Triple

T4559259
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject A Few Good Men E120552 entity
Predicate portrayedBy P1507 FINISHED
Object J. T. Walsh
J. T. Walsh was an American character actor known for his intense, often villainous roles in numerous films of the 1980s and 1990s.
E525731 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: J. T. Walsh | Statement: [A Few Good Men, portrayedBy, J. T. Walsh]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: J. T. Walsh
Context triple: [A Few Good Men, portrayedBy, J. T. Walsh]
  • A. John McShain
    John McShain was an American building contractor known for constructing major U.S. landmarks, including the Pentagon and significant parts of Washington, D.C.'s federal architecture.
  • B. John McIntire
    John McIntire was an American character actor known for his distinctive deep voice and roles in Western films and television, as well as voice work in classic Disney animated features.
  • C. James T. Walsh
    James T. Walsh is an American Republican politician who represented a central New York district in the U.S. House of Representatives for two decades.
  • D. Hugh McDevitt
    Hugh McDevitt is an immunologist renowned for his pioneering work on the genetic control of the immune response and the role of major histocompatibility complex (MHC) molecules in disease susceptibility.
  • E. Glen Selvy
    Glen Selvy is a central character in Don DeLillo’s novel "Running Dog," depicted as a disillusioned former government operative entangled in a dangerous conspiracy involving a rumored pornographic film of Adolf Hitler.
  • 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: J. T. Walsh
Triple: [A Few Good Men, portrayedBy, J. T. Walsh]
Generated description
J. T. Walsh was an American character actor known for his intense, often villainous roles in numerous films of the 1980s and 1990s.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: J. T. Walsh
Target entity description: J. T. Walsh was an American character actor known for his intense, often villainous roles in numerous films of the 1980s and 1990s.
  • A. John McShain
    John McShain was an American building contractor known for constructing major U.S. landmarks, including the Pentagon and significant parts of Washington, D.C.'s federal architecture.
  • B. John McIntire
    John McIntire was an American character actor known for his distinctive deep voice and roles in Western films and television, as well as voice work in classic Disney animated features.
  • C. James T. Walsh
    James T. Walsh is an American Republican politician who represented a central New York district in the U.S. House of Representatives for two decades.
  • D. Hugh McDevitt
    Hugh McDevitt is an immunologist renowned for his pioneering work on the genetic control of the immune response and the role of major histocompatibility complex (MHC) molecules in disease susceptibility.
  • E. Glen Selvy
    Glen Selvy is a central character in Don DeLillo’s novel "Running Dog," depicted as a disillusioned former government operative entangled in a dangerous conspiracy involving a rumored pornographic film of Adolf Hitler.
  • 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_69bd4636f1648190a701445c2fcd9c17 completed March 20, 2026, 1:05 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69bd5829cc34819086ad2ae58446502e completed March 20, 2026, 2:22 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69bf9ad2f8e48190aac71e657a9e1197 completed March 22, 2026, 7:31 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69bf9b9dbabc81908ef4d25455616f76 completed March 22, 2026, 7:34 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69bf9c45029c8190b9588a436d9804af completed March 22, 2026, 7:37 a.m.
Created at: March 20, 2026, 1:09 p.m.