Triple
T18677641
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Being John Malkovich |
E456643
|
entity |
| Predicate | stars |
P1956
|
FINISHED |
| Object | W. Earl Brown |
—
|
NE NERFINISHED |
How this triple was built (2 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: W. Earl Brown | Statement: [Being John Malkovich, stars, W. Earl Brown]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: W. Earl Brown Context triple: [Being John Malkovich, stars, W. Earl Brown]
-
A.
W. Earl Brown
chosen
W. Earl Brown is an American character actor and screenwriter known for his roles in projects such as Deadwood, Scream, and There's Something About Mary.
-
B.
J. Graham Brown
J. Graham Brown was a prominent Louisville, Kentucky businessman and philanthropist best known for developing the Brown Hotel and contributing significantly to the city's civic and cultural life.
-
C.
Earl Cairns
Earl Cairns is a hereditary title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom associated with the prominent 19th-century Conservative politician and Lord Chancellor Hugh Cairns.
-
D.
Ernest P. Worrell
Ernest P. Worrell is a bumbling yet lovable fictional character from a series of comedy films and commercials, known for his catchphrase-laden antics and portrayal by actor Jim Varney.
-
E.
Earl Osmond
Earl Osmond is the villainous nobleman who serves as the central antagonist in Matthew Lewis’s Gothic drama "The Castle Spectre."
- F. None of above.
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Provenance (2 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_69d8d391eb488190ac2e9abf5bf255e4 |
completed | April 10, 2026, 10:40 a.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69e556b66680819082a268f1bf857db5 |
completed | April 19, 2026, 10:27 p.m. |
Created at: April 10, 2026, 11:48 a.m.