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]
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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.
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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."
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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."
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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.
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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."
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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.