Triple

T251692
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Office of War Information E5161 entity
Predicate notableEmployee P304 FINISHED
Object John Houseman
John Houseman was a Romanian-born American actor and influential film and theater producer best known for co-founding the Mercury Theatre with Orson Welles and for his Oscar-winning role in "The Paper Chase."
E33561 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: John Houseman | Statement: [Office of War Information, notableEmployee, John Houseman]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: John Houseman
Context triple: [Office of War Information, notableEmployee, John Houseman]
  • A. Gary Merrill
    Gary Merrill was an American actor known for his work in film, television, and theater, particularly in mid-20th-century Hollywood dramas.
  • B. Spencer Tracy
    Spencer Tracy was an acclaimed American film actor renowned for his naturalistic performances and two Academy Award–winning roles in a career spanning from the 1930s to the 1960s.
  • C. Ed Harris
    Ed Harris is an American actor and filmmaker known for his intense, authoritative performances in films such as "The Truman Show," "Apollo 13," and "Pollock."
  • D. Gregory Peck
    Gregory Peck was an acclaimed American actor renowned for his dignified, morally upright roles in classic films such as "To Kill a Mockingbird."
  • E. Hal Holbrook
    Hal Holbrook was an American actor renowned for his Emmy- and Tony-winning career in film, television, and theater, particularly for his acclaimed portrayal of Mark Twain in his long-running one-man show.
  • 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: John Houseman
Triple: [Office of War Information, notableEmployee, John Houseman]
Generated description
John Houseman was a Romanian-born American actor and influential film and theater producer best known for co-founding the Mercury Theatre with Orson Welles and for his Oscar-winning role in "The Paper Chase."
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: John Houseman
Target entity description: John Houseman was a Romanian-born American actor and influential film and theater producer best known for co-founding the Mercury Theatre with Orson Welles and for his Oscar-winning role in "The Paper Chase."
  • A. Gary Merrill
    Gary Merrill was an American actor known for his work in film, television, and theater, particularly in mid-20th-century Hollywood dramas.
  • B. Spencer Tracy
    Spencer Tracy was an acclaimed American film actor renowned for his naturalistic performances and two Academy Award–winning roles in a career spanning from the 1930s to the 1960s.
  • C. Ed Harris
    Ed Harris is an American actor and filmmaker known for his intense, authoritative performances in films such as "The Truman Show," "Apollo 13," and "Pollock."
  • D. Gregory Peck
    Gregory Peck was an acclaimed American actor renowned for his dignified, morally upright roles in classic films such as "To Kill a Mockingbird."
  • E. Hal Holbrook
    Hal Holbrook was an American actor renowned for his Emmy- and Tony-winning career in film, television, and theater, particularly for his acclaimed portrayal of Mark Twain in his long-running one-man show.
  • 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_69a257c4bf688190a46ebbf411ab7473 completed Feb. 28, 2026, 2:49 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69a25d39eb3881909f435043c8697f13 completed Feb. 28, 2026, 3:12 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69a3837479408190bb6e6f0eb6a7fe46 completed March 1, 2026, 12:08 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69a384140aec8190ab918512cf088464 completed March 1, 2026, 12:11 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69a3848c0ed08190acf0d0e33ca8b41c completed March 1, 2026, 12:13 a.m.
Created at: Feb. 28, 2026, 2:54 a.m.