Triple

T3621716
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Buddy the Elf E76740 entity
Predicate familyMember P566 FINISHED
Object Michael Hobbs
Michael Hobbs is the skeptical, work-focused human son of Walter Hobbs in the film "Elf," who gradually comes to believe in and embrace Buddy the Elf as his brother.
E380940 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: Michael Hobbs | Statement: [Buddy the Elf, familyMember, Michael Hobbs]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Michael Hobbs
Context triple: [Buddy the Elf, familyMember, Michael Hobbs]
  • A. Matthew Robbins
    Matthew Robbins is an American screenwriter and filmmaker known for his work on genre films such as Crimson Peak, Dragonslayer, and collaborations with directors like Guillermo del Toro.
  • B. Matthew Holworthy
    Matthew Holworthy was a 17th-century English merchant and philanthropist best known for endowing the Holworthy Professorship of English Law at the University of Cambridge.
  • C. Joe Dougherty
    Joe Dougherty was an American voice actor best known for originating the voice of the Warner Bros. cartoon character Porky Pig in the 1930s.
  • D. Michael Potts
    Michael Potts is an American actor known for his work in film, television, and theater, including notable roles in projects like "The Wire," "True Detective," and various Broadway productions.
  • E. John Hager
    John Hager was an American Republican politician who served as Lieutenant Governor of Virginia and later held senior roles in the U.S. Department of Education and the Republican National Committee.
  • 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: Michael Hobbs
Triple: [Buddy the Elf, familyMember, Michael Hobbs]
Generated description
Michael Hobbs is the skeptical, work-focused human son of Walter Hobbs in the film "Elf," who gradually comes to believe in and embrace Buddy the Elf as his brother.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Michael Hobbs
Target entity description: Michael Hobbs is the skeptical, work-focused human son of Walter Hobbs in the film "Elf," who gradually comes to believe in and embrace Buddy the Elf as his brother.
  • A. Matthew Robbins
    Matthew Robbins is an American screenwriter and filmmaker known for his work on genre films such as Crimson Peak, Dragonslayer, and collaborations with directors like Guillermo del Toro.
  • B. Matthew Holworthy
    Matthew Holworthy was a 17th-century English merchant and philanthropist best known for endowing the Holworthy Professorship of English Law at the University of Cambridge.
  • C. Joe Dougherty
    Joe Dougherty was an American voice actor best known for originating the voice of the Warner Bros. cartoon character Porky Pig in the 1930s.
  • D. Michael Potts
    Michael Potts is an American actor known for his work in film, television, and theater, including notable roles in projects like "The Wire," "True Detective," and various Broadway productions.
  • E. John Hager
    John Hager was an American Republican politician who served as Lieutenant Governor of Virginia and later held senior roles in the U.S. Department of Education and the Republican National Committee.
  • 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_69ad85dae2fc81908d1ceadbc6af0089 completed March 8, 2026, 2:21 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69adc2bb12cc8190bd67597cf3b66a3a completed March 8, 2026, 6:40 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69b4c3852e60819092db2992e945a4c7 completed March 14, 2026, 2:10 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69b4c7f0fe1c8190b66e3fcecfae3f6e completed March 14, 2026, 2:29 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69b4c840713c81908e3d565d663e04d5 completed March 14, 2026, 2:30 a.m.
Created at: March 8, 2026, 3:23 p.m.