Triple

T21993550
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Black Book E543146 entity
Predicate starring P1507 FINISHED
Object Thom Hoffman
Thom Hoffman is a Dutch actor and photographer known for his roles in numerous Dutch films and television series, including the acclaimed World War II drama "Black Book."
E1512538 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: Thom Hoffman | Statement: [Black Book, starring, Thom Hoffman]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Thom Hoffman
Context triple: [Black Book, starring, Thom Hoffman]
  • A. Dennis Hoffman
    Dennis Hoffman is a film producer known for his work on projects associated with Steven Spielberg’s production company Amblin.
  • B. Sam Hoffman
    Sam Hoffman was a prominent landowner and developer whose contributions to the area led to the Chicago suburb of Hoffman Estates, Illinois, being named in his honor.
  • C. Thomas Hoffman
    Thomas Hoffman is a relatively obscure individual whose name is shared with several people across different professions, making it difficult to attribute a single widely recognized identity to him.
  • D. Ken Hofmann
    Ken Hofmann was an American real estate developer and sports team owner best known for co-owning Major League Baseball’s Oakland Athletics.
  • E. Bill Hofmann
    Bill Hofmann is an artist best known for creating the cover artwork for Barry Manilow’s 1975 album "Tryin’ to Get the Feeling."
  • 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: Thom Hoffman
Triple: [Black Book, starring, Thom Hoffman]
Generated description
Thom Hoffman is a Dutch actor and photographer known for his roles in numerous Dutch films and television series, including the acclaimed World War II drama "Black Book."
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Thom Hoffman
Target entity description: Thom Hoffman is a Dutch actor and photographer known for his roles in numerous Dutch films and television series, including the acclaimed World War II drama "Black Book."
  • A. Dennis Hoffman
    Dennis Hoffman is a film producer known for his work on projects associated with Steven Spielberg’s production company Amblin.
  • B. Sam Hoffman
    Sam Hoffman was a prominent landowner and developer whose contributions to the area led to the Chicago suburb of Hoffman Estates, Illinois, being named in his honor.
  • C. Thomas Hoffman
    Thomas Hoffman is a relatively obscure individual whose name is shared with several people across different professions, making it difficult to attribute a single widely recognized identity to him.
  • D. Ken Hofmann
    Ken Hofmann was an American real estate developer and sports team owner best known for co-owning Major League Baseball’s Oakland Athletics.
  • E. Bill Hofmann
    Bill Hofmann is an artist best known for creating the cover artwork for Barry Manilow’s 1975 album "Tryin’ to Get the Feeling."
  • 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_69e11e2c814c8190837d072789000486 completed April 16, 2026, 5:36 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69f1270f77fc8190aadcc02760d65ac0 completed April 28, 2026, 9:30 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_6a0a6d85f104819088dba8d0bf347fbe completed May 18, 2026, 1:38 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_6a0a6e556f3c8190927d1c0cba23463c completed May 18, 2026, 1:41 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_6a0a6f3de2e88190824c9cc266c7ee8c completed May 18, 2026, 1:45 a.m.
Created at: April 16, 2026, 8:17 p.m.