Triple

T3473376
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject John Candy E73312 entity
Predicate portrayedCharacter P1668 FINISHED
Object Gus Polinski in Home Alone
Gus Polinski in *Home Alone* is a jovial polka band leader who helps Kate McCallister get back to her son by offering her a ride in his van.
 E361457 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: Gus Polinski in Home Alone | Statement: [John Candy, portrayedCharacter, Gus Polinski in Home Alone]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Gus Polinski in Home Alone
Context triple: [John Candy, portrayedCharacter, Gus Polinski in Home Alone]
  • A. Clark Griswold
    Clark Griswold is the bumbling yet well-meaning patriarch of the Griswold family, best known as the central figure in the National Lampoon’s Vacation comedy film series.
  • B. John McGiver
    John McGiver was an American character actor known for his distinctive, pompous demeanor and precise diction in numerous films and television shows of the 1950s and 1960s.
  • C. Gary Coleman
    Gary Coleman was an American child actor best known for his iconic role as Arnold Jackson on the sitcom "Diff'rent Strokes."
  • D. Christof in The Truman Show
    Christof in *The Truman Show* is the manipulative creator and director of the 24/7 reality TV program who orchestrates every aspect of Truman Burbank’s fabricated life from behind the scenes.
  • E. Axel Foley
    Axel Foley is the wisecracking, street-smart Detroit detective and main protagonist of the "Beverly Hills Cop" film series.
  • 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: Gus Polinski in Home Alone
Triple: [John Candy, portrayedCharacter, Gus Polinski in Home Alone]
Generated description
Gus Polinski in *Home Alone* is a jovial polka band leader who helps Kate McCallister get back to her son by offering her a ride in his van.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Gus Polinski in Home Alone
Target entity description: Gus Polinski in *Home Alone* is a jovial polka band leader who helps Kate McCallister get back to her son by offering her a ride in his van.
  • A. Clark Griswold
    Clark Griswold is the bumbling yet well-meaning patriarch of the Griswold family, best known as the central figure in the National Lampoon’s Vacation comedy film series.
  • B. John McGiver
    John McGiver was an American character actor known for his distinctive, pompous demeanor and precise diction in numerous films and television shows of the 1950s and 1960s.
  • C. Gary Coleman
    Gary Coleman was an American child actor best known for his iconic role as Arnold Jackson on the sitcom "Diff'rent Strokes."
  • D. Christof in The Truman Show
    Christof in *The Truman Show* is the manipulative creator and director of the 24/7 reality TV program who orchestrates every aspect of Truman Burbank’s fabricated life from behind the scenes.
  • E. Axel Foley
    Axel Foley is the wisecracking, street-smart Detroit detective and main protagonist of the "Beverly Hills Cop" film series.
  • 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_69ad85b2fed48190948c8765e453d270 completed March 8, 2026, 2:20 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69adbb3e03e081908aa09291bbf351bd completed March 8, 2026, 6:09 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69b36810958c81908982e0ef996dc480 completed March 13, 2026, 1:27 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69b368b4e504819094ca0adbdbe7bfd9 completed March 13, 2026, 1:30 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69b3693a8d6481909dadce4ac6109ff3 completed March 13, 2026, 1:32 a.m.
Created at: March 8, 2026, 3:17 p.m.