Triple

T3197236
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Dead Poets Society E66962 entity
Predicate starring P1507 FINISHED
Object James Waterston
James Waterston is an American actor best known for his role in the film "Dead Poets Society" and as the son of acclaimed actor Sam Waterston.
E342269 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 Waterston | Statement: [Dead Poets Society, starring, James Waterston]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: James Waterston
Context triple: [Dead Poets Society, starring, James Waterston]
  • A. Scott Arfield
    Scott Arfield is a professional footballer, best known as a midfielder who represented the Canadian national team after previously playing for Scotland at youth level and having a long club career in Scotland and England.
  • B. John Ashton
    John Ashton is an American character actor best known for his tough, often blue-collar roles in crime and action films such as "Beverly Hills Cop" and "Midnight Run."
  • C. Ian Kirkpatrick
    Ian Kirkpatrick is a Grammy-nominated American record producer and songwriter best known for crafting pop hits for artists like Dua Lipa, Selena Gomez, and Jason Derulo.
  • D. Robert Watts
    Robert Watts is a British film producer best known for his work on major films such as Who Framed Roger Rabbit and entries in the Star Wars and Indiana Jones franchises.
  • E. Richard Marden
    Richard Marden was a British film editor known for his work on notable mid-20th-century films, including adaptations of classic literature.
  • 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 Waterston
Triple: [Dead Poets Society, starring, James Waterston]
Generated description
James Waterston is an American actor best known for his role in the film "Dead Poets Society" and as the son of acclaimed actor Sam Waterston.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: James Waterston
Target entity description: James Waterston is an American actor best known for his role in the film "Dead Poets Society" and as the son of acclaimed actor Sam Waterston.
  • A. Scott Arfield
    Scott Arfield is a professional footballer, best known as a midfielder who represented the Canadian national team after previously playing for Scotland at youth level and having a long club career in Scotland and England.
  • B. John Ashton
    John Ashton is an American character actor best known for his tough, often blue-collar roles in crime and action films such as "Beverly Hills Cop" and "Midnight Run."
  • C. Ian Kirkpatrick
    Ian Kirkpatrick is a Grammy-nominated American record producer and songwriter best known for crafting pop hits for artists like Dua Lipa, Selena Gomez, and Jason Derulo.
  • D. Robert Watts
    Robert Watts is a British film producer best known for his work on major films such as Who Framed Roger Rabbit and entries in the Star Wars and Indiana Jones franchises.
  • E. Richard Marden
    Richard Marden was a British film editor known for his work on notable mid-20th-century films, including adaptations of classic literature.
  • 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_69ad8588ba18819086a10951c32ecb80 completed March 8, 2026, 2:19 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69ada7192994819084817307065a25e2 completed March 8, 2026, 4:43 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69b28e69ff6081908189e2e756e3748b completed March 12, 2026, 9:59 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69b28f9e12488190b93355b783300264 completed March 12, 2026, 10:04 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69b2c092063481909982dea3f71c00c1 completed March 12, 2026, 1:33 p.m.
Created at: March 8, 2026, 3:07 p.m.