Triple

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Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Love Actually E8702 entity
Predicate hasCastMember P2308 FINISHED
Object Billy Bob Thornton
Billy Bob Thornton is an American actor, filmmaker, and musician known for his roles in films like "Sling Blade," "Armageddon," and "Bad Santa," as well as for his distinctive Southern persona and darkly comedic performances.
E48035 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: Billy Bob Thornton | Statement: [Love Actually, hasCastMember, Billy Bob Thornton]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Billy Bob Thornton
Context triple: [Love Actually, hasCastMember, Billy Bob Thornton]
  • A. Kevin Costner
    Kevin Costner is an American actor and filmmaker known for leading roles in films such as "Dances with Wolves," "Field of Dreams," and "The Bodyguard."
  • B. Thomas Haden Church
    Thomas Haden Church is an American actor known for roles in the TV series "Wings" and films such as "Sideways" and "Spider-Man 3."
  • C. Clint Howard
    Clint Howard is an American character actor known for his numerous supporting roles in film and television, often appearing in projects directed by his brother Ron Howard.
  • D. Craig T. Nelson
    Craig T. Nelson is an American actor best known for his Emmy-winning role as football coach Hayden Fox on the TV sitcom "Coach" and for voicing Bob Parr/Mr. Incredible in Pixar's "The Incredibles" films.
  • E. Tom Wilkinson
    Tom Wilkinson was an acclaimed English character actor known for his versatile performances in films such as "The Full Monty," "In the Bedroom," and "Michael Clayton."
  • 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: Billy Bob Thornton
Triple: [Love Actually, hasCastMember, Billy Bob Thornton]
Generated description
Billy Bob Thornton is an American actor, filmmaker, and musician known for his roles in films like "Sling Blade," "Armageddon," and "Bad Santa," as well as for his distinctive Southern persona and darkly comedic performances.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Billy Bob Thornton
Target entity description: Billy Bob Thornton is an American actor, filmmaker, and musician known for his roles in films like "Sling Blade," "Armageddon," and "Bad Santa," as well as for his distinctive Southern persona and darkly comedic performances.
  • A. Kevin Costner
    Kevin Costner is an American actor and filmmaker known for leading roles in films such as "Dances with Wolves," "Field of Dreams," and "The Bodyguard."
  • B. Thomas Haden Church
    Thomas Haden Church is an American actor known for roles in the TV series "Wings" and films such as "Sideways" and "Spider-Man 3."
  • C. Clint Howard
    Clint Howard is an American character actor known for his numerous supporting roles in film and television, often appearing in projects directed by his brother Ron Howard.
  • D. Craig T. Nelson
    Craig T. Nelson is an American actor best known for his Emmy-winning role as football coach Hayden Fox on the TV sitcom "Coach" and for voicing Bob Parr/Mr. Incredible in Pixar's "The Incredibles" films.
  • E. Tom Wilkinson
    Tom Wilkinson was an acclaimed English character actor known for his versatile performances in films such as "The Full Monty," "In the Bedroom," and "Michael Clayton."
  • 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_69a2e7f47dd08190a4e294ccbbe46cd4 completed Feb. 28, 2026, 1:04 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69a2ec2e3d5c8190b358bd9fd6b16a14 completed Feb. 28, 2026, 1:22 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69a3fb0100fc8190819b977bb7a98d7f completed March 1, 2026, 8:38 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69a3fb6569e881909d52f07a4207ed24 completed March 1, 2026, 8:40 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69a3fbdfdfcc81909ae03736623594d5 completed March 1, 2026, 8:42 a.m.
Created at: Feb. 28, 2026, 1:08 p.m.