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]
  • 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
  • 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.