Triple

T1787630
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Titanic E39425 entity
Predicate starring P1507 FINISHED
Object Billy Zane
Billy Zane is an American actor best known for his role as the villainous Caledon Hockley in the blockbuster film Titanic, as well as for appearances in movies like The Phantom and the Back to the Future series.
E199100 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: Billy Zane | Statement: [Titanic, starring, Billy Zane]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Billy Zane
Context triple: [Titanic, starring, Billy Zane]
  • A. Val Kilmer
    Val Kilmer is an American actor known for his versatile performances in films such as "Top Gun," "The Doors," and "Batman Forever."
  • B. Benjamin Dreyfuss
    Benjamin Dreyfuss is an American journalist and actor, known both for his work in media and as the son of Academy Award–winning actor Richard Dreyfuss.
  • C. John Ehle
    John Ehle was an American novelist and screenwriter best known for his historical fiction set in the Appalachian region of North Carolina.
  • D. Brendan Fraser
    Brendan Fraser is a Canadian-American actor best known for his roles in films like "The Mummy" series, "George of the Jungle," and his Oscar-winning performance in "The Whale."
  • E. Johnny Depp
    Johnny Depp is an American actor known for his eclectic, often eccentric roles in films such as the "Pirates of the Caribbean" series, "Edward Scissorhands," and numerous collaborations with director Tim Burton.
  • 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: Billy Zane
Triple: [Titanic, starring, Billy Zane]
Generated description
Billy Zane is an American actor best known for his role as the villainous Caledon Hockley in the blockbuster film Titanic, as well as for appearances in movies like The Phantom and the Back to the Future series.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Billy Zane
Target entity description: Billy Zane is an American actor best known for his role as the villainous Caledon Hockley in the blockbuster film Titanic, as well as for appearances in movies like The Phantom and the Back to the Future series.
  • A. Val Kilmer
    Val Kilmer is an American actor known for his versatile performances in films such as "Top Gun," "The Doors," and "Batman Forever."
  • B. Benjamin Dreyfuss
    Benjamin Dreyfuss is an American journalist and actor, known both for his work in media and as the son of Academy Award–winning actor Richard Dreyfuss.
  • C. John Ehle
    John Ehle was an American novelist and screenwriter best known for his historical fiction set in the Appalachian region of North Carolina.
  • D. Brendan Fraser
    Brendan Fraser is a Canadian-American actor best known for his roles in films like "The Mummy" series, "George of the Jungle," and his Oscar-winning performance in "The Whale."
  • E. Johnny Depp
    Johnny Depp is an American actor known for his eclectic, often eccentric roles in films such as the "Pirates of the Caribbean" series, "Edward Scissorhands," and numerous collaborations with director Tim Burton.
  • 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_69a88631854081909723959921e45c2b completed March 4, 2026, 7:21 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69aa650fd3448190a6a2c979db982cae completed March 6, 2026, 5:24 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69ada9a66da8819085867355c174adce completed March 8, 2026, 4:53 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69adaab488ec81909a340aab4916b90f completed March 8, 2026, 4:58 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69adaf3cd23081909dd27c5de8e3f6d2 completed March 8, 2026, 5:17 p.m.
Created at: March 4, 2026, 7:32 p.m.