Triple

T3785154
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Black Snake Moan E85512 entity
Predicate starring P1507 FINISHED
Object John Cothran Jr.
John Cothran Jr. is an American character actor known for his supporting roles in film and television, including appearances in dramas and thrillers.
E387850 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: John Cothran Jr. | Statement: [Black Snake Moan, starring, John Cothran Jr.]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: John Cothran Jr.
Context triple: [Black Snake Moan, starring, John Cothran Jr.]
  • A. Charles G. Smith
    Charles G. Smith was an American engineer and businessman best known as a co-founder of the defense and aerospace company Raytheon.
  • B. John Shelby
    John Shelby is a key member of the Shelby crime family in the British television series "Peaky Blinders," known for his fierce loyalty, volatility, and role in the gang's violent operations.
  • C. A. Louis Allred
    A. Louis Allred was an American chemist best known for co-developing the Allred–Rochow electronegativity scale used to quantify the tendency of atoms to attract electrons.
  • D. J. Dallas Dort
    J. Dallas Dort was an American automobile pioneer and industrialist best known as the co-founder of the Durant-Dort Carriage Company, a key precursor to General Motors.
  • E. Robert H. Schuller
    Robert H. Schuller was an American televangelist and pastor best known for founding the Crystal Cathedral and hosting the long-running television program "Hour of Power."
  • 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: John Cothran Jr.
Triple: [Black Snake Moan, starring, John Cothran Jr.]
Generated description
John Cothran Jr. is an American character actor known for his supporting roles in film and television, including appearances in dramas and thrillers.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: John Cothran Jr.
Target entity description: John Cothran Jr. is an American character actor known for his supporting roles in film and television, including appearances in dramas and thrillers.
  • A. Charles G. Smith
    Charles G. Smith was an American engineer and businessman best known as a co-founder of the defense and aerospace company Raytheon.
  • B. John Shelby
    John Shelby is a key member of the Shelby crime family in the British television series "Peaky Blinders," known for his fierce loyalty, volatility, and role in the gang's violent operations.
  • C. A. Louis Allred
    A. Louis Allred was an American chemist best known for co-developing the Allred–Rochow electronegativity scale used to quantify the tendency of atoms to attract electrons.
  • D. J. Dallas Dort
    J. Dallas Dort was an American automobile pioneer and industrialist best known as the co-founder of the Durant-Dort Carriage Company, a key precursor to General Motors.
  • E. Robert H. Schuller
    Robert H. Schuller was an American televangelist and pastor best known for founding the Crystal Cathedral and hosting the long-running television program "Hour of Power."
  • 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_69aed937fa8881908208ef3801060826 completed March 9, 2026, 2:29 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69aee3dd80f08190a1704521a764e22c completed March 9, 2026, 3:14 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69b4f04a35448190a57f431ef703b1e1 completed March 14, 2026, 5:21 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69b4f159d7e88190a76d51378ba141d3 completed March 14, 2026, 5:25 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69b4f220f9388190b2c3615f713f01f2 completed March 14, 2026, 5:29 a.m.
Created at: March 9, 2026, 3:13 p.m.