Triple

T3022875
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject The Spiral Staircase E82504 entity
Predicate castMember P1668 FINISHED
Object James Bell
James Bell was an American character actor known for his supporting roles in classic films of the 1930s and 1940s.
 E320829 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: James Bell | Statement: [The Spiral Staircase, castMember, James Bell]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: James Bell
Context triple: [The Spiral Staircase, castMember, James Bell]
  • A. Jim Bell
    Jim Bell is a planetary scientist and author best known for his leadership in Mars rover imaging projects and his role as a prominent space exploration advocate.
  • B. William Scott Bowman
    William Scott Bowman, better known as Scotty Bowman, is a legendary Canadian ice hockey coach widely regarded as one of the greatest and most successful coaches in NHL history.
  • C. John Requa
    John Requa is an American screenwriter and director known for co-writing films such as "Bad Santa," "I Love You Phillip Morris," and "Jungle Cruise."
  • D. Robert Kerr
    Robert Kerr is a Canadian filmmaker and entrepreneur best known as one of the co-founders of the large-format cinema company IMAX.
  • E. Alexander D. Smith
    Alexander D. Smith is a linguist known for his work on Austronesian languages, particularly for proposing the Greater North Borneo language subgroup.
  • 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: James Bell
Triple: [The Spiral Staircase, castMember, James Bell]
Generated description
James Bell was an American character actor known for his supporting roles in classic films of the 1930s and 1940s.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: James Bell
Target entity description: James Bell was an American character actor known for his supporting roles in classic films of the 1930s and 1940s.
  • A. Jim Bell
    Jim Bell is a planetary scientist and author best known for his leadership in Mars rover imaging projects and his role as a prominent space exploration advocate.
  • B. William Scott Bowman
    William Scott Bowman, better known as Scotty Bowman, is a legendary Canadian ice hockey coach widely regarded as one of the greatest and most successful coaches in NHL history.
  • C. John Requa
    John Requa is an American screenwriter and director known for co-writing films such as "Bad Santa," "I Love You Phillip Morris," and "Jungle Cruise."
  • D. Robert Kerr
    Robert Kerr is a Canadian filmmaker and entrepreneur best known as one of the co-founders of the large-format cinema company IMAX.
  • E. Alexander D. Smith
    Alexander D. Smith is a linguist known for his work on Austronesian languages, particularly for proposing the Greater North Borneo language subgroup.
  • 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_69ad8b1fb34081908c1b873e2b7273e1 completed March 8, 2026, 2:43 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69ad9a963034819093d96566e9b0cea9 completed March 8, 2026, 3:49 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69b1deafdcb881908174331d5bfc6349 completed March 11, 2026, 9:29 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69b1df36fc448190856cda08f83feded completed March 11, 2026, 9:31 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69b1dfae6bb48190828820eae70e2f84 completed March 11, 2026, 9:33 p.m.
Created at: March 8, 2026, 3 p.m.