Triple

T18073521
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject The Lone Hand E432493 entity
Predicate starring P1507 FINISHED
Object Alex Nicol
Alex Nicol was an American film and television actor and director active mainly in the 1950s and 1960s, known for his roles in Westerns and dramas.
E1305724 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: Alex Nicol | Statement: [The Lone Hand, starring, Alex Nicol]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Alex Nicol
Context triple: [The Lone Hand, starring, Alex Nicol]
  • A. Nicholas Braun
    Nicholas Braun is an American actor best known for his Emmy-nominated portrayal of Cousin Greg Hirsch on the HBO series "Succession."
  • B. Jason Livermore
    Jason Livermore is an American audio engineer and record producer known for his work on numerous punk and rock albums, often associated with the Blasting Room studio.
  • C. Nathan Walker
    Nathan Walker is an Australian professional ice hockey forward known for being the first Australian to play in the NHL.
  • D. Eric Christian Olsen
    Eric Christian Olsen is an American actor best known for his role as Special Agent Marty Deeks on the television series NCIS: Los Angeles.
  • E. Nicholas Woodeson
    Nicholas Woodeson is a British character actor known for his work in film, television, and theatre, including roles in productions such as "Skyfall," "Rome," and "The Death of Stalin."
  • 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: Alex Nicol
Triple: [The Lone Hand, starring, Alex Nicol]
Generated description
Alex Nicol was an American film and television actor and director active mainly in the 1950s and 1960s, known for his roles in Westerns and dramas.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Alex Nicol
Target entity description: Alex Nicol was an American film and television actor and director active mainly in the 1950s and 1960s, known for his roles in Westerns and dramas.
  • A. Nicholas Braun
    Nicholas Braun is an American actor best known for his Emmy-nominated portrayal of Cousin Greg Hirsch on the HBO series "Succession."
  • B. Jason Livermore
    Jason Livermore is an American audio engineer and record producer known for his work on numerous punk and rock albums, often associated with the Blasting Room studio.
  • C. Nathan Walker
    Nathan Walker is an Australian professional ice hockey forward known for being the first Australian to play in the NHL.
  • D. Eric Christian Olsen
    Eric Christian Olsen is an American actor best known for his role as Special Agent Marty Deeks on the television series NCIS: Los Angeles.
  • E. Nicholas Woodeson
    Nicholas Woodeson is a British character actor known for his work in film, television, and theatre, including roles in productions such as "Skyfall," "Rome," and "The Death of Stalin."
  • 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_69d8b9070cac81909fa9473fb1c3f1c7 completed April 10, 2026, 8:47 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69e4ccefcdc4819086d0b224731bfc4d completed April 19, 2026, 12:39 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_6a035d880f088190accc81d29e709a2b completed May 12, 2026, 5:04 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_6a036c7ff1ec81908732a11ba9864ca4 completed May 12, 2026, 6:08 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_6a036d00e3a881909f6ddb1c96a802ee completed May 12, 2026, 6:10 p.m.
Created at: April 10, 2026, 10:26 a.m.