Triple

T440421
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Citizen Kane E10101 entity
Predicate starring P1507 FINISHED
Object Joseph Cotten
Joseph Cotten was an American film actor best known for his collaborations with Orson Welles and his roles in classic films of the 1940s such as "The Third Man" and "Shadow of a Doubt."
E57801 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: Joseph Cotten | Statement: [Citizen Kane, starring, Joseph Cotten]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Joseph Cotten
Context triple: [Citizen Kane, starring, Joseph Cotten]
  • A. 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.
  • B. Louis Calhern
    Louis Calhern was an American stage and film actor known for his sophisticated character roles in classic Hollywood cinema, including notable performances in films like "The Asphalt Jungle" and "Julius Caesar."
  • C. Claude Rains
    Claude Rains was a distinguished British-American character actor renowned for his nuanced performances in classic films such as "Casablanca," "The Invisible Man," and "Mr. Smith Goes to Washington."
  • D. Montgomery Clift
    Montgomery Clift was an acclaimed American actor and early method acting pioneer, known for his intense, emotionally nuanced performances in classic films of the 1940s and 1950s.
  • E. Spencer Tracy
    Spencer Tracy was an acclaimed American film actor renowned for his naturalistic performances and two Academy Award–winning roles in a career spanning from the 1930s to the 1960s.
  • 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: Joseph Cotten
Triple: [Citizen Kane, starring, Joseph Cotten]
Generated description
Joseph Cotten was an American film actor best known for his collaborations with Orson Welles and his roles in classic films of the 1940s such as "The Third Man" and "Shadow of a Doubt."
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Joseph Cotten
Target entity description: Joseph Cotten was an American film actor best known for his collaborations with Orson Welles and his roles in classic films of the 1940s such as "The Third Man" and "Shadow of a Doubt."
  • A. 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.
  • B. Louis Calhern
    Louis Calhern was an American stage and film actor known for his sophisticated character roles in classic Hollywood cinema, including notable performances in films like "The Asphalt Jungle" and "Julius Caesar."
  • C. Claude Rains
    Claude Rains was a distinguished British-American character actor renowned for his nuanced performances in classic films such as "Casablanca," "The Invisible Man," and "Mr. Smith Goes to Washington."
  • D. Montgomery Clift
    Montgomery Clift was an acclaimed American actor and early method acting pioneer, known for his intense, emotionally nuanced performances in classic films of the 1940s and 1950s.
  • E. Spencer Tracy
    Spencer Tracy was an acclaimed American film actor renowned for his naturalistic performances and two Academy Award–winning roles in a career spanning from the 1930s to the 1960s.
  • 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_69a2e8465ef481909655c681b01e2986 completed Feb. 28, 2026, 1:06 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69a2ef2977888190a0590b2c1bd2f5da completed Feb. 28, 2026, 1:35 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69a44f53f72c8190b8e6b246e6f153cd completed March 1, 2026, 2:38 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69a451a3b4cc8190b88dc4ace3730bb5 completed March 1, 2026, 2:48 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69a451f01d4881908de1bfdb6fde852b completed March 1, 2026, 2:49 p.m.
Created at: Feb. 28, 2026, 1:11 p.m.