Triple

T24266771
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject WarGames E604858 entity
Predicate portrayedBy P1507 FINISHED
Object James Tolkan
James Tolkan is an American character actor best known for his intense, authoritative roles in films like "Back to the Future," "Top Gun," and "WarGames."
E1628495 NE FINISHED

How this triple was built (2 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: James Tolkan | Statement: [WarGames, portrayedBy, James Tolkan]
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: James Tolkan
Triple: [WarGames, portrayedBy, James Tolkan]
Generated description
James Tolkan is an American character actor best known for his intense, authoritative roles in films like "Back to the Future," "Top Gun," and "WarGames."

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_69e29544c29c8190b023606eafe5d36a completed April 17, 2026, 8:17 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69f28c6bfe68819084ec59235ae58ff1 completed April 29, 2026, 10:55 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_6a0fc9bc7b9c819099d709000b93a2d8 completed May 22, 2026, 3:13 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_6a0fcc65a1a88190ae67e8829ee2a28a completed May 22, 2026, 3:24 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_6a0fcceee0c081908c87989a190aac39 completed May 22, 2026, 3:26 a.m.
Created at: April 18, 2026, 12:06 a.m.