Triple

T19455268
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject The Thing (1982 film) E486717 entity
Predicate specialEffectsBy P3489 FINISHED
Object Rob Bottin
Rob Bottin is an American special makeup effects artist renowned for his groundbreaking, grotesque creature and practical effects work in horror and science fiction films.
E732995 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: Rob Bottin | Statement: [The Thing (1982 film), specialEffectsBy, Rob Bottin]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Rob Bottin
Context triple: [The Thing (1982 film), specialEffectsBy, Rob Bottin]
  • A. William Block
    William Block is a medical professional and academic commonly referred to as Dr. William Block.
  • B. Barry Unger
    Barry Unger is known primarily as the later-life husband of British actress Lynne Frederick.
  • C. Eddie Felson
    Eddie Felson is a fiercely ambitious, self-destructive pool hustler whose rise and fall in the world of high-stakes billiards explores themes of pride, integrity, and redemption.
  • D. Carroll Rosenbloom
    Carroll Rosenbloom was an American businessman and influential NFL team owner best known for owning the Baltimore Colts and later the Los Angeles Rams.
  • E. Charles Begole
    Charles Begole was an American mountaineer best known as one of the first climbers to reach the summit of Mount Whitney in the 19th 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: Rob Bottin
Triple: [The Thing (1982 film), specialEffectsBy, Rob Bottin]
Generated description
Rob Bottin is an American special makeup effects artist renowned for his groundbreaking, grotesque creature and practical effects work in horror and science fiction films.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Rob Bottin
Target entity description: Rob Bottin is an American special makeup effects artist renowned for his groundbreaking, grotesque creature and practical effects work in horror and science fiction films.
  • A. Rob Bottin chosen
    Rob Bottin is an acclaimed American special makeup effects artist best known for his groundbreaking creature and prosthetic work on films such as The Thing, RoboCop, and Total Recall.
  • B. William Block
    William Block is a medical professional and academic commonly referred to as Dr. William Block.
  • C. Barry Unger
    Barry Unger is known primarily as the later-life husband of British actress Lynne Frederick.
  • D. Eddie Felson
    Eddie Felson is a fiercely ambitious, self-destructive pool hustler whose rise and fall in the world of high-stakes billiards explores themes of pride, integrity, and redemption.
  • E. Carroll Rosenbloom
    Carroll Rosenbloom was an American businessman and influential NFL team owner best known for owning the Baltimore Colts and later the Los Angeles Rams.
  • F. None of above.

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.