Triple
T499284
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | The Railway Man |
E10363
|
entity |
| Predicate | starring |
P1507
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Hiroyuki Sanada
Hiroyuki Sanada is a Japanese actor renowned for his versatile performances in both Japanese cinema and international films and television series.
|
E87526
|
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: Hiroyuki Sanada | Statement: [The Railway Man, starring, Hiroyuki Sanada]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Hiroyuki Sanada Context triple: [The Railway Man, starring, Hiroyuki Sanada]
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A.
Yoshitsugu Saito
Yoshitsugu Saitō was an Imperial Japanese Army lieutenant general best known for leading Japan’s doomed defense of Saipan during World War II and dying in the battle.
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B.
Itagaki Taisuke
Itagaki Taisuke was a leading 19th-century Japanese politician and liberal activist who championed constitutional government and civil rights during the Meiji era.
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C.
Harukichi
Harukichi is a Japanese given name most notably borne by Harukichi Hyakutake, an Imperial Japanese Navy admiral during World War II.
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D.
Mutaguchi Renya
Mutaguchi Renya was a Japanese general best known for commanding the ill-fated Imphal offensive in Burma during World War II.
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E.
Kume Kunitake
Kume Kunitake was a Meiji-era Japanese scholar, historian, and statesman best known for documenting the Iwakura Mission’s journey and for his influential writings on Japan’s modernization.
- 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: Hiroyuki Sanada Triple: [The Railway Man, starring, Hiroyuki Sanada]
Generated description
Hiroyuki Sanada is a Japanese actor renowned for his versatile performances in both Japanese cinema and international films and television series.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Hiroyuki Sanada Target entity description: Hiroyuki Sanada is a Japanese actor renowned for his versatile performances in both Japanese cinema and international films and television series.
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A.
Yoshitsugu Saito
Yoshitsugu Saitō was an Imperial Japanese Army lieutenant general best known for leading Japan’s doomed defense of Saipan during World War II and dying in the battle.
-
B.
Itagaki Taisuke
Itagaki Taisuke was a leading 19th-century Japanese politician and liberal activist who championed constitutional government and civil rights during the Meiji era.
-
C.
Harukichi
Harukichi is a Japanese given name most notably borne by Harukichi Hyakutake, an Imperial Japanese Navy admiral during World War II.
-
D.
Mutaguchi Renya
Mutaguchi Renya was a Japanese general best known for commanding the ill-fated Imphal offensive in Burma during World War II.
-
E.
Kume Kunitake
Kume Kunitake was a Meiji-era Japanese scholar, historian, and statesman best known for documenting the Iwakura Mission’s journey and for his influential writings on Japan’s modernization.
- 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_69a2e847df8481909239ec08ccf1e376 |
completed | Feb. 28, 2026, 1:06 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69a2f119b14c8190a5a6b119579c2682 |
completed | Feb. 28, 2026, 1:43 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69a64a48e53081908e5d5e093edb5e75 |
completed | March 3, 2026, 2:41 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69a64ad340348190bec2454d5e1c0fa9 |
completed | March 3, 2026, 2:43 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69a64b4e9cec8190a3dcc378f853be0d |
completed | March 3, 2026, 2:45 a.m. |
Created at: Feb. 28, 2026, 1:12 p.m.