Triple
T3971070
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | North by Northwest |
E92335
|
entity |
| Predicate | mainCharacter |
P1183
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Roger Thornhill
Roger Thornhill is the suave, fast-talking advertising executive played by Cary Grant who is mistaken for a government agent and drawn into a cross-country espionage chase in Alfred Hitchcock’s film "North by Northwest."
|
E404530
|
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: Roger Thornhill | Statement: [North by Northwest, mainCharacter, Roger Thornhill]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Roger Thornhill Context triple: [North by Northwest, mainCharacter, Roger Thornhill]
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A.
Oscar Hopkins
Oscar Hopkins is a timid, eccentric Anglican priest and compulsive gambler who becomes one of the two central protagonists in Peter Carey’s novel "Oscar and Lucinda."
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B.
Harvey Atkin
Harvey Atkin was a Canadian character actor best known for his comedic roles in films and television, including notable appearances in the "Meatballs" series and the TV show "Cagney & Lacey."
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C.
Walter Finch
Walter Finch is the elusive and morally ambiguous antagonist in the psychological thriller film "Insomnia" (2002), portrayed by Robin Williams.
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D.
Charles Stillman
Charles Stillman was an American labor leader and educator best known for helping to establish the American Federation of Teachers as a national teachers’ union.
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E.
Frank Sullivan
Frank Sullivan is an American college basketball coach best known for his long tenure leading the Harvard Crimson men's basketball program.
- 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: Roger Thornhill Triple: [North by Northwest, mainCharacter, Roger Thornhill]
Generated description
Roger Thornhill is the suave, fast-talking advertising executive played by Cary Grant who is mistaken for a government agent and drawn into a cross-country espionage chase in Alfred Hitchcock’s film "North by Northwest."
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Roger Thornhill Target entity description: Roger Thornhill is the suave, fast-talking advertising executive played by Cary Grant who is mistaken for a government agent and drawn into a cross-country espionage chase in Alfred Hitchcock’s film "North by Northwest."
-
A.
Oscar Hopkins
Oscar Hopkins is a timid, eccentric Anglican priest and compulsive gambler who becomes one of the two central protagonists in Peter Carey’s novel "Oscar and Lucinda."
-
B.
Harvey Atkin
Harvey Atkin was a Canadian character actor best known for his comedic roles in films and television, including notable appearances in the "Meatballs" series and the TV show "Cagney & Lacey."
-
C.
Walter Finch
Walter Finch is the elusive and morally ambiguous antagonist in the psychological thriller film "Insomnia" (2002), portrayed by Robin Williams.
-
D.
Charles Stillman
Charles Stillman was an American labor leader and educator best known for helping to establish the American Federation of Teachers as a national teachers’ union.
-
E.
Frank Sullivan
Frank Sullivan is an American college basketball coach best known for his long tenure leading the Harvard Crimson men's basketball program.
- 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_69aef995d27881908b24a5b2ef57455f |
completed | March 9, 2026, 4:47 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69b5400b75d081909b8e4840b15d19f1 |
completed | March 14, 2026, 11:01 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69b540eb53788190aa281ee38edc1729 |
completed | March 14, 2026, 11:05 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69b541a55cb081909ec1f87a7553b6f2 |
completed | March 14, 2026, 11:08 a.m. |
Created at: March 9, 2026, 3:32 p.m.