Triple

T206052
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Waiting to Exhale E4612 entity
Predicate starring P1507 FINISHED
Object Wendell Pierce
Wendell Pierce is an American actor best known for his roles in acclaimed television series such as "The Wire," "Treme," and "Suits."
 E32638 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: Wendell Pierce | Statement: [Waiting to Exhale, starring, Wendell Pierce]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Wendell Pierce
Context triple: [Waiting to Exhale, starring, Wendell Pierce]
  • A. Clifton Collins Jr.
    Clifton Collins Jr. is an American character actor known for his versatile roles in films and television series such as "Capote," "Traffic," and "Westworld."
  • B. Dennis Haysbert
    Dennis Haysbert is an American actor known for his deep voice and prominent roles in film and television, including "24," "Major League," and numerous commercial campaigns.
  • C. Joseph LaShelle
    Joseph LaShelle was an American cinematographer renowned for his work on numerous classic Hollywood films and for winning an Academy Award for Best Cinematography.
  • D. Jeffrey Jones
    Jeffrey Jones is an American character actor best known for his roles in films such as "Ferris Bueller's Day Off," "Beetlejuice," and "Amadeus."
  • E. Clancy Brown
    Clancy Brown is an American actor known for his deep voice and memorable roles in films like "The Shawshank Redemption" and as the voice of Mr. Krabs in "SpongeBob SquarePants."
  • 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: Wendell Pierce
Triple: [Waiting to Exhale, starring, Wendell Pierce]
Generated description
Wendell Pierce is an American actor best known for his roles in acclaimed television series such as "The Wire," "Treme," and "Suits."
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Wendell Pierce
Target entity description: Wendell Pierce is an American actor best known for his roles in acclaimed television series such as "The Wire," "Treme," and "Suits."
  • A. Clifton Collins Jr.
    Clifton Collins Jr. is an American character actor known for his versatile roles in films and television series such as "Capote," "Traffic," and "Westworld."
  • B. Dennis Haysbert
    Dennis Haysbert is an American actor known for his deep voice and prominent roles in film and television, including "24," "Major League," and numerous commercial campaigns.
  • C. Joseph LaShelle
    Joseph LaShelle was an American cinematographer renowned for his work on numerous classic Hollywood films and for winning an Academy Award for Best Cinematography.
  • D. Jeffrey Jones
    Jeffrey Jones is an American character actor best known for his roles in films such as "Ferris Bueller's Day Off," "Beetlejuice," and "Amadeus."
  • E. Clancy Brown
    Clancy Brown is an American actor known for his deep voice and memorable roles in films like "The Shawshank Redemption" and as the voice of Mr. Krabs in "SpongeBob SquarePants."
  • 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_69a25737567c81908f9c505300239181 completed Feb. 28, 2026, 2:47 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69a25c04e42481909e957cb34dc02731 completed Feb. 28, 2026, 3:07 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69a376589afc8190865a988b5dc71497 completed Feb. 28, 2026, 11:12 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69a376cfa62c8190967fd7477e8440ab completed Feb. 28, 2026, 11:14 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69a3772b8a848190b5367ba2e64c6a43 completed Feb. 28, 2026, 11:15 p.m.
Created at: Feb. 28, 2026, 2:51 a.m.