Triple
T2667647
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | The Iceman Cometh |
E55674
|
entity |
| Predicate | mainCharacter |
P1183
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Theodore Hickman
Theodore Hickman is the charismatic yet self-deluding traveling salesman whose arrival and revelations drive the tragic unraveling of illusions in Eugene O’Neill’s play "The Iceman Cometh."
|
E350278
|
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: Theodore Hickman | Statement: [The Iceman Cometh, mainCharacter, Theodore Hickman]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Theodore Hickman Context triple: [The Iceman Cometh, mainCharacter, Theodore Hickman]
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A.
Fred C. Dobbs
Fred C. Dobbs is the desperate, increasingly paranoid prospector at the center of the 1948 film "The Treasure of the Sierra Madre."
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B.
Robert Folsom
Robert Folsom was an American businessman and civic leader who served as mayor of Dallas, Texas, during the late 1970s and early 1980s, overseeing significant urban development and growth.
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C.
Frank Irving Cobb
Frank Irving Cobb was an influential American journalist and editor best known for leading the New York World’s editorial page in the early 20th century.
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D.
William H. Hunt
William H. Hunt was a 19th-century American lawyer and statesman who served as U.S. Secretary of the Navy and played a key role in modernizing the Navy’s institutions and intelligence capabilities.
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E.
Henry McDaniel
Henry McDaniel was the father of Academy Award–winning actress Hattie McDaniel, known primarily in historical records for this parental connection.
- 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: Theodore Hickman Triple: [The Iceman Cometh, mainCharacter, Theodore Hickman]
Generated description
Theodore Hickman is the charismatic yet self-deluding traveling salesman whose arrival and revelations drive the tragic unraveling of illusions in Eugene O’Neill’s play "The Iceman Cometh."
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Theodore Hickman Target entity description: Theodore Hickman is the charismatic yet self-deluding traveling salesman whose arrival and revelations drive the tragic unraveling of illusions in Eugene O’Neill’s play "The Iceman Cometh."
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A.
Fred C. Dobbs
Fred C. Dobbs is the desperate, increasingly paranoid prospector at the center of the 1948 film "The Treasure of the Sierra Madre."
-
B.
Robert Folsom
Robert Folsom was an American businessman and civic leader who served as mayor of Dallas, Texas, during the late 1970s and early 1980s, overseeing significant urban development and growth.
-
C.
Frank Irving Cobb
Frank Irving Cobb was an influential American journalist and editor best known for leading the New York World’s editorial page in the early 20th century.
-
D.
William H. Hunt
William H. Hunt was a 19th-century American lawyer and statesman who served as U.S. Secretary of the Navy and played a key role in modernizing the Navy’s institutions and intelligence capabilities.
-
E.
Henry McDaniel
Henry McDaniel was the father of Academy Award–winning actress Hattie McDaniel, known primarily in historical records for this parental connection.
- 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_69ab49e54de48190be708cd1cf8be073 |
completed | March 6, 2026, 9:40 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69abd98a4ee88190aa7ef914e316ba31 |
completed | March 7, 2026, 7:53 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69b324c5ed1c8190a7b42abe24785654 |
completed | March 12, 2026, 8:40 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69b325a0de7c8190a33ae611b8450b5a |
completed | March 12, 2026, 8:44 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69b326862e848190bf1bea74b6ab0b36 |
completed | March 12, 2026, 8:48 p.m. |
Created at: March 6, 2026, 9:54 p.m.