Triple

T362953
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject The Lord of the Rings film trilogy E7894 entity
Predicate mainCastMember P5563 FINISHED
Object Ian McKellen
Ian McKellen is an acclaimed English actor renowned for his powerful stage and screen performances, including iconic roles such as Gandalf in "The Lord of the Rings" and Magneto in the "X-Men" film series.
E46699 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: Ian McKellen | Statement: [The Lord of the Rings film trilogy, mainCastMember, Ian McKellen]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Ian McKellen
Context triple: [The Lord of the Rings film trilogy, mainCastMember, Ian McKellen]
  • A. Christopher Lee
    Christopher Lee was an English actor renowned for his deep voice and imposing presence, best known for iconic roles such as Count Dracula in Hammer Horror films and Saruman in "The Lord of the Rings" trilogy.
  • B. Ian McDiarmid
    Ian McDiarmid is a Scottish actor best known for portraying Emperor Palpatine/Darth Sidious in the Star Wars film series.
  • C. Michael Gambon
    Michael Gambon was an acclaimed Irish-English actor renowned for his powerful stage work and for portraying Albus Dumbledore in the Harry Potter film series.
  • D. Bill Nighy
    Bill Nighy is an English actor known for his distinctive voice and acclaimed performances in films such as "Love Actually," "Pirates of the Caribbean," and "About Time."
  • E. Paul Bettany
    Paul Bettany is an English actor known for his roles in films such as "A Beautiful Mind" and for portraying Vision in the Marvel Cinematic Universe.
  • 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: Ian McKellen
Triple: [The Lord of the Rings film trilogy, mainCastMember, Ian McKellen]
Generated description
Ian McKellen is an acclaimed English actor renowned for his powerful stage and screen performances, including iconic roles such as Gandalf in "The Lord of the Rings" and Magneto in the "X-Men" film series.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Ian McKellen
Target entity description: Ian McKellen is an acclaimed English actor renowned for his powerful stage and screen performances, including iconic roles such as Gandalf in "The Lord of the Rings" and Magneto in the "X-Men" film series.
  • A. Christopher Lee
    Christopher Lee was an English actor renowned for his deep voice and imposing presence, best known for iconic roles such as Count Dracula in Hammer Horror films and Saruman in "The Lord of the Rings" trilogy.
  • B. Ian McDiarmid
    Ian McDiarmid is a Scottish actor best known for portraying Emperor Palpatine/Darth Sidious in the Star Wars film series.
  • C. Michael Gambon
    Michael Gambon was an acclaimed Irish-English actor renowned for his powerful stage work and for portraying Albus Dumbledore in the Harry Potter film series.
  • D. Bill Nighy
    Bill Nighy is an English actor known for his distinctive voice and acclaimed performances in films such as "Love Actually," "Pirates of the Caribbean," and "About Time."
  • E. Paul Bettany
    Paul Bettany is an English actor known for his roles in films such as "A Beautiful Mind" and for portraying Vision in the Marvel Cinematic Universe.
  • 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_69a2e7e880008190a6ad7e06e5d03007 completed Feb. 28, 2026, 1:04 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69a2ee29ede0819095279af95b53e350 completed Feb. 28, 2026, 1:31 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69a3eca938988190b4490e086f25474e completed March 1, 2026, 7:37 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69a3ede6b21c8190bf5ca0347148c608 completed March 1, 2026, 7:42 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69a3ee4e691481908f47635d5a7182c6 completed March 1, 2026, 7:44 a.m.
Created at: Feb. 28, 2026, 1:08 p.m.