Triple

T19455461
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Prince of Darkness (1987 film) E486721 entity
Predicate character P662 FINISHED
Object Professor Howard Birack NE NERFINISHED

How this triple was built (3 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: Professor Howard Birack | Statement: [Prince of Darkness (1987 film), character, Professor Howard Birack]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Professor Howard Birack
Context triple: [Prince of Darkness (1987 film), character, Professor Howard Birack]
  • A. Professor Victor Bergman
    Professor Victor Bergman is the thoughtful and scientifically minded chief scientist on Moonbase Alpha in the science fiction television series "Space: 1999."
  • B. Professor Harold Everett
    Professor Harold Everett is the widowed father and college professor at the center of the 1970s TV sitcom "Nanny and the Professor," known for his skeptical but warm relationship with the mysteriously magical nanny, Phoebe Figalilly.
  • C. Jeffrey Resnick
    Jeffrey Resnick is an individual notable enough to be specifically identified as a bearer of the Resnick surname, though detailed public information about his achievements or role is limited.
  • D. Professor Irwin Corey
    Professor Irwin Corey was an American stand-up comedian and actor famed for his improvisational, pseudo-intellectual "World's Foremost Authority" persona and surreal, politically tinged humor.
  • E. Professor Trevor Bruttenholm
    Professor Trevor Bruttenholm is a scholarly occult expert and founding member of the Bureau for Paranormal Research and Defense who discovers, raises, and mentors the demon hero Hellboy.
  • F. None of above. chosen
  • G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Professor Howard Birack
Target entity description: Professor Howard Birack is a physics professor and central protagonist in John Carpenter's horror film "Prince of Darkness," who leads a group of students investigating a mysterious, otherworldly force.
  • A. Professor Victor Bergman
    Professor Victor Bergman is the thoughtful and scientifically minded chief scientist on Moonbase Alpha in the science fiction television series "Space: 1999."
  • B. Professor Harold Everett
    Professor Harold Everett is the widowed father and college professor at the center of the 1970s TV sitcom "Nanny and the Professor," known for his skeptical but warm relationship with the mysteriously magical nanny, Phoebe Figalilly.
  • C. Jeffrey Resnick
    Jeffrey Resnick is an individual notable enough to be specifically identified as a bearer of the Resnick surname, though detailed public information about his achievements or role is limited.
  • D. Professor Irwin Corey
    Professor Irwin Corey was an American stand-up comedian and actor famed for his improvisational, pseudo-intellectual "World's Foremost Authority" persona and surreal, politically tinged humor.
  • E. Professor Trevor Bruttenholm
    Professor Trevor Bruttenholm is a scholarly occult expert and founding member of the Bureau for Paranormal Research and Defense who discovers, raises, and mentors the demon hero Hellboy.
  • F. None of above. chosen

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_69d8e8d86d608190bd199a98d0297f27 completed April 10, 2026, 12:11 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69e633c2b1108190b492ca23487b91f8 completed April 20, 2026, 2:10 p.m.
Created at: April 10, 2026, 1:38 p.m.