Triple
T20877902
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | James "Whitey" Bulger |
E514067
|
entity |
| Predicate | child |
P120
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Douglas Cyr
Douglas Cyr is the son of notorious Boston mob boss and FBI informant James "Whitey" Bulger.
|
E1456948
|
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: Douglas Cyr | Statement: [James "Whitey" Bulger, child, Douglas Cyr]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Douglas Cyr Context triple: [James "Whitey" Bulger, child, Douglas Cyr]
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A.
Robert Fortier
Robert Fortier was an American actor known for his character roles in film and television during the mid-20th century.
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B.
Jim Fortier
Jim Fortier is an American television writer, producer, and animator best known for co-creating the Adult Swim animated series "Squidbillies."
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C.
Bruce Guerin
Bruce Guerin was an American child actor of the silent film era who appeared in several 1920s motion pictures.
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D.
Charles Daoust
Charles Daoust was a 19th-century Canadian journalist, lawyer, and politician from Quebec associated with the radical liberal Parti rouge movement.
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E.
Douglas Dumbrille
Douglas Dumbrille was a Canadian-born character actor best known for his prolific work in Hollywood films of the 1930s and 1940s, often portraying suave villains and authority figures.
- 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: Douglas Cyr Triple: [James "Whitey" Bulger, child, Douglas Cyr]
Generated description
Douglas Cyr is the son of notorious Boston mob boss and FBI informant James "Whitey" Bulger.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Douglas Cyr Target entity description: Douglas Cyr is the son of notorious Boston mob boss and FBI informant James "Whitey" Bulger.
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A.
Robert Fortier
Robert Fortier was an American actor known for his character roles in film and television during the mid-20th century.
-
B.
Jim Fortier
Jim Fortier is an American television writer, producer, and animator best known for co-creating the Adult Swim animated series "Squidbillies."
-
C.
Bruce Guerin
Bruce Guerin was an American child actor of the silent film era who appeared in several 1920s motion pictures.
-
D.
Charles Daoust
Charles Daoust was a 19th-century Canadian journalist, lawyer, and politician from Quebec associated with the radical liberal Parti rouge movement.
-
E.
Douglas Dumbrille
Douglas Dumbrille was a Canadian-born character actor best known for his prolific work in Hollywood films of the 1930s and 1940s, often portraying suave villains and authority figures.
- 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_69e0b4f733f081908a401c0b7beb0b9f |
completed | April 16, 2026, 10:07 a.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69e6c6775f108190a79cd5e8c31cecf6 |
completed | April 21, 2026, 12:36 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_6a0918c5509c8190b2bd57c11231c6e4 |
completed | May 17, 2026, 1:24 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_6a091a37460481908f7c01b3402deb4d |
completed | May 17, 2026, 1:30 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_6a091a8de35881909d513527b6f32e0f |
completed | May 17, 2026, 1:31 a.m. |
Created at: April 16, 2026, 12:45 p.m.