Triple

T16635972
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject A Serious Man E404205 entity
Predicate mainCharacter P1183 FINISHED
Object Larry Gopnik
Larry Gopnik is a mild-mannered Jewish physics professor in 1960s Minnesota whose life unravels in a darkly comic exploration of faith, misfortune, and moral ambiguity.
E1224205 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: Larry Gopnik | Statement: [A Serious Man, mainCharacter, Larry Gopnik]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Larry Gopnik
Context triple: [A Serious Man, mainCharacter, Larry Gopnik]
  • A. Randy Cohen
    Randy Cohen is an American writer and humorist best known for his long-running role as the original author of The New York Times Magazine’s ethics advice column, “The Ethicist.”
  • B. Will Kopelman
    Will Kopelman is an American art consultant and former actor best known for his high-profile marriage to actress Drew Barrymore.
  • C. Leon Shermer
    Leon Shermer is a key character in the film "Dog Day Afternoon," portrayed as the troubled partner whose personal struggles help drive the emotional core of the story.
  • D. Harold Pinker
    Harold Pinker is a clergyman and recurring comic character in P. G. Wodehouse’s Jeeves and Wooster stories, notably connected with Stephanie "Stiffy" Byng.
  • E. John Schulian
    John Schulian is an American writer and television producer best known for co-creating the hit fantasy-adventure series "Xena: Warrior Princess."
  • 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: Larry Gopnik
Triple: [A Serious Man, mainCharacter, Larry Gopnik]
Generated description
Larry Gopnik is a mild-mannered Jewish physics professor in 1960s Minnesota whose life unravels in a darkly comic exploration of faith, misfortune, and moral ambiguity.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Larry Gopnik
Target entity description: Larry Gopnik is a mild-mannered Jewish physics professor in 1960s Minnesota whose life unravels in a darkly comic exploration of faith, misfortune, and moral ambiguity.
  • A. Randy Cohen
    Randy Cohen is an American writer and humorist best known for his long-running role as the original author of The New York Times Magazine’s ethics advice column, “The Ethicist.”
  • B. Will Kopelman
    Will Kopelman is an American art consultant and former actor best known for his high-profile marriage to actress Drew Barrymore.
  • C. Leon Shermer
    Leon Shermer is a key character in the film "Dog Day Afternoon," portrayed as the troubled partner whose personal struggles help drive the emotional core of the story.
  • D. Harold Pinker
    Harold Pinker is a clergyman and recurring comic character in P. G. Wodehouse’s Jeeves and Wooster stories, notably connected with Stephanie "Stiffy" Byng.
  • E. John Schulian
    John Schulian is an American writer and television producer best known for co-creating the hit fantasy-adventure series "Xena: Warrior Princess."
  • 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_69d8838a41f08190b0c3f79c47df5078 completed April 10, 2026, 4:58 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69e378e999d48190bff680040dbc883d completed April 18, 2026, 12:28 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_6a007dc05bd881909c6b2e0d95622aa1 completed May 10, 2026, 12:44 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_6a007e1909b88190ad2587b5d5433e2e completed May 10, 2026, 12:46 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_6a007eda229c8190a6b99400141cf0b6 completed May 10, 2026, 12:49 p.m.
Created at: April 10, 2026, 5:17 a.m.