, 9:50 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69fdb29c80948190bdf2f19cc9c5b192 |
completed | May 8, 2026, 9:53 a.m. |
Created at: April 10, 2026, 1:19 a.m.