Triple
T3474263
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | It Happened One Night |
E73332
|
entity |
| Predicate | starring |
P1507
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Walter Connolly
Walter Connolly was an American character actor of the 1930s known for his comic and often blustery supporting roles in Hollywood films.
|
E363409
|
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: Walter Connolly | Statement: [It Happened One Night, starring, Walter Connolly]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Walter Connolly Context triple: [It Happened One Night, starring, Walter Connolly]
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A.
Douglas Clifton Brown
Douglas Clifton Brown was a British Conservative politician who served as Speaker of the House of Commons during the Second World War and the early postwar period.
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B.
Geoffrey Streatfeild
Geoffrey Streatfeild is a British actor known for his work in film, television, and theatre, including roles in productions such as "The Thick of It" and "Spooks."
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C.
Walter Findlay
Walter Findlay is a central character on the 1970s American sitcom "Maude," known as Maude Findlay's often exasperated but loving husband.
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D.
George Seaton
George Seaton was an American screenwriter, director, and producer best known for films such as "Miracle on 34th Street" and "Airport."
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E.
R. D. W. Connor
R. D. W. Connor was an American historian and educator who became the first Archivist of the United States, helping to establish the foundations of the National Archives.
- 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: Walter Connolly Triple: [It Happened One Night, starring, Walter Connolly]
Generated description
Walter Connolly was an American character actor of the 1930s known for his comic and often blustery supporting roles in Hollywood films.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Walter Connolly Target entity description: Walter Connolly was an American character actor of the 1930s known for his comic and often blustery supporting roles in Hollywood films.
-
A.
Douglas Clifton Brown
Douglas Clifton Brown was a British Conservative politician who served as Speaker of the House of Commons during the Second World War and the early postwar period.
-
B.
Geoffrey Streatfeild
Geoffrey Streatfeild is a British actor known for his work in film, television, and theatre, including roles in productions such as "The Thick of It" and "Spooks."
-
C.
Walter Findlay
Walter Findlay is a central character on the 1970s American sitcom "Maude," known as Maude Findlay's often exasperated but loving husband.
-
D.
George Seaton
George Seaton was an American screenwriter, director, and producer best known for films such as "Miracle on 34th Street" and "Airport."
-
E.
R. D. W. Connor
R. D. W. Connor was an American historian and educator who became the first Archivist of the United States, helping to establish the foundations of the National Archives.
- 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_69adbb580d4c819080bcc0bccd1e18e2 |
completed | March 8, 2026, 6:09 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69b373b2058081908558bdea4043b051 |
completed | March 13, 2026, 2:17 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69b374354c0c8190ba46845904b76340 |
completed | March 13, 2026, 2:19 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69b374ad3bcc8190ac7d6e614eb696fa |
completed | March 13, 2026, 2:21 a.m. |
Created at: March 8, 2026, 3:17 p.m.