Triple

T2008288
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Second Chorus E43634 entity
Predicate starring P1507 FINISHED
Object Charles Butterworth
Charles Butterworth was an American comic film actor of the 1930s and early 1940s, known for his dry, dithering persona in numerous Hollywood comedies.
 E230461 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: Charles Butterworth | Statement: [Second Chorus, starring, Charles Butterworth]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Charles Butterworth
Context triple: [Second Chorus, starring, Charles Butterworth]
  • A. John-Henry Butterworth
    John-Henry Butterworth is a British screenwriter known for co-writing major films such as "Edge of Tomorrow" and "Ford v Ferrari."
  • B. Frank Greystock
    Frank Greystock is a central figure in Anthony Trollope’s Palliser novel "The Eustace Diamonds," portrayed as an ambitious yet morally conflicted politician entangled in complex romantic and social obligations.
  • C. John Dawson
    John Dawson is a fictional character named John Dawson who appears in the work featuring the character Dawn.
  • D. John Dawson
    John Dawson was a pioneering American plasma physicist renowned for his foundational contributions to plasma theory and fusion research.
  • E. Jack Kitchin
    Jack Kitchin was a film editor known for his work on early Hollywood productions, including classic musicals of the 1930s.
  • 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: Charles Butterworth
Triple: [Second Chorus, starring, Charles Butterworth]
Generated description
Charles Butterworth was an American comic film actor of the 1930s and early 1940s, known for his dry, dithering persona in numerous Hollywood comedies.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Charles Butterworth
Target entity description: Charles Butterworth was an American comic film actor of the 1930s and early 1940s, known for his dry, dithering persona in numerous Hollywood comedies.
  • A. John-Henry Butterworth
    John-Henry Butterworth is a British screenwriter known for co-writing major films such as "Edge of Tomorrow" and "Ford v Ferrari."
  • B. Frank Greystock
    Frank Greystock is a central figure in Anthony Trollope’s Palliser novel "The Eustace Diamonds," portrayed as an ambitious yet morally conflicted politician entangled in complex romantic and social obligations.
  • C. John Dawson
    John Dawson is a fictional character named John Dawson who appears in the work featuring the character Dawn.
  • D. John Dawson
    John Dawson was a pioneering American plasma physicist renowned for his foundational contributions to plasma theory and fusion research.
  • E. Jack Kitchin
    Jack Kitchin was a film editor known for his work on early Hollywood productions, including classic musicals of the 1930s.
  • 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_69ae2707c074819095f932a67f7b5fb9 completed March 9, 2026, 1:48 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69ae279ffb288190b61d9e59db026f59 completed March 9, 2026, 1:51 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69ae2848b40c819093ea338b7a940586 completed March 9, 2026, 1:54 a.m.
Created at: March 4, 2026, 7:37 p.m.