Triple

T16414711
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Wilbur Turnblad E398652 entity
Predicate portrayedBy P1507 FINISHED
Object Dick Latessa
Dick Latessa was an American stage and screen actor best known for his Tony Award–winning performance in the Broadway musical "Hairspray."
E1291587 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: Dick Latessa | Statement: [Wilbur Turnblad, portrayedBy, Dick Latessa]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Dick Latessa
Context triple: [Wilbur Turnblad, portrayedBy, Dick Latessa]
  • A. Matt Lattanzi
    Matt Lattanzi is an American actor and former dancer best known for his roles in 1980s films and for his marriage to singer and actress Olivia Newton-John.
  • B. Jerry Ciccoritti
    Jerry Ciccoritti is a Canadian film and television director known for his work on acclaimed series and movies, including episodes of the comedy show "Schitt's Creek."
  • C. Chris D'Arienzo
    Chris D'Arienzo is an American writer and director best known for creating and writing the jukebox musical "Rock of Ages" and its film adaptation.
  • D. Nick D’Virgilio
    Nick D’Virgilio is an American drummer, vocalist, and multi-instrumentalist best known for his work with the progressive rock band Spock’s Beard and later with Big Big Train.
  • E. Mike Damone
    Mike Damone is a fast-talking, hustling high school ticket scalper and would-be ladies’ man from the teen comedy film "Fast Times at Ridgemont High."
  • 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: Dick Latessa
Triple: [Wilbur Turnblad, portrayedBy, Dick Latessa]
Generated description
Dick Latessa was an American stage and screen actor best known for his Tony Award–winning performance in the Broadway musical "Hairspray."
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Dick Latessa
Target entity description: Dick Latessa was an American stage and screen actor best known for his Tony Award–winning performance in the Broadway musical "Hairspray."
  • A. Matt Lattanzi
    Matt Lattanzi is an American actor and former dancer best known for his roles in 1980s films and for his marriage to singer and actress Olivia Newton-John.
  • B. Jerry Ciccoritti
    Jerry Ciccoritti is a Canadian film and television director known for his work on acclaimed series and movies, including episodes of the comedy show "Schitt's Creek."
  • C. Chris D'Arienzo
    Chris D'Arienzo is an American writer and director best known for creating and writing the jukebox musical "Rock of Ages" and its film adaptation.
  • D. Nick D’Virgilio
    Nick D’Virgilio is an American drummer, vocalist, and multi-instrumentalist best known for his work with the progressive rock band Spock’s Beard and later with Big Big Train.
  • E. Mike Damone
    Mike Damone is a fast-talking, hustling high school ticket scalper and would-be ladies’ man from the teen comedy film "Fast Times at Ridgemont High."
  • 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_69d87f2b9024819085c20e52de95d583 completed April 10, 2026, 4:40 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69e3287683f48190975a016e6333882c completed April 18, 2026, 6:45 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_6a030c468b508190a1d683ff354c235c completed May 12, 2026, 11:17 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_6a030ce6e0248190854acf6ad772cb08 completed May 12, 2026, 11:20 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_6a030d4d117c8190a115b86df7990087 completed May 12, 2026, 11:21 a.m.
Created at: April 10, 2026, 5:09 a.m.