Triple

T2583249
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Rod Steiger E57140 entity
Predicate birthName P65 FINISHED
Object Rodney Stephen Steiger
Rodney Stephen Steiger was an American actor renowned for his intense, emotionally powerful performances in films such as "On the Waterfront" and his Academy Award–winning role in "In the Heat of the Night."
E279640 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: Rodney Stephen Steiger | Statement: [Rod Steiger, birthName, Rodney Stephen Steiger]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Rodney Stephen Steiger
Context triple: [Rod Steiger, birthName, Rodney Stephen Steiger]
  • 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. Efrem Zimbalist
    Efrem Zimbalist was a renowned Russian-American violinist, composer, and influential pedagogue of the 20th century.
  • C. Martin Balsam
    Martin Balsam was an American character actor known for his versatile supporting roles in classic films such as "Psycho," "12 Angry Men," and "A Thousand Clowns," for which he won an Academy Award.
  • D. Richard Basehart
    Richard Basehart was an American actor known for his versatile film and television roles, including performances in "La Strada" and the TV series "Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea."
  • E. Joseph Markovitch
    Joseph Markovitch was the father of French photographer and painter Dora Maar, a key figure in the Surrealist movement and companion of Pablo Picasso.
  • 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: Rodney Stephen Steiger
Triple: [Rod Steiger, birthName, Rodney Stephen Steiger]
Generated description
Rodney Stephen Steiger was an American actor renowned for his intense, emotionally powerful performances in films such as "On the Waterfront" and his Academy Award–winning role in "In the Heat of the Night."
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Rodney Stephen Steiger
Target entity description: Rodney Stephen Steiger was an American actor renowned for his intense, emotionally powerful performances in films such as "On the Waterfront" and his Academy Award–winning role in "In the Heat of the Night."
  • 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. Efrem Zimbalist
    Efrem Zimbalist was a renowned Russian-American violinist, composer, and influential pedagogue of the 20th century.
  • C. Martin Balsam
    Martin Balsam was an American character actor known for his versatile supporting roles in classic films such as "Psycho," "12 Angry Men," and "A Thousand Clowns," for which he won an Academy Award.
  • D. Richard Basehart
    Richard Basehart was an American actor known for his versatile film and television roles, including performances in "La Strada" and the TV series "Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea."
  • E. Joseph Markovitch
    Joseph Markovitch was the father of French photographer and painter Dora Maar, a key figure in the Surrealist movement and companion of Pablo Picasso.
  • 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_69ab4a4dca6481908c301f8e317396e7 completed March 6, 2026, 9:42 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69abd3c9d0548190b29743ac1d7837ff completed March 7, 2026, 7:29 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69af657f39dc8190971e0ad7a5396257 completed March 10, 2026, 12:27 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69af688f1ca88190acb81cbe148bed68 completed March 10, 2026, 12:40 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69af6901c1fc8190ab469bb5cf222724 completed March 10, 2026, 12:42 a.m.
Created at: March 6, 2026, 9:49 p.m.