Triple

T17245213
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Nils Asther E418604 entity
Predicate partner P1136 FINISHED
Object Ken DuMain
Ken DuMain was a romantic partner of Swedish-born Hollywood actor Nils Asther, known primarily in connection with Asther’s personal life.
 E1259710 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: Ken DuMain | Statement: [Nils Asther, partner, Ken DuMain]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Ken DuMain
Context triple: [Nils Asther, partner, Ken DuMain]
  • A. Ben Ripley
    Ben Ripley is a fictional character best known as the awkward but resourceful middle-school spy-in-training protagonist of Stuart Gibbs’s “Spy School” book series.
  • B. John Moffatt
    John Moffatt was an 18th-century New England merchant and prominent Portsmouth, New Hampshire resident associated with the historic Moffatt-Ladd House.
  • C. Wesley Addy
    Wesley Addy was an American character actor known for his work on stage, film, and television, including roles in classic movies like "Kiss Me Deadly" and collaborations with director Robert Aldrich.
  • D. Don Raye
    Don Raye was an American songwriter best known for his swing-era and boogie-woogie hits, often written in collaboration with lyricist Hughie Prince.
  • E. John Bisson
    John Bisson is a screenwriter best known for his work on the film "The Rage."
  • 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: Ken DuMain
Triple: [Nils Asther, partner, Ken DuMain]
Generated description
Ken DuMain was a romantic partner of Swedish-born Hollywood actor Nils Asther, known primarily in connection with Asther’s personal life.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Ken DuMain
Target entity description: Ken DuMain was a romantic partner of Swedish-born Hollywood actor Nils Asther, known primarily in connection with Asther’s personal life.
  • A. Ben Ripley
    Ben Ripley is a fictional character best known as the awkward but resourceful middle-school spy-in-training protagonist of Stuart Gibbs’s “Spy School” book series.
  • B. John Moffatt
    John Moffatt was an 18th-century New England merchant and prominent Portsmouth, New Hampshire resident associated with the historic Moffatt-Ladd House.
  • C. Wesley Addy
    Wesley Addy was an American character actor known for his work on stage, film, and television, including roles in classic movies like "Kiss Me Deadly" and collaborations with director Robert Aldrich.
  • D. Don Raye
    Don Raye was an American songwriter best known for his swing-era and boogie-woogie hits, often written in collaboration with lyricist Hughie Prince.
  • E. John Bisson
    John Bisson is a screenwriter best known for his work on the film "The Rage."
  • 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_69d886d8e96081909870bff6c3d0bf09 completed April 10, 2026, 5:12 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69e42e22fb2c8190aea5d3872095bf46 completed April 19, 2026, 1:21 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_6a0170f5582c81908efb7a369a096aeb completed May 11, 2026, 6:02 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_6a017351db88819097bfbec41920a488 completed May 11, 2026, 6:12 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_6a0175f8c7d48190896f375385829a34 completed May 11, 2026, 6:23 a.m.
Created at: April 10, 2026, 5:39 a.m.