Triple

T2008018
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject The Towering Inferno E43628 entity
Predicate starring P1507 FINISHED
Object Robert Vaughn
Robert Vaughn was an American actor best known for his suave, sophisticated roles in film and television, particularly as Napoleon Solo in the 1960s series "The Man from U.N.C.L.E."
E224463 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: Robert Vaughn | Statement: [The Towering Inferno, starring, Robert Vaughn]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Robert Vaughn
Context triple: [The Towering Inferno, starring, Robert Vaughn]
  • A. David McCallum
    David McCallum was a Scottish actor best known for his roles as medical examiner Dr. Donald "Ducky" Mallard on NCIS and secret agent Illya Kuryakin on the 1960s television series The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
  • B. Richard Chamberlain
    Richard Chamberlain is an American actor and singer best known for his leading roles in 1960s television dramas and 1980s miniseries such as "Dr. Kildare," "Shōgun," and "The Thorn Birds."
  • C. Hugh Fraser
    Hugh Fraser was a British Conservative politician and long-serving Member of Parliament who held several ministerial posts in the mid-20th century.
  • D. Clive Merrison
    Clive Merrison is a Welsh actor known for his extensive work in British film, television, and radio, including his acclaimed portrayal of Sherlock Holmes for BBC Radio.
  • E. Richard Harris
    Richard Harris was an acclaimed Irish actor known for his powerful screen presence in films such as "This Sporting Life," "Camelot," and as Albus Dumbledore in the first two "Harry Potter" movies.
  • 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: Robert Vaughn
Triple: [The Towering Inferno, starring, Robert Vaughn]
Generated description
Robert Vaughn was an American actor best known for his suave, sophisticated roles in film and television, particularly as Napoleon Solo in the 1960s series "The Man from U.N.C.L.E."
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Robert Vaughn
Target entity description: Robert Vaughn was an American actor best known for his suave, sophisticated roles in film and television, particularly as Napoleon Solo in the 1960s series "The Man from U.N.C.L.E."
  • A. David McCallum
    David McCallum was a Scottish actor best known for his roles as medical examiner Dr. Donald "Ducky" Mallard on NCIS and secret agent Illya Kuryakin on the 1960s television series The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
  • B. Richard Chamberlain
    Richard Chamberlain is an American actor and singer best known for his leading roles in 1960s television dramas and 1980s miniseries such as "Dr. Kildare," "Shōgun," and "The Thorn Birds."
  • C. Hugh Fraser
    Hugh Fraser was a British Conservative politician and long-serving Member of Parliament who held several ministerial posts in the mid-20th century.
  • D. Clive Merrison
    Clive Merrison is a Welsh actor known for his extensive work in British film, television, and radio, including his acclaimed portrayal of Sherlock Holmes for BBC Radio.
  • E. Richard Harris
    Richard Harris was an acclaimed Irish actor known for his powerful screen presence in films such as "This Sporting Life," "Camelot," and as Albus Dumbledore in the first two "Harry Potter" movies.
  • 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_69a88716e9f08190946313fdc949e3cf completed March 4, 2026, 7:25 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69abb89aca908190b8b659af65afdf6f completed March 7, 2026, 5:33 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69ae0ae12d708190bcfe91e3ab53f04e completed March 8, 2026, 11:48 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69ae0b63b85c819096fc8ad12ace4d22 completed March 8, 2026, 11:50 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69ae0bc55fcc8190bf117ef1328b8a76 completed March 8, 2026, 11:52 p.m.
Created at: March 4, 2026, 7:37 p.m.