Triple

T21074567
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject James Donald E519196 entity
Predicate portrayedCharacter P1668 FINISHED
Object Major Clipton
Major Clipton is a British army medical officer in the film "The Bridge on the River Kwai," known for his skeptical, morally reflective perspective on the events unfolding around him.
E1465122 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: Major Clipton | Statement: [James Donald, portrayedCharacter, Major Clipton]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Major Clipton
Context triple: [James Donald, portrayedCharacter, Major Clipton]
  • A. John Cliff
    John Cliff was an American character actor known for his supporting roles in numerous mid-20th-century Western films and television series.
  • B. Clapton Davis
    Clapton Davis is the protagonist of the satirical horror-comedy film "Detention," a high school student caught up in a bizarre mix of slasher-movie chaos and time-traveling weirdness.
  • C. Johnny Bristol
    Johnny Bristol was an American singer, songwriter, and record producer best known for his work with Motown Records in the 1960s and 1970s.
  • D. Bob Clayton
    Bob Clayton was an American television personality and announcer best known for his work on game shows such as "Concentration."
  • E. Lonnie Bannon
    Lonnie Bannon is a fictional character from the 1952 Western film "The Big Sky," portrayed as a rugged frontiersman involved in a perilous Missouri River expedition.
  • 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: Major Clipton
Triple: [James Donald, portrayedCharacter, Major Clipton]
Generated description
Major Clipton is a British army medical officer in the film "The Bridge on the River Kwai," known for his skeptical, morally reflective perspective on the events unfolding around him.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Major Clipton
Target entity description: Major Clipton is a British army medical officer in the film "The Bridge on the River Kwai," known for his skeptical, morally reflective perspective on the events unfolding around him.
  • A. John Cliff
    John Cliff was an American character actor known for his supporting roles in numerous mid-20th-century Western films and television series.
  • B. Clapton Davis
    Clapton Davis is the protagonist of the satirical horror-comedy film "Detention," a high school student caught up in a bizarre mix of slasher-movie chaos and time-traveling weirdness.
  • C. Johnny Bristol
    Johnny Bristol was an American singer, songwriter, and record producer best known for his work with Motown Records in the 1960s and 1970s.
  • D. Bob Clayton
    Bob Clayton was an American television personality and announcer best known for his work on game shows such as "Concentration."
  • E. Lonnie Bannon
    Lonnie Bannon is a fictional character from the 1952 Western film "The Big Sky," portrayed as a rugged frontiersman involved in a perilous Missouri River expedition.
  • 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_69e0b506e59c8190849b71ed07929215 completed April 16, 2026, 10:08 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69e702d5ae908190ab5303e39443d729 completed April 21, 2026, 4:53 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_6a09507825d481908b65f43917c4d3cf completed May 17, 2026, 5:22 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_6a095314a2508190bceb0771c637aa0c completed May 17, 2026, 5:33 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_6a0953b95cfc8190abdaa75559d4813e completed May 17, 2026, 5:35 a.m.
Created at: April 16, 2026, 2:48 p.m.