Triple

T20387828
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Dinner for Schmucks E498002 entity
Predicate mainCharacter P1183 FINISHED
Object Barry Speck
Barry Speck is an eccentric, socially awkward IRS employee and amateur taxidermist who serves as the central comedic character in the film "Dinner for Schmucks."
E1427562 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: Barry Speck | Statement: [Dinner for Schmucks, mainCharacter, Barry Speck]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Barry Speck
Context triple: [Dinner for Schmucks, mainCharacter, Barry Speck]
  • A. Barry Spillberg
    Barry Spillberg is an American drummer best known for his work with the Boston-based thrash metal band Meliah Rage.
  • B. Jerry Speyer
    Jerry Speyer is an American real estate developer and businessman best known as the co-founder and chairman of global property firm Tishman Speyer.
  • C. Ben Demaree
    Ben Demaree is a cinematographer and filmmaker known for his work on low-budget genre films, including fantasy and science fiction titles.
  • D. Barry Alan Pincus
    Barry Alan Pincus, better known as Barry Manilow, is an American singer-songwriter and producer famed for pop hits like "Mandy," "Copacabana," and "Can't Smile Without You."
  • E. Barry Sandler
    Barry Sandler is an American screenwriter and producer best known for his work on films such as "Making Love" and various adaptations and thrillers in the 1970s and 1980s.
  • 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: Barry Speck
Triple: [Dinner for Schmucks, mainCharacter, Barry Speck]
Generated description
Barry Speck is an eccentric, socially awkward IRS employee and amateur taxidermist who serves as the central comedic character in the film "Dinner for Schmucks."
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Barry Speck
Target entity description: Barry Speck is an eccentric, socially awkward IRS employee and amateur taxidermist who serves as the central comedic character in the film "Dinner for Schmucks."
  • A. Barry Spillberg
    Barry Spillberg is an American drummer best known for his work with the Boston-based thrash metal band Meliah Rage.
  • B. Jerry Speyer
    Jerry Speyer is an American real estate developer and businessman best known as the co-founder and chairman of global property firm Tishman Speyer.
  • C. Ben Demaree
    Ben Demaree is a cinematographer and filmmaker known for his work on low-budget genre films, including fantasy and science fiction titles.
  • D. Barry Alan Pincus
    Barry Alan Pincus, better known as Barry Manilow, is an American singer-songwriter and producer famed for pop hits like "Mandy," "Copacabana," and "Can't Smile Without You."
  • E. Barry Sandler
    Barry Sandler is an American screenwriter and producer best known for his work on films such as "Making Love" and various adaptations and thrillers in the 1970s and 1980s.
  • 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_69e0b4a71ebc8190b153a36c738730f4 completed April 16, 2026, 10:06 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69e6790c935881908f901d058e6a83a9 completed April 20, 2026, 7:05 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_6a08761fdb8481908a4b9975c96aade9 completed May 16, 2026, 1:50 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_6a0876b11c248190aefac57c32293ff0 completed May 16, 2026, 1:52 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_6a08772501e08190b6c104b3270cf2da completed May 16, 2026, 1:54 p.m.
Created at: April 16, 2026, 11:28 a.m.