Triple

T22767556
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Showdown in Little Tokyo E563168 entity
Predicate starring P1507 FINISHED
Object Toshirō Obata
Toshirō Obata is a Japanese martial artist, swordsman, and actor known for his roles in American action films and for founding the Shinkendo school of Japanese swordsmanship.
E1557390 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: Toshirō Obata | Statement: [Showdown in Little Tokyo, starring, Toshirō Obata]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Toshirō Obata
Context triple: [Showdown in Little Tokyo, starring, Toshirō Obata]
  • A. Takeshi Obata
    Takeshi Obata is a renowned Japanese manga artist best known for illustrating popular series such as Death Note, Hikaru no Go, and Bakuman.
  • B. Shohei Otomo
    Shohei Otomo is a contemporary Japanese illustrator known for his highly detailed, hyper-stylized drawings that blend traditional Japanese motifs with punk and pop culture influences.
  • C. Shinichirō Watanabe
    Shinichirō Watanabe is a renowned Japanese anime director best known for creating the influential series Cowboy Bebop and Samurai Champloo.
  • D. Tetsuya Watanabe
    Tetsuya Watanabe is a Japanese professional shogi player known for competing at the highest levels of Japan’s traditional board game.
  • E. Ryuhei Kitamura
    Ryuhei Kitamura is a Japanese filmmaker known for his stylish, action-heavy genre movies, including the cult hit "Versus" and the kaiju film "Godzilla: Final Wars."
  • 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: Toshirō Obata
Triple: [Showdown in Little Tokyo, starring, Toshirō Obata]
Generated description
Toshirō Obata is a Japanese martial artist, swordsman, and actor known for his roles in American action films and for founding the Shinkendo school of Japanese swordsmanship.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Toshirō Obata
Target entity description: Toshirō Obata is a Japanese martial artist, swordsman, and actor known for his roles in American action films and for founding the Shinkendo school of Japanese swordsmanship.
  • A. Takeshi Obata
    Takeshi Obata is a renowned Japanese manga artist best known for illustrating popular series such as Death Note, Hikaru no Go, and Bakuman.
  • B. Shohei Otomo
    Shohei Otomo is a contemporary Japanese illustrator known for his highly detailed, hyper-stylized drawings that blend traditional Japanese motifs with punk and pop culture influences.
  • C. Shinichirō Watanabe
    Shinichirō Watanabe is a renowned Japanese anime director best known for creating the influential series Cowboy Bebop and Samurai Champloo.
  • D. Tetsuya Watanabe
    Tetsuya Watanabe is a Japanese professional shogi player known for competing at the highest levels of Japan’s traditional board game.
  • E. Ryuhei Kitamura
    Ryuhei Kitamura is a Japanese filmmaker known for his stylish, action-heavy genre movies, including the cult hit "Versus" and the kaiju film "Godzilla: Final Wars."
  • 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_69e24552e11c81909c2d61578a558bd7 completed April 17, 2026, 2:36 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69f17a81d3348190b005a43a5e03d406 completed April 29, 2026, 3:26 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_6a0ba79d0a288190a3f9e1757bcdce79 completed May 18, 2026, 11:58 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_6a0ba91aeb908190bb7d61cc979588d2 completed May 19, 2026, 12:04 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_6a0baad4aa34819090e177e8302bf8c4 completed May 19, 2026, 12:12 a.m.
Created at: April 17, 2026, 3:27 p.m.