Triple

T5084595
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Flags of Our Fathers E114604 entity
Predicate stars P1956 FINISHED
Object John Benjamin Hickey
John Benjamin Hickey is an American actor known for his work in film, television, and theater, including roles in projects like "The Big C" and "The Normal Heart."
E492119 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: John Benjamin Hickey | Statement: [Flags of Our Fathers, stars, John Benjamin Hickey]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: John Benjamin Hickey
Context triple: [Flags of Our Fathers, stars, John Benjamin Hickey]
  • A. Myles Connolly
    Myles Connolly was an American author, Hollywood screenwriter, and devout Catholic layman best known for his influential novel "Mr. Blue" and his work on numerous classic films.
  • B. Patrick J. Sullivan
    Patrick J. Sullivan was a notable individual interred at Mount Olivet Cemetery in Washington, D.C., recognized for his significance to the local community or broader historical record.
  • C. Oliver Hudson
    Oliver Hudson is an American actor known for his roles in television series such as "Rules of Engagement," "Nashville," and "Scream Queens."
  • D. Dominic Kinnear
    Dominic Kinnear is a Scottish-American soccer coach and former player best known for leading the Houston Dynamo to multiple MLS Cup titles in the mid-2000s.
  • E. John Curran
    John Curran is an American film director and screenwriter known for character-driven dramas such as "Chappaquiddick," "We Don't Live Here Anymore," and "The Painted Veil."
  • 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: John Benjamin Hickey
Triple: [Flags of Our Fathers, stars, John Benjamin Hickey]
Generated description
John Benjamin Hickey is an American actor known for his work in film, television, and theater, including roles in projects like "The Big C" and "The Normal Heart."
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: John Benjamin Hickey
Target entity description: John Benjamin Hickey is an American actor known for his work in film, television, and theater, including roles in projects like "The Big C" and "The Normal Heart."
  • A. Myles Connolly
    Myles Connolly was an American author, Hollywood screenwriter, and devout Catholic layman best known for his influential novel "Mr. Blue" and his work on numerous classic films.
  • B. Patrick J. Sullivan
    Patrick J. Sullivan was a notable individual interred at Mount Olivet Cemetery in Washington, D.C., recognized for his significance to the local community or broader historical record.
  • C. Oliver Hudson
    Oliver Hudson is an American actor known for his roles in television series such as "Rules of Engagement," "Nashville," and "Scream Queens."
  • D. Dominic Kinnear
    Dominic Kinnear is a Scottish-American soccer coach and former player best known for leading the Houston Dynamo to multiple MLS Cup titles in the mid-2000s.
  • E. John Curran
    John Curran is an American film director and screenwriter known for character-driven dramas such as "Chappaquiddick," "We Don't Live Here Anymore," and "The Painted Veil."
  • 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_69bd443e941881908eb4e8c685b6f656 completed March 20, 2026, 12:57 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69bd75192d188190a7631bce5faf7de3 completed March 20, 2026, 4:26 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69beb13a8be08190a0f1fc3aec224dde completed March 21, 2026, 2:54 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69beb22ca4148190b599b48c05e5e3da completed March 21, 2026, 2:58 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69beb2c80a6881908ad29936da1240d2 completed March 21, 2026, 3:01 p.m.
Created at: March 20, 2026, 1:40 p.m.