Triple

T4356059
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Die Hard E98150 entity
Predicate authorOfSourceMaterial P2806 FINISHED
Object Roderick Thorp
Roderick Thorp was an American novelist best known for writing the crime thriller "Nothing Lasts Forever," which was adapted into the blockbuster action film "Die Hard."
 E448017 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: Roderick Thorp | Statement: [Die Hard, authorOfSourceMaterial, Roderick Thorp]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Roderick Thorp
Context triple: [Die Hard, authorOfSourceMaterial, Roderick Thorp]
  • A. Richard Thorpe
    Richard Thorpe was a prolific American film director best known for his long tenure at MGM, where he directed numerous popular features from the 1930s through the 1950s, including classics like "Ivanhoe" and "Knights of the Round Table."
  • B. John Bluthal
    John Bluthal was a Polish-born British actor best known for his comic roles in British television and film, including his memorable performance in the sitcom "The Vicar of Dibley."
  • C. Frank Thornton
    Frank Thornton was an English actor and comedian best known for his role as the pompous floorwalker Captain Peacock in the long-running British sitcom "Are You Being Served?".
  • D. Murray Firth
    The Moray Firth is a large triangular inlet of the North Sea on the northeast coast of Scotland, known for its rich marine wildlife and coastal landscapes.
  • E. Richard Hiscott
    Richard Hiscott is an editor known for his work on the television series "Willow."
  • 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: Roderick Thorp
Triple: [Die Hard, authorOfSourceMaterial, Roderick Thorp]
Generated description
Roderick Thorp was an American novelist best known for writing the crime thriller "Nothing Lasts Forever," which was adapted into the blockbuster action film "Die Hard."
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Roderick Thorp
Target entity description: Roderick Thorp was an American novelist best known for writing the crime thriller "Nothing Lasts Forever," which was adapted into the blockbuster action film "Die Hard."
  • A. Richard Thorpe
    Richard Thorpe was a prolific American film director best known for his long tenure at MGM, where he directed numerous popular features from the 1930s through the 1950s, including classics like "Ivanhoe" and "Knights of the Round Table."
  • B. John Bluthal
    John Bluthal was a Polish-born British actor best known for his comic roles in British television and film, including his memorable performance in the sitcom "The Vicar of Dibley."
  • C. Frank Thornton
    Frank Thornton was an English actor and comedian best known for his role as the pompous floorwalker Captain Peacock in the long-running British sitcom "Are You Being Served?".
  • D. Murray Firth
    The Moray Firth is a large triangular inlet of the North Sea on the northeast coast of Scotland, known for its rich marine wildlife and coastal landscapes.
  • E. Richard Hiscott
    Richard Hiscott is an editor known for his work on the television series "Willow."
  • 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_69b3454965f881908c41190bb22f0e4b completed March 12, 2026, 10:59 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69b351c5773481908446d84897e7a533 completed March 12, 2026, 11:52 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69bd6f7bfd4c8190adf670a5a11c8182 completed March 20, 2026, 4:02 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69bd71aecafc8190b0815d0308bbcaa9 completed March 20, 2026, 4:11 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69bd75f39d788190b9e394050c55f44d completed March 20, 2026, 4:29 p.m.
Created at: March 12, 2026, 11:16 p.m.