Triple
T1805947
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | The Informant! |
E40218
|
entity |
| Predicate | mainCharacter |
P1183
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Mark Whitacre
Mark Whitacre is a real-life American whistleblower and former corporate executive whose story of exposing price-fixing at Archer Daniels Midland was dramatized in the film "The Informant!".
|
E212904
|
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: Mark Whitacre | Statement: [The Informant!, mainCharacter, Mark Whitacre]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Mark Whitacre Context triple: [The Informant!, mainCharacter, Mark Whitacre]
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A.
Frank Gresham
Frank Gresham is a central character in Anthony Trollope’s novel "Doctor Thorne," portrayed as a young English gentleman torn between love and the financial pressures of his aristocratic family.
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B.
Christopher Weaver
Christopher Weaver is an American entrepreneur and video game industry pioneer best known as the founder of ZeniMax Media, the parent company of Bethesda Softworks.
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C.
Lance Briggs
Lance Briggs is a former NFL linebacker best known for his long, Pro Bowl–caliber career with the Chicago Bears.
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D.
Jonathan M. Daniels
Jonathan M. Daniels was a civil rights activist and Episcopal seminarian who was killed in 1965 while protecting a young Black girl during the struggle for racial equality in Alabama.
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E.
Mark D. Bailey
Mark D. Bailey is an American diplomat who has served as the United States Ambassador to Hungary.
- 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: Mark Whitacre Triple: [The Informant!, mainCharacter, Mark Whitacre]
Generated description
Mark Whitacre is a real-life American whistleblower and former corporate executive whose story of exposing price-fixing at Archer Daniels Midland was dramatized in the film "The Informant!".
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Mark Whitacre Target entity description: Mark Whitacre is a real-life American whistleblower and former corporate executive whose story of exposing price-fixing at Archer Daniels Midland was dramatized in the film "The Informant!".
-
A.
Frank Gresham
Frank Gresham is a central character in Anthony Trollope’s novel "Doctor Thorne," portrayed as a young English gentleman torn between love and the financial pressures of his aristocratic family.
-
B.
Christopher Weaver
Christopher Weaver is an American entrepreneur and video game industry pioneer best known as the founder of ZeniMax Media, the parent company of Bethesda Softworks.
-
C.
Lance Briggs
Lance Briggs is a former NFL linebacker best known for his long, Pro Bowl–caliber career with the Chicago Bears.
-
D.
Jonathan M. Daniels
Jonathan M. Daniels was a civil rights activist and Episcopal seminarian who was killed in 1965 while protecting a young Black girl during the struggle for racial equality in Alabama.
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E.
Mark D. Bailey
Mark D. Bailey is an American diplomat who has served as the United States Ambassador to Hungary.
- 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_69a88643a3388190a612f2ebe1fb29e7 |
completed | March 4, 2026, 7:21 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69aa659798b88190bd3070349ce6bebb |
completed | March 6, 2026, 5:26 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69adead0fb988190b403f5c62cbe991a |
completed | March 8, 2026, 9:32 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69adeb5118608190be99a12b7f6b97c5 |
completed | March 8, 2026, 9:34 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69adec25a87081908f098df81de6eafb |
completed | March 8, 2026, 9:37 p.m. |
Created at: March 4, 2026, 7:32 p.m.