Triple
T523990
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | American Gangster |
E10877
|
entity |
| Predicate | castMember |
P1668
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Ted Levine
Ted Levine is an American character actor best known for his chilling portrayal of serial killer Buffalo Bill in the film "The Silence of the Lambs."
|
E65187
|
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: Ted Levine | Statement: [American Gangster, castMember, Ted Levine]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Ted Levine Context triple: [American Gangster, castMember, Ted Levine]
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A.
Jon Stephenson von Tetzchner
Jon Stephenson von Tetzchner is an Icelandic-Norwegian software developer and entrepreneur best known as the co-founder and longtime CEO of the Opera web browser company and later founder of the Vivaldi browser.
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B.
Steve Owen
Steve Owen was a legendary NFL head coach best known for leading the New York Giants for nearly a quarter century and pioneering modern defensive strategies.
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C.
Michael V. Drake
Michael V. Drake is an American academic leader and physician who has served as president of both The Ohio State University and the University of California system.
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D.
David Simas
David Simas is an American political strategist and former Obama White House official who serves as a top executive leader at the Obama Foundation.
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E.
James Abercrombie
James Abercrombie was a British Army officer who fought in the early campaigns of the American Revolutionary War, including the Battle of Bunker Hill.
- 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: Ted Levine Triple: [American Gangster, castMember, Ted Levine]
Generated description
Ted Levine is an American character actor best known for his chilling portrayal of serial killer Buffalo Bill in the film "The Silence of the Lambs."
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Ted Levine Target entity description: Ted Levine is an American character actor best known for his chilling portrayal of serial killer Buffalo Bill in the film "The Silence of the Lambs."
-
A.
Jon Stephenson von Tetzchner
Jon Stephenson von Tetzchner is an Icelandic-Norwegian software developer and entrepreneur best known as the co-founder and longtime CEO of the Opera web browser company and later founder of the Vivaldi browser.
-
B.
Steve Owen
Steve Owen was a legendary NFL head coach best known for leading the New York Giants for nearly a quarter century and pioneering modern defensive strategies.
-
C.
Michael V. Drake
Michael V. Drake is an American academic leader and physician who has served as president of both The Ohio State University and the University of California system.
-
D.
David Simas
David Simas is an American political strategist and former Obama White House official who serves as a top executive leader at the Obama Foundation.
-
E.
James Abercrombie
James Abercrombie was a British Army officer who fought in the early campaigns of the American Revolutionary War, including the Battle of Bunker Hill.
- 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_69a2e84b16c4819088d284c47c3a7968 |
completed | Feb. 28, 2026, 1:06 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69a2f1b656c08190b387f21b06d99e68 |
completed | Feb. 28, 2026, 1:46 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69a4ab224e008190b233b04b0a432b83 |
completed | March 1, 2026, 9:09 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69a4ab94bd988190a91a592622a9d77f |
completed | March 1, 2026, 9:11 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69a4ac04fb78819093c85d04b90cc8cb |
completed | March 1, 2026, 9:13 p.m. |
Created at: Feb. 28, 2026, 1:12 p.m.