Triple

T16827786
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject The Howling E409064 entity
Predicate specialEffectsArtist P3489 FINISHED
Object Rob Bottin
Rob Bottin is an American special effects and makeup artist renowned for his groundbreaking practical creature and gore effects in films such as The Thing, The Howling, and RoboCop.
E732995 NE FINISHED

How this triple was built (5 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: Rob Bottin | Statement: [The Howling, specialEffectsArtist, Rob Bottin]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Rob Bottin
Context triple: [The Howling, specialEffectsArtist, Rob Bottin]
  • A. William Block
    William Block is a medical professional and academic commonly referred to as Dr. William Block.
  • B. Eddie Felson
    Eddie Felson is a fiercely ambitious, self-destructive pool hustler whose rise and fall in the world of high-stakes billiards explores themes of pride, integrity, and redemption.
  • C. Carroll Rosenbloom
    Carroll Rosenbloom was an American businessman and influential NFL team owner best known for owning the Baltimore Colts and later the Los Angeles Rams.
  • D. Charles Begole
    Charles Begole was an American mountaineer best known as one of the first climbers to reach the summit of Mount Whitney in the 19th century.
  • E. Jerome Boger
    Jerome Boger is a former NFL official best known for serving as the head referee in Super Bowl XLVII.
  • 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: Rob Bottin
Triple: [The Howling, specialEffectsArtist, Rob Bottin]
Generated description
Rob Bottin is an American special effects and makeup artist renowned for his groundbreaking practical creature and gore effects in films such as The Thing, The Howling, and RoboCop.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Rob Bottin
Target entity description: Rob Bottin is an American special effects and makeup artist renowned for his groundbreaking practical creature and gore effects in films such as The Thing, The Howling, and RoboCop.
  • A. Rob Bottin chosen
    Rob Bottin is an acclaimed American special makeup effects artist best known for his groundbreaking creature and prosthetic work on films such as The Thing, RoboCop, and Total Recall.
  • B. William Block
    William Block is a medical professional and academic commonly referred to as Dr. William Block.
  • C. Eddie Felson
    Eddie Felson is a fiercely ambitious, self-destructive pool hustler whose rise and fall in the world of high-stakes billiards explores themes of pride, integrity, and redemption.
  • D. Carroll Rosenbloom
    Carroll Rosenbloom was an American businessman and influential NFL team owner best known for owning the Baltimore Colts and later the Los Angeles Rams.
  • E. Charles Begole
    Charles Begole was an American mountaineer best known as one of the first climbers to reach the summit of Mount Whitney in the 19th century.
  • F. None of above.
PD Predicate disambiguation gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target predicate: specialEffectsArtist
Context triple: [The Howling, specialEffectsArtist, Rob Bottin]
  • A. associatedWithSpecialEffectsArtist
    Indicates that an entity has a professional or creative connection or collaboration with a special effects artist.
  • B. specialEffectsBy chosen
    Indicates that the special effects for something (such as a film, scene, or shot) are created or provided by a particular person or entity.
  • C. specialEffectsTechnique
    Indicates a relationship where a particular special effects method or process is used to create or enhance visual or auditory effects in a production.
  • D. specialEffectsPioneer
    Indicates that the subject is recognized for groundbreaking or innovative work in the field of special effects.
  • E. hasVisualEffectsSupervisor
    Indicates that one entity serves as the visual effects supervisor responsible for overseeing the visual effects work on another entity (such as a film, episode, or production).
  • F. None of above.

Provenance (6 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_69d88394566c8190b3dcbdc72935f7fa completed April 10, 2026, 4:59 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69e3b3151350819097b1c375e6df8986 completed April 18, 2026, 4:36 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_6a00b2a0ac148190a7a7edebcb67c040 completed May 10, 2026, 4:30 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_6a00b35ea8f88190ae33e8a2f906d133 completed May 10, 2026, 4:33 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_6a00b3d14b3c819081f435777f47eca3 completed May 10, 2026, 4:35 p.m.
PD Predicate disambiguation batch_69e32b814b188190aee525f8779203cd completed April 18, 2026, 6:58 a.m.
Created at: April 10, 2026, 5:23 a.m.