Triple
T2459577
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | A Soldier's Story |
E54498
|
entity |
| Predicate | starredActor |
P5563
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Robert Townsend
Robert Townsend is an American actor, director, and filmmaker known for his influential work in African-American cinema, including films like "Hollywood Shuffle" and "The Five Heartbeats."
|
E268044
|
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: Robert Townsend | Statement: [A Soldier's Story, starredActor, Robert Townsend]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Robert Townsend Context triple: [A Soldier's Story, starredActor, Robert Townsend]
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A.
Norman Lloyd
Norman Lloyd was an American actor, producer, and director whose career in film, television, and theater spanned more than eight decades.
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B.
Robert Allen
Robert Allen was an American film actor active in the 1930s, best known for his roles in Westerns and crime dramas.
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C.
Don Hahn
Don Hahn is an American film producer best known for overseeing several of Disney’s most acclaimed animated features, including Beauty and the Beast and The Lion King.
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D.
Andrew Form
Andrew Form is an American film and television producer best known as the co-founder of Platinum Dunes and for producing popular horror and thriller franchises such as The Purge.
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E.
Kevin Kiner
Kevin Kiner is an American composer best known for his prolific work on film and television scores, including major franchises like Star Wars and DC Comics adaptations.
- 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: Robert Townsend Triple: [A Soldier's Story, starredActor, Robert Townsend]
Generated description
Robert Townsend is an American actor, director, and filmmaker known for his influential work in African-American cinema, including films like "Hollywood Shuffle" and "The Five Heartbeats."
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Robert Townsend Target entity description: Robert Townsend is an American actor, director, and filmmaker known for his influential work in African-American cinema, including films like "Hollywood Shuffle" and "The Five Heartbeats."
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A.
Norman Lloyd
Norman Lloyd was an American actor, producer, and director whose career in film, television, and theater spanned more than eight decades.
-
B.
Robert Allen
Robert Allen was an American film actor active in the 1930s, best known for his roles in Westerns and crime dramas.
-
C.
Don Hahn
Don Hahn is an American film producer best known for overseeing several of Disney’s most acclaimed animated features, including Beauty and the Beast and The Lion King.
-
D.
Andrew Form
Andrew Form is an American film and television producer best known as the co-founder of Platinum Dunes and for producing popular horror and thriller franchises such as The Purge.
-
E.
Kevin Kiner
Kevin Kiner is an American composer best known for his prolific work on film and television scores, including major franchises like Star Wars and DC Comics adaptations.
- 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_69ab49dee84c819096b50a0049c347ac |
completed | March 6, 2026, 9:40 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69abd10a35f88190b102a2cb5c88146e |
completed | March 7, 2026, 7:17 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69aef0cff4248190832f75ce36a357e2 |
completed | March 9, 2026, 4:09 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69aef186935c81909301659a96e1a4e2 |
completed | March 9, 2026, 4:12 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69aef8272668819084626e890a49e1b3 |
completed | March 9, 2026, 4:41 p.m. |
Created at: March 6, 2026, 9:44 p.m.