Triple

T4063642
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Flash Gordon Conquers the Universe E86272 entity
Predicate hasCastMember P2308 FINISHED
Object Frank Shannon
Frank Shannon was an Irish-American character actor best known for his roles in early 20th-century films and serials, particularly in science fiction and adventure genres.
E469171 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: Frank Shannon | Statement: [Flash Gordon Conquers the Universe, hasCastMember, Frank Shannon]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Frank Shannon
Context triple: [Flash Gordon Conquers the Universe, hasCastMember, Frank Shannon]
  • A. Harold Shannon
    Harold Shannon was a Canadian sports executive known for being one of the owners involved with the Toronto Huskies professional basketball team in the 1940s.
  • B. George McGinnis
    George McGinnis is a Hall of Fame American basketball forward known for his dominant scoring and rebounding in the ABA and NBA during the 1970s, particularly with the Indiana Pacers and Philadelphia 76ers.
  • C. Thomas McElwee
    Thomas McElwee was an Irish republican and Provisional IRA member from County Derry who died during the 1981 Maze Prison hunger strike.
  • D. Robert Lynn
    Robert Lynn was a co-founder of DHL, the global logistics and courier company that helped pioneer international express shipping.
  • E. Donald McEnery
    Donald McEnery is an American screenwriter best known for co-writing the Pixar animated film "A Bug's Life."
  • 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: Frank Shannon
Triple: [Flash Gordon Conquers the Universe, hasCastMember, Frank Shannon]
Generated description
Frank Shannon was an Irish-American character actor best known for his roles in early 20th-century films and serials, particularly in science fiction and adventure genres.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Frank Shannon
Target entity description: Frank Shannon was an Irish-American character actor best known for his roles in early 20th-century films and serials, particularly in science fiction and adventure genres.
  • A. Harold Shannon
    Harold Shannon was a Canadian sports executive known for being one of the owners involved with the Toronto Huskies professional basketball team in the 1940s.
  • B. George McGinnis
    George McGinnis is a Hall of Fame American basketball forward known for his dominant scoring and rebounding in the ABA and NBA during the 1970s, particularly with the Indiana Pacers and Philadelphia 76ers.
  • C. Thomas McElwee
    Thomas McElwee was an Irish republican and Provisional IRA member from County Derry who died during the 1981 Maze Prison hunger strike.
  • D. Robert Lynn
    Robert Lynn was a co-founder of DHL, the global logistics and courier company that helped pioneer international express shipping.
  • E. Donald McEnery
    Donald McEnery is an American screenwriter best known for co-writing the Pixar animated film "A Bug's Life."
  • 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_69aed93c69208190a4efac0efe3cd69b completed March 9, 2026, 2:29 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69aefbd7896c81909c61ed0d910d9c5f completed March 9, 2026, 4:56 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69be4379623c8190856b03238e3ef0dd completed March 21, 2026, 7:06 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69be456d92d48190934a695b1aefe0fd completed March 21, 2026, 7:14 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69be461311ec8190b39c0275640240d9 completed March 21, 2026, 7:17 a.m.
Created at: March 9, 2026, 3:38 p.m.