Triple
T3969340
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Birdman of Alcatraz |
E92290
|
entity |
| Predicate | starring |
P1507
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Karl Malden |
E205671
|
NE FINISHED |
How this triple was built (2 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: Karl Malden | Statement: [Birdman of Alcatraz, starring, Karl Malden]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Karl Malden Context triple: [Birdman of Alcatraz, starring, Karl Malden]
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A.
Karl Malden
chosen
Karl Malden was an American actor known for his Oscar-winning performance in "A Streetcar Named Desire" and his role in the television series "The Streets of San Francisco."
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B.
James Whitmore
James Whitmore was an American character actor known for his distinctive gravelly voice and acclaimed performances in film, television, and theater, including a memorable role in *The Shawshank Redemption*.
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C.
Rod Steiger
Rod Steiger was an acclaimed American actor known for his intense, method-style performances in films such as "On the Waterfront," "In the Heat of the Night," and "The Pawnbroker."
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D.
John Houseman
John Houseman was a Romanian-born American actor and influential film and theater producer best known for co-founding the Mercury Theatre with Orson Welles and for his Oscar-winning role in "The Paper Chase."
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E.
Jason Robards
Jason Robards was an acclaimed American stage and film actor renowned for his powerful performances in Eugene O’Neill plays and his Oscar-winning supporting roles in films such as "All the President’s Men" and "Julia."
- F. None of above.
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Provenance (3 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_69aed96624188190ac8c45bb57ab72b5 |
completed | March 9, 2026, 2:29 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69aef992d6bc8190be1b244eb87f2964 |
completed | March 9, 2026, 4:47 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69b57688f8cc819088a61aba386deb1e |
completed | March 14, 2026, 2:54 p.m. |
Created at: March 9, 2026, 3:32 p.m.