Triple
T2550414
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Broken Blossoms |
E56610
|
entity |
| Predicate | starredActorAsCharacter |
P5563
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Richard Barthelmess as Cheng Huan
Richard Barthelmess as Cheng Huan is the actor’s acclaimed portrayal of a gentle Chinese immigrant in D.W. Griffith’s silent film "Broken Blossoms."
|
E276593
|
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: Richard Barthelmess as Cheng Huan | Statement: [Broken Blossoms, starredActorAsCharacter, Richard Barthelmess as Cheng Huan]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Richard Barthelmess as Cheng Huan Context triple: [Broken Blossoms, starredActorAsCharacter, Richard Barthelmess as Cheng Huan]
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A.
Victor Sen Yung
Victor Sen Yung was a Chinese American character actor best known for his roles as Hop Sing on the television series "Bonanza" and as Jimmy Chan in the Charlie Chan film series.
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B.
Wai Ching Ho
Wai Ching Ho is a Chinese-American actress known for her character roles in film and television, including work in major Hollywood productions and voice acting in animated features.
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C.
James Hong
James Hong is a prolific American character actor and voice actor known for his roles in films like "Big Trouble in Little China," "Blade Runner," and numerous animated features.
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D.
James Wong Howe
James Wong Howe was a pioneering Chinese-American cinematographer renowned for his innovative camera techniques and influential visual style in classic Hollywood cinema.
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E.
Chow Yun-fat as the Monk
Chow Yun-fat as the Monk is the wise, ageless Tibetan warrior-monk protagonist of the action-comedy film "Bulletproof Monk," who protects a powerful ancient scroll while mentoring an unlikely successor.
- 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: Richard Barthelmess as Cheng Huan Triple: [Broken Blossoms, starredActorAsCharacter, Richard Barthelmess as Cheng Huan]
Generated description
Richard Barthelmess as Cheng Huan is the actor’s acclaimed portrayal of a gentle Chinese immigrant in D.W. Griffith’s silent film "Broken Blossoms."
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Richard Barthelmess as Cheng Huan Target entity description: Richard Barthelmess as Cheng Huan is the actor’s acclaimed portrayal of a gentle Chinese immigrant in D.W. Griffith’s silent film "Broken Blossoms."
-
A.
Victor Sen Yung
Victor Sen Yung was a Chinese American character actor best known for his roles as Hop Sing on the television series "Bonanza" and as Jimmy Chan in the Charlie Chan film series.
-
B.
Wai Ching Ho
Wai Ching Ho is a Chinese-American actress known for her character roles in film and television, including work in major Hollywood productions and voice acting in animated features.
-
C.
James Hong
James Hong is a prolific American character actor and voice actor known for his roles in films like "Big Trouble in Little China," "Blade Runner," and numerous animated features.
-
D.
James Wong Howe
James Wong Howe was a pioneering Chinese-American cinematographer renowned for his innovative camera techniques and influential visual style in classic Hollywood cinema.
-
E.
Chow Yun-fat as the Monk
Chow Yun-fat as the Monk is the wise, ageless Tibetan warrior-monk protagonist of the action-comedy film "Bulletproof Monk," who protects a powerful ancient scroll while mentoring an unlikely successor.
- 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_69ab4a4bfec081908039988ec4c86e28 |
completed | March 6, 2026, 9:42 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69abd8317b0481908d6d1436732253b2 |
completed | March 7, 2026, 7:48 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69af5d14a58c819094250ee393f95a37 |
completed | March 9, 2026, 11:51 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69af5db1c290819099d88815ebe97c1b |
completed | March 9, 2026, 11:54 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69af5e2cd2588190bc24c3cdd350fa70 |
completed | March 9, 2026, 11:56 p.m. |
Created at: March 6, 2026, 9:48 p.m.