Triple

T3969342
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Birdman of Alcatraz E92290 entity
Predicate starring P1507 FINISHED
Object Neville Brand
Neville Brand was an American character actor known for his tough-guy roles in film and television, often portraying soldiers, criminals, and other rugged figures.
 E415639 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: Neville Brand | Statement: [Birdman of Alcatraz, starring, Neville Brand]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Neville Brand
Context triple: [Birdman of Alcatraz, starring, Neville Brand]
  • A. Eddie Bracken
    Eddie Bracken was an American comedic actor known for his roles in 1940s and 1950s film comedies and Broadway productions.
  • B. John Gavin
    John Gavin was an American film actor and diplomat best known for his leading roles in classic films of the late 1950s and early 1960s, including "Psycho" and "Imitation of Life."
  • C. Peter Neal
    Peter Neal is an American lawyer known for being married to Naomi Biden, the granddaughter of U.S. President Joe Biden.
  • D. Sterling Hayden
    Sterling Hayden was an American actor and World War II hero known for his rugged film roles and his clandestine service as a Marine and OSS operative.
  • E. Errol Thompson
    Errol Thompson was a pioneering Jamaican recording engineer and producer known for his influential work in reggae and dub music during the 1970s and 1980s.
  • 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: Neville Brand
Triple: [Birdman of Alcatraz, starring, Neville Brand]
Generated description
Neville Brand was an American character actor known for his tough-guy roles in film and television, often portraying soldiers, criminals, and other rugged figures.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Neville Brand
Target entity description: Neville Brand was an American character actor known for his tough-guy roles in film and television, often portraying soldiers, criminals, and other rugged figures.
  • A. Eddie Bracken
    Eddie Bracken was an American comedic actor known for his roles in 1940s and 1950s film comedies and Broadway productions.
  • B. John Gavin
    John Gavin was an American film actor and diplomat best known for his leading roles in classic films of the late 1950s and early 1960s, including "Psycho" and "Imitation of Life."
  • C. Peter Neal
    Peter Neal is an American lawyer known for being married to Naomi Biden, the granddaughter of U.S. President Joe Biden.
  • D. Sterling Hayden
    Sterling Hayden was an American actor and World War II hero known for his rugged film roles and his clandestine service as a Marine and OSS operative.
  • E. Errol Thompson
    Errol Thompson was a pioneering Jamaican recording engineer and producer known for his influential work in reggae and dub music during the 1970s and 1980s.
  • 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_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.
NEDg Description generation batch_69b577785cdc8190ad0864d63aadf908 completed March 14, 2026, 2:58 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69b578168ecc8190bc47f0902b130c7d completed March 14, 2026, 3 p.m.
Created at: March 9, 2026, 3:32 p.m.