Triple

T529645
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Singin' in the Rain E10996 entity
Predicate characterPortrayed P1507 FINISHED
Object Donald O'Connor as Cosmo Brown
Donald O'Connor as Cosmo Brown is the energetic, wisecracking best friend and musical sidekick to Gene Kelly's character in the classic Hollywood musical film "Singin' in the Rain."
E66044 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: Donald O'Connor as Cosmo Brown | Statement: [Singin' in the Rain, characterPortrayed, Donald O'Connor as Cosmo Brown]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Donald O'Connor as Cosmo Brown
Context triple: [Singin' in the Rain, characterPortrayed, Donald O'Connor as Cosmo Brown]
  • A. Eddie Albert
    Eddie Albert was an American actor best known for his roles in film and television, particularly the sitcom "Green Acres" and numerous classic Hollywood movies.
  • B. Tom Canty
    Tom Canty is the impoverished London boy who swaps identities with Prince Edward in Mark Twain’s novel "The Prince and the Pauper," highlighting themes of class and social injustice.
  • C. Bert Lahr
    Bert Lahr was an American actor and comedian best known for his iconic portrayal of the Cowardly Lion in the classic 1939 film "The Wizard of Oz."
  • D. Redd Foxx
    Redd Foxx was a pioneering American stand-up comedian and actor known for his raw, boundary-pushing comedy and his iconic role as Fred Sanford on the television sitcom "Sanford and Son."
  • E. Mel Blanc
    Mel Blanc was a legendary American voice actor best known for bringing to life numerous iconic Looney Tunes characters, including Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck, and Porky Pig.
  • 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: Donald O'Connor as Cosmo Brown
Triple: [Singin' in the Rain, characterPortrayed, Donald O'Connor as Cosmo Brown]
Generated description
Donald O'Connor as Cosmo Brown is the energetic, wisecracking best friend and musical sidekick to Gene Kelly's character in the classic Hollywood musical film "Singin' in the Rain."
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Donald O'Connor as Cosmo Brown
Target entity description: Donald O'Connor as Cosmo Brown is the energetic, wisecracking best friend and musical sidekick to Gene Kelly's character in the classic Hollywood musical film "Singin' in the Rain."
  • A. Eddie Albert
    Eddie Albert was an American actor best known for his roles in film and television, particularly the sitcom "Green Acres" and numerous classic Hollywood movies.
  • B. Tom Canty
    Tom Canty is the impoverished London boy who swaps identities with Prince Edward in Mark Twain’s novel "The Prince and the Pauper," highlighting themes of class and social injustice.
  • C. Bert Lahr
    Bert Lahr was an American actor and comedian best known for his iconic portrayal of the Cowardly Lion in the classic 1939 film "The Wizard of Oz."
  • D. Redd Foxx
    Redd Foxx was a pioneering American stand-up comedian and actor known for his raw, boundary-pushing comedy and his iconic role as Fred Sanford on the television sitcom "Sanford and Son."
  • E. Mel Blanc
    Mel Blanc was a legendary American voice actor best known for bringing to life numerous iconic Looney Tunes characters, including Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck, and Porky Pig.
  • 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_69a2f1d4984c8190ac372171b16bb5e4 completed Feb. 28, 2026, 1:47 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69a4b5dabbe88190acf66bd30bc6312d completed March 1, 2026, 9:55 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69a4b64487bc8190b879ddedc1585a04 completed March 1, 2026, 9:57 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69a4b6ca3398819094bfbac0ba7a9c66 completed March 1, 2026, 9:59 p.m.
Created at: Feb. 28, 2026, 1:12 p.m.