Triple

T1844744
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Follow a Star E41258 entity
Predicate mainCharacter P1183 FINISHED
Object Norman Truscott
Norman Truscott is the bumbling, mild-mannered protagonist of the 1959 British comedy film "Follow a Star," portrayed by comedian Norman Wisdom.
E242484 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: Norman Truscott | Statement: [Follow a Star, mainCharacter, Norman Truscott]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Norman Truscott
Context triple: [Follow a Star, mainCharacter, Norman Truscott]
  • A. Neil H. McElroy
    Neil H. McElroy was a U.S. businessman and politician who served as Secretary of Defense under President Dwight D. Eisenhower, playing a key role in shaping early Cold War defense policy.
  • B. Arthur J. Brown
    Arthur J. Brown was a sports team owner best known for owning the New Jersey Americans basketball franchise, a precursor to the Brooklyn Nets in the American Basketball Association.
  • C. William D. Stephens
    William D. Stephens was an American Republican politician who served as the 24th governor of California from 1917 to 1923.
  • D. Carl J. Kilpatrick
    Carl J. Kilpatrick is an individual notable enough to be specifically cited as a bearer of the surname Kilpatrick, though detailed public information about his life or achievements is limited.
  • E. William Sims
    William Sims was a prominent U.S. Navy admiral and naval reformer known for modernizing gunnery and leading American naval forces in European waters during World War I.
  • 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: Norman Truscott
Triple: [Follow a Star, mainCharacter, Norman Truscott]
Generated description
Norman Truscott is the bumbling, mild-mannered protagonist of the 1959 British comedy film "Follow a Star," portrayed by comedian Norman Wisdom.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Norman Truscott
Target entity description: Norman Truscott is the bumbling, mild-mannered protagonist of the 1959 British comedy film "Follow a Star," portrayed by comedian Norman Wisdom.
  • A. Neil H. McElroy
    Neil H. McElroy was a U.S. businessman and politician who served as Secretary of Defense under President Dwight D. Eisenhower, playing a key role in shaping early Cold War defense policy.
  • B. Arthur J. Brown
    Arthur J. Brown was a sports team owner best known for owning the New Jersey Americans basketball franchise, a precursor to the Brooklyn Nets in the American Basketball Association.
  • C. William D. Stephens
    William D. Stephens was an American Republican politician who served as the 24th governor of California from 1917 to 1923.
  • D. Carl J. Kilpatrick
    Carl J. Kilpatrick is an individual notable enough to be specifically cited as a bearer of the surname Kilpatrick, though detailed public information about his life or achievements is limited.
  • E. William Sims
    William Sims was a prominent U.S. Navy admiral and naval reformer known for modernizing gunnery and leading American naval forces in European waters during World War I.
  • 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_69a88648cd44819093303206d96d76ad completed March 4, 2026, 7:21 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69abb04fe9d481909b5c1973d3f9b92d completed March 7, 2026, 4:57 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69ae5d7d1f6c8190a1033c784091ffb8 completed March 9, 2026, 5:41 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69ae5e920c608190af0d5de38b756b3d completed March 9, 2026, 5:45 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69ae5f045754819094f206cec307e059 completed March 9, 2026, 5:47 a.m.
Created at: March 4, 2026, 7:33 p.m.