Triple

T17837383
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Richard Arlen E445424 entity
Predicate alsoKnownAs P39 FINISHED
Object Dick Arlen
Dick Arlen was an American film actor best known for his roles in early Hollywood, including the 1927 silent classic "Wings."
E1294412 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 Arlen | Statement: [Richard Arlen, alsoKnownAs, Dick Arlen]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Dick Arlen
Context triple: [Richard Arlen, alsoKnownAs, Dick Arlen]
  • A. Jimmy Van Heusen
    Jimmy Van Heusen was an American composer and songwriter renowned for his prolific work in film and popular music, including numerous standards written for Frank Sinatra and multiple Academy Award–winning songs.
  • B. Buddy DeSylva
    Buddy DeSylva was an American songwriter, film producer, and music executive who co-founded Capitol Records and played a key role in shaping popular music in the early 20th century.
  • C. Vernon Duke
    Vernon Duke was a Russian-American composer and songwriter best known for standards like "April in Paris" and "Autumn in New York."
  • D. Tony Dorsey
    Tony Dorsey is a trombonist best known for his work as a touring and session musician, including performing with Paul McCartney and Wings in the 1970s.
  • E. Paul Weston
    Paul Weston is the introspective psychotherapist protagonist of the HBO drama series "In Treatment," whose sessions with patients and his own therapist reveal his complex personal and professional struggles.
  • 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 Arlen
Triple: [Richard Arlen, alsoKnownAs, Dick Arlen]
Generated description
Dick Arlen was an American film actor best known for his roles in early Hollywood, including the 1927 silent classic "Wings."
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Dick Arlen
Target entity description: Dick Arlen was an American film actor best known for his roles in early Hollywood, including the 1927 silent classic "Wings."
  • A. Jimmy Van Heusen
    Jimmy Van Heusen was an American composer and songwriter renowned for his prolific work in film and popular music, including numerous standards written for Frank Sinatra and multiple Academy Award–winning songs.
  • B. Buddy DeSylva
    Buddy DeSylva was an American songwriter, film producer, and music executive who co-founded Capitol Records and played a key role in shaping popular music in the early 20th century.
  • C. Vernon Duke
    Vernon Duke was a Russian-American composer and songwriter best known for standards like "April in Paris" and "Autumn in New York."
  • D. Tony Dorsey
    Tony Dorsey is a trombonist best known for his work as a touring and session musician, including performing with Paul McCartney and Wings in the 1970s.
  • E. Paul Weston
    Paul Weston is the introspective psychotherapist protagonist of the HBO drama series "In Treatment," whose sessions with patients and his own therapist reveal his complex personal and professional struggles.
  • 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_69d8b9f1a6d881909f024bc603111cdb completed April 10, 2026, 8:50 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69e48d28c14881909033abd09bbdb135 completed April 19, 2026, 8:07 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_6a0313b707048190847024da11394ed3 completed May 12, 2026, 11:49 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_6a03178c8b6481909a9c25e82609cba2 completed May 12, 2026, 12:05 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_6a0317d7493081909022cfd6ffeb4fd4 completed May 12, 2026, 12:06 p.m.
Created at: April 10, 2026, 10:16 a.m.