Triple

T19455266
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject The Thing (1982 film) E486717 entity
Predicate starring P1507 FINISHED
Object Joel Polis
Joel Polis is an American actor best known for his role as Fuchs in John Carpenter’s 1982 science fiction horror film "The Thing."
E1377426 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: Joel Polis | Statement: [The Thing (1982 film), starring, Joel Polis]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Joel Polis
Context triple: [The Thing (1982 film), starring, Joel Polis]
  • A. John St. Polis
    John St. Polis was an American stage and film actor active in the early 20th century, known for his character roles during the silent and early sound eras.
  • B. George Hickenlooper
    George Hickenlooper was an American film director and documentary filmmaker known for works such as "Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker's Apocalypse" and various narrative features exploring Hollywood and American culture.
  • C. Joe Crowley
    Joe Crowley is an American Democratic politician who represented New York in the U.S. House of Representatives and served in party leadership before losing his seat to Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez.
  • D. Brad Hamilton
    Brad Hamilton is a central teenage character in the 1982 coming-of-age comedy film "Fast Times at Ridgemont High," known for juggling work, relationships, and the pressures of growing up.
  • E. Lee Guber
    Lee Guber was an American theatrical producer and entertainment entrepreneur known for developing and operating major live performance venues and productions in the mid-20th century.
  • 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: Joel Polis
Triple: [The Thing (1982 film), starring, Joel Polis]
Generated description
Joel Polis is an American actor best known for his role as Fuchs in John Carpenter’s 1982 science fiction horror film "The Thing."
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Joel Polis
Target entity description: Joel Polis is an American actor best known for his role as Fuchs in John Carpenter’s 1982 science fiction horror film "The Thing."
  • A. John St. Polis
    John St. Polis was an American stage and film actor active in the early 20th century, known for his character roles during the silent and early sound eras.
  • B. George Hickenlooper
    George Hickenlooper was an American film director and documentary filmmaker known for works such as "Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker's Apocalypse" and various narrative features exploring Hollywood and American culture.
  • C. Joe Crowley
    Joe Crowley is an American Democratic politician who represented New York in the U.S. House of Representatives and served in party leadership before losing his seat to Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez.
  • D. Brad Hamilton
    Brad Hamilton is a central teenage character in the 1982 coming-of-age comedy film "Fast Times at Ridgemont High," known for juggling work, relationships, and the pressures of growing up.
  • E. Lee Guber
    Lee Guber was an American theatrical producer and entertainment entrepreneur known for developing and operating major live performance venues and productions in the mid-20th century.
  • 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_69d8e8d86d608190bd199a98d0297f27 completed April 10, 2026, 12:11 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69e633c2b1108190b492ca23487b91f8 completed April 20, 2026, 2:10 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_6a073b355e848190ba65a45d38152930 completed May 15, 2026, 3:26 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_6a073bc941688190af3b7daee5c5d7e3 completed May 15, 2026, 3:29 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_6a073c574c808190b2ae6df5477c27bb completed May 15, 2026, 3:31 p.m.
Created at: April 10, 2026, 1:38 p.m.