Triple

T1942998
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Captain from Castile E41996 entity
Predicate starring P1507 FINISHED
Object Lee J. Cobb
Lee J. Cobb was an American character actor renowned for his powerful performances in film, television, and theater, including notable roles in classics like "12 Angry Men" and "On the Waterfront."
 E238475 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: Lee J. Cobb | Statement: [Captain from Castile, starring, Lee J. Cobb]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Lee J. Cobb
Context triple: [Captain from Castile, starring, Lee J. Cobb]
  • A. Melvyn Douglas
    Melvyn Douglas was an acclaimed American actor known for his sophisticated screen presence and award-winning performances in both classic Hollywood films and later character roles.
  • B. Edward G. Robinson
    Edward G. Robinson was a Romanian-American actor renowned for his intense portrayals of gangsters and complex characters in classic Hollywood films such as "Little Caesar."
  • C. Richard Basehart
    Richard Basehart was an American actor known for his versatile film and television roles, including performances in "La Strada" and the TV series "Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea."
  • D. Lew Ayres
    Lew Ayres was an American actor best known for his starring role in the anti-war film "All Quiet on the Western Front" and for his long-running portrayal of Dr. Kildare.
  • E. Richard Dix
    Richard Dix was an American leading man of the silent and early sound film era, best known for his rugged roles in dramas and Westerns and for earning an Academy Award nomination for Best Actor.
  • 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: Lee J. Cobb
Triple: [Captain from Castile, starring, Lee J. Cobb]
Generated description
Lee J. Cobb was an American character actor renowned for his powerful performances in film, television, and theater, including notable roles in classics like "12 Angry Men" and "On the Waterfront."
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Lee J. Cobb
Target entity description: Lee J. Cobb was an American character actor renowned for his powerful performances in film, television, and theater, including notable roles in classics like "12 Angry Men" and "On the Waterfront."
  • A. Melvyn Douglas
    Melvyn Douglas was an acclaimed American actor known for his sophisticated screen presence and award-winning performances in both classic Hollywood films and later character roles.
  • B. Edward G. Robinson
    Edward G. Robinson was a Romanian-American actor renowned for his intense portrayals of gangsters and complex characters in classic Hollywood films such as "Little Caesar."
  • C. Richard Basehart
    Richard Basehart was an American actor known for his versatile film and television roles, including performances in "La Strada" and the TV series "Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea."
  • D. Lew Ayres
    Lew Ayres was an American actor best known for his starring role in the anti-war film "All Quiet on the Western Front" and for his long-running portrayal of Dr. Kildare.
  • E. Richard Dix
    Richard Dix was an American leading man of the silent and early sound film era, best known for his rugged roles in dramas and Westerns and for earning an Academy Award nomination for Best Actor.
  • 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_69a8870e08fc8190a319cbf2600db15f completed March 4, 2026, 7:25 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69abb2fe04688190aa8461ba090c93a0 completed March 7, 2026, 5:09 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69ae58bb01608190a7170f651a8099bb completed March 9, 2026, 5:20 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69ae59892b848190a9cc8b086647ff14 completed March 9, 2026, 5:24 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69ae59ff1234819083bbfdce270cb584 completed March 9, 2026, 5:26 a.m.
Created at: March 4, 2026, 7:36 p.m.