Triple

T2658445
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject The Basketball Diaries E54668 entity
Predicate castMember P1668 FINISHED
Object Ernie Hudson
Ernie Hudson is an American actor best known for his role as Winston Zeddemore in the Ghostbusters film series and for numerous supporting roles in film and television.
 E287846 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: Ernie Hudson | Statement: [The Basketball Diaries, castMember, Ernie Hudson]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Ernie Hudson
Context triple: [The Basketball Diaries, castMember, Ernie Hudson]
  • A. Wayne Knight
    Wayne Knight is an American character actor and comedian best known for his roles as Newman on "Seinfeld" and Dennis Nedry in "Jurassic Park."
  • B. Peter D. Graves
    Peter D. Graves is a film producer best known for his work on major Hollywood action and science fiction movies, including Terminator Salvation.
  • C. Martin Mull
    Martin Mull is an American actor, comedian, and musician known for his dry wit and roles in television comedies and films.
  • D. John Ratzenberger
    John Ratzenberger is an American actor and voice actor best known for his role as Cliff Clavin on "Cheers" and for voicing characters in numerous Pixar animated films.
  • E. Rip Torn
    Rip Torn was an American actor known for his intense, often darkly comic performances in film, television, and theater, including roles in projects like "The Larry Sanders Show" and "Men in Black."
  • 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: Ernie Hudson
Triple: [The Basketball Diaries, castMember, Ernie Hudson]
Generated description
Ernie Hudson is an American actor best known for his role as Winston Zeddemore in the Ghostbusters film series and for numerous supporting roles in film and television.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Ernie Hudson
Target entity description: Ernie Hudson is an American actor best known for his role as Winston Zeddemore in the Ghostbusters film series and for numerous supporting roles in film and television.
  • A. Wayne Knight
    Wayne Knight is an American character actor and comedian best known for his roles as Newman on "Seinfeld" and Dennis Nedry in "Jurassic Park."
  • B. Peter D. Graves
    Peter D. Graves is a film producer best known for his work on major Hollywood action and science fiction movies, including Terminator Salvation.
  • C. Martin Mull
    Martin Mull is an American actor, comedian, and musician known for his dry wit and roles in television comedies and films.
  • D. John Ratzenberger
    John Ratzenberger is an American actor and voice actor best known for his role as Cliff Clavin on "Cheers" and for voicing characters in numerous Pixar animated films.
  • E. Rip Torn
    Rip Torn was an American actor known for his intense, often darkly comic performances in film, television, and theater, including roles in projects like "The Larry Sanders Show" and "Men in Black."
  • 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_69ab49e028948190b97e01d73548b1d9 completed March 6, 2026, 9:40 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69abd94dcaa48190aec625f68ce61a02 completed March 7, 2026, 7:52 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69afa054d4d0819095084088fd54a63a completed March 10, 2026, 4:38 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69afa0e62fa08190bf278abfce54708d completed March 10, 2026, 4:41 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69afa1c8a7708190bdaefee27d596e49 completed March 10, 2026, 4:44 a.m.
Created at: March 6, 2026, 9:53 p.m.