Triple

T2894035
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject The Nightmare Before Christmas E63894 entity
Predicate voiceActor P1507 FINISHED
Object Glenn Shadix
Glenn Shadix was an American character actor best known for his eccentric roles in films like "Beetlejuice" and various voice performances in animated works.
 E337477 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: Glenn Shadix | Statement: [The Nightmare Before Christmas, voiceActor, Glenn Shadix]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Glenn Shadix
Context triple: [The Nightmare Before Christmas, voiceActor, Glenn Shadix]
  • A. Rob Tapert
    Rob Tapert is an American film and television producer best known for co-creating and producing genre series like Xena: Warrior Princess and Spartacus, as well as collaborating frequently with director Sam Raimi on horror and fantasy projects.
  • B. Sean Hartnett
    Sean Hartnett is a relatively obscure individual whose primary distinguishing feature is sharing the surname Hartnett, with no widely recognized public profile or achievements documented.
  • C. Ed Vargo
    Ed Vargo was a prominent Major League Baseball umpire who worked in the National League for over two decades and officiated multiple World Series and All-Star Games.
  • D. Alex Gartner
    Alex Gartner is a film producer known for his work on major Hollywood projects, including the action thriller "Triple Frontier."
  • E. David Scearce
    David Scearce is a Canadian screenwriter best known for adapting Christopher Isherwood’s novel into the acclaimed film "A Single Man."
  • 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: Glenn Shadix
Triple: [The Nightmare Before Christmas, voiceActor, Glenn Shadix]
Generated description
Glenn Shadix was an American character actor best known for his eccentric roles in films like "Beetlejuice" and various voice performances in animated works.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Glenn Shadix
Target entity description: Glenn Shadix was an American character actor best known for his eccentric roles in films like "Beetlejuice" and various voice performances in animated works.
  • A. Rob Tapert
    Rob Tapert is an American film and television producer best known for co-creating and producing genre series like Xena: Warrior Princess and Spartacus, as well as collaborating frequently with director Sam Raimi on horror and fantasy projects.
  • B. Sean Hartnett
    Sean Hartnett is a relatively obscure individual whose primary distinguishing feature is sharing the surname Hartnett, with no widely recognized public profile or achievements documented.
  • C. Ed Vargo
    Ed Vargo was a prominent Major League Baseball umpire who worked in the National League for over two decades and officiated multiple World Series and All-Star Games.
  • D. Alex Gartner
    Alex Gartner is a film producer known for his work on major Hollywood projects, including the action thriller "Triple Frontier."
  • E. David Scearce
    David Scearce is a Canadian screenwriter best known for adapting Christopher Isherwood’s novel into the acclaimed film "A Single Man."
  • 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_69ab4c45822c8190830c5f2bb97bcfd0 completed March 6, 2026, 9:51 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69abe063de6c8190bce9ddefd1dd62e1 completed March 7, 2026, 8:23 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69b261d8d40c8190b5f0a78e4d3069f6 completed March 12, 2026, 6:48 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69b265b622cc8190abc3136b2a3ca450 completed March 12, 2026, 7:05 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69b26624586c8190a016005b0d2f2634 completed March 12, 2026, 7:07 a.m.
Created at: March 6, 2026, 10:07 p.m.