Triple

T16698164
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject The Crooked Way E405772 entity
Predicate stars P1956 FINISHED
Object Percy Helton
Percy Helton was an American character actor known for his distinctive raspy voice and frequent appearances in film noir and classic Hollywood movies.
E1244751 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: Percy Helton | Statement: [The Crooked Way, stars, Percy Helton]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Percy Helton
Context triple: [The Crooked Way, stars, Percy Helton]
  • A. Percy Montgomery
    Percy Montgomery is a former South African rugby union fullback renowned for his prolific goal-kicking and record points tally for the Springboks.
  • B. Myron Hunt
    Myron Hunt was a prominent early 20th-century American architect known for designing significant landmarks in Southern California, including notable hotels, educational buildings, and cultural institutions.
  • C. Percy Hilburn
    Percy Hilburn was a cinematographer active during the silent film era, known for his work on major productions such as the 1925 epic "Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ."
  • D. Allen Braddock
    Allen Braddock is the slick, morally flexible lawyer protagonist of the sitcom "Partners," known for his sharp wit and unorthodox legal tactics.
  • E. Larry Henley
    Larry Henley was an American singer and songwriter best known for co-writing the hit ballad "Wind Beneath My Wings."
  • 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: Percy Helton
Triple: [The Crooked Way, stars, Percy Helton]
Generated description
Percy Helton was an American character actor known for his distinctive raspy voice and frequent appearances in film noir and classic Hollywood movies.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Percy Helton
Target entity description: Percy Helton was an American character actor known for his distinctive raspy voice and frequent appearances in film noir and classic Hollywood movies.
  • A. Percy Montgomery
    Percy Montgomery is a former South African rugby union fullback renowned for his prolific goal-kicking and record points tally for the Springboks.
  • B. Myron Hunt
    Myron Hunt was a prominent early 20th-century American architect known for designing significant landmarks in Southern California, including notable hotels, educational buildings, and cultural institutions.
  • C. Percy Hilburn
    Percy Hilburn was a cinematographer active during the silent film era, known for his work on major productions such as the 1925 epic "Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ."
  • D. Allen Braddock
    Allen Braddock is the slick, morally flexible lawyer protagonist of the sitcom "Partners," known for his sharp wit and unorthodox legal tactics.
  • E. Larry Henley
    Larry Henley was an American singer and songwriter best known for co-writing the hit ballad "Wind Beneath My Wings."
  • 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_69d8838db21081909589220fd71440a4 completed April 10, 2026, 4:58 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69e3832f550c8190bf7514d4611dec6a completed April 18, 2026, 1:12 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_6a00dbf6507081909f6a49c003f9d6d6 completed May 10, 2026, 7:26 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_6a0114d33cac819083d8e542ea5bc274 completed May 10, 2026, 11:29 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_6a0115c967b0819088e2335fd45d755b completed May 10, 2026, 11:33 p.m.
Created at: April 10, 2026, 5:19 a.m.