Triple

T2232285
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Silver Streak E49195 entity
Predicate characterPortrayedBy P1507 FINISHED
Object Roger Devereau – Patrick McGoohan
Roger Devereau is the primary villain in the 1976 comedy-thriller film "Silver Streak," portrayed with cold-blooded sophistication by actor Patrick McGoohan.
E248289 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: Roger Devereau – Patrick McGoohan | Statement: [Silver Streak, characterPortrayedBy, Roger Devereau – Patrick McGoohan]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Roger Devereau – Patrick McGoohan
Context triple: [Silver Streak, characterPortrayedBy, Roger Devereau – Patrick McGoohan]
  • A. Patrick McGoohan
    Patrick McGoohan was an Irish-American actor and director best known for his intense, enigmatic performances in film and television, particularly in the cult TV series "The Prisoner."
  • B. Russell Pearce
    Russell Pearce is an American politician and former Arizona state senator best known for championing hardline immigration legislation, including the controversial SB 1070 law.
  • C. Raymond Burr
    Raymond Burr was a Canadian-American actor best known for his iconic television roles as defense attorney Perry Mason and wheelchair-bound detective Robert Ironside.
  • D. Dennis Weaver
    Dennis Weaver was an American actor best known for his roles in the television series "Gunsmoke" and "McCloud," as well as in films and TV movies throughout the mid-20th century.
  • E. Gene Raymond
    Gene Raymond was an American film and television actor, director, and composer active from the 1930s through the 1950s, known for his leading-man roles in Hollywood dramas and musicals.
  • 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: Roger Devereau – Patrick McGoohan
Triple: [Silver Streak, characterPortrayedBy, Roger Devereau – Patrick McGoohan]
Generated description
Roger Devereau is the primary villain in the 1976 comedy-thriller film "Silver Streak," portrayed with cold-blooded sophistication by actor Patrick McGoohan.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Roger Devereau – Patrick McGoohan
Target entity description: Roger Devereau is the primary villain in the 1976 comedy-thriller film "Silver Streak," portrayed with cold-blooded sophistication by actor Patrick McGoohan.
  • A. Patrick McGoohan
    Patrick McGoohan was an Irish-American actor and director best known for his intense, enigmatic performances in film and television, particularly in the cult TV series "The Prisoner."
  • B. Russell Pearce
    Russell Pearce is an American politician and former Arizona state senator best known for championing hardline immigration legislation, including the controversial SB 1070 law.
  • C. Raymond Burr
    Raymond Burr was a Canadian-American actor best known for his iconic television roles as defense attorney Perry Mason and wheelchair-bound detective Robert Ironside.
  • D. Dennis Weaver
    Dennis Weaver was an American actor best known for his roles in the television series "Gunsmoke" and "McCloud," as well as in films and TV movies throughout the mid-20th century.
  • E. Gene Raymond
    Gene Raymond was an American film and television actor, director, and composer active from the 1930s through the 1950s, known for his leading-man roles in Hollywood dramas and musicals.
  • 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_69a88aa84bdc819086df50e9c20b301e completed March 4, 2026, 7:40 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69abc06d26bc8190a85ddb6312d2df08 completed March 7, 2026, 6:06 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69ae6b001ee481909b28aea25ad7b906 completed March 9, 2026, 6:38 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69ae6bbba3908190b24b6e29175cc449 completed March 9, 2026, 6:42 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69ae6c5f6364819085aed383ab0ff8c5 completed March 9, 2026, 6:44 a.m.
Created at: March 4, 2026, 7:47 p.m.