Triple

T16129513
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Duane Whitaker E391356 entity
Predicate playedCharacter P1507 FINISHED
Object Maynard in Pulp Fiction
Maynard in Pulp Fiction is the sadistic pawn shop owner who imprisons and assaults Marsellus Wallace and Butch in Quentin Tarantino’s film.
E1195759 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: Maynard in Pulp Fiction | Statement: [Duane Whitaker, playedCharacter, Maynard in Pulp Fiction]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Maynard in Pulp Fiction
Context triple: [Duane Whitaker, playedCharacter, Maynard in Pulp Fiction]
  • A. Winston Wolfe in Pulp Fiction
    Winston Wolfe in Pulp Fiction is a calm, hyper-competent "fixer" who specializes in solving criminals’ problems quickly and efficiently.
  • B. Mr. White in Reservoir Dogs
    Mr. White in Reservoir Dogs is a seasoned, professional criminal whose unexpected loyalty and moral code drive much of the film’s tension and emotional core.
  • C. Pumpkin (Ringo) in Pulp Fiction
    Pumpkin (Ringo) is a small-time, nervous yet volatile diner robber in Quentin Tarantino's film "Pulp Fiction," portrayed by Tim Roth.
  • D. Carol in Once Upon a Time in America
    Carol in "Once Upon a Time in America" is a supporting character portrayed by Tuesday Weld in Sergio Leone’s epic crime drama about lifelong friends in New York’s criminal underworld.
  • E. Julian Marty in Blood Simple
    Julian Marty in Blood Simple is the jealous Texas bar owner whose suspicions and vengeful schemes set off the film’s spiraling chain of betrayal and violence.
  • 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: Maynard in Pulp Fiction
Triple: [Duane Whitaker, playedCharacter, Maynard in Pulp Fiction]
Generated description
Maynard in Pulp Fiction is the sadistic pawn shop owner who imprisons and assaults Marsellus Wallace and Butch in Quentin Tarantino’s film.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Maynard in Pulp Fiction
Target entity description: Maynard in Pulp Fiction is the sadistic pawn shop owner who imprisons and assaults Marsellus Wallace and Butch in Quentin Tarantino’s film.
  • A. Winston Wolfe in Pulp Fiction
    Winston Wolfe in Pulp Fiction is a calm, hyper-competent "fixer" who specializes in solving criminals’ problems quickly and efficiently.
  • B. Mr. White in Reservoir Dogs
    Mr. White in Reservoir Dogs is a seasoned, professional criminal whose unexpected loyalty and moral code drive much of the film’s tension and emotional core.
  • C. Pumpkin (Ringo) in Pulp Fiction
    Pumpkin (Ringo) is a small-time, nervous yet volatile diner robber in Quentin Tarantino's film "Pulp Fiction," portrayed by Tim Roth.
  • D. Carol in Once Upon a Time in America
    Carol in "Once Upon a Time in America" is a supporting character portrayed by Tuesday Weld in Sergio Leone’s epic crime drama about lifelong friends in New York’s criminal underworld.
  • E. Julian Marty in Blood Simple
    Julian Marty in Blood Simple is the jealous Texas bar owner whose suspicions and vengeful schemes set off the film’s spiraling chain of betrayal and violence.
  • 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_69d87f1bb0988190b490d273dbf3fd03 completed April 10, 2026, 4:39 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69e202075860819088d27d921609a6ce completed April 17, 2026, 9:48 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69fff2aff07c8190bf693f652e2a2808 completed May 10, 2026, 2:51 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69fff39371648190b3f694df00ff4f3e completed May 10, 2026, 2:55 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69fff47a52cc8190b0ad7c37ea444159 completed May 10, 2026, 2:59 a.m.
Created at: April 10, 2026, 5:01 a.m.