Triple

T5585193
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Out of the Past E146737 entity
Predicate character P662 FINISHED
Object Whit Sterling
Whit Sterling is a suave but ruthless crime boss and primary antagonist in the classic 1947 film noir "Out of the Past."
E528721 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: Whit Sterling | Statement: [Out of the Past, character, Whit Sterling]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Whit Sterling
Context triple: [Out of the Past, character, Whit Sterling]
  • A. Whit Stovall
    Whit Stovall is the central protagonist of the film "Honky Tonk Man," a Depression-era drifter and aspiring country musician portrayed by Clint Eastwood.
  • B. Erik White
    Erik White is an American music video director known for helming numerous high-profile hip-hop and R&B videos in the 2000s and beyond.
  • C. Johnny Whitaker
    Johnny Whitaker is an American former child actor best known for his roles in the TV series "Family Affair" and films such as "Tom Sawyer" (1973) and "The Biscuit Eater."
  • D. Guy Weadick
    Guy Weadick was an American-born cowboy, promoter, and showman best known for creating the Calgary Stampede and helping popularize rodeo culture in Canada.
  • E. Brent White
    Brent White is a film editor best known for his work on major comedy films, including collaborations with director Adam McKay and producer Judd Apatow.
  • 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: Whit Sterling
Triple: [Out of the Past, character, Whit Sterling]
Generated description
Whit Sterling is a suave but ruthless crime boss and primary antagonist in the classic 1947 film noir "Out of the Past."
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Whit Sterling
Target entity description: Whit Sterling is a suave but ruthless crime boss and primary antagonist in the classic 1947 film noir "Out of the Past."
  • A. Whit Stovall
    Whit Stovall is the central protagonist of the film "Honky Tonk Man," a Depression-era drifter and aspiring country musician portrayed by Clint Eastwood.
  • B. Erik White
    Erik White is an American music video director known for helming numerous high-profile hip-hop and R&B videos in the 2000s and beyond.
  • C. Johnny Whitaker
    Johnny Whitaker is an American former child actor best known for his roles in the TV series "Family Affair" and films such as "Tom Sawyer" (1973) and "The Biscuit Eater."
  • D. Guy Weadick
    Guy Weadick was an American-born cowboy, promoter, and showman best known for creating the Calgary Stampede and helping popularize rodeo culture in Canada.
  • E. Brent White
    Brent White is a film editor best known for his work on major comedy films, including collaborations with director Adam McKay and producer Judd Apatow.
  • 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_69c0090287a08190b4098411effe970c completed March 22, 2026, 3:21 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69c02085d0e48190b8d185fe7f3d8579 completed March 22, 2026, 5:01 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69c0286558b48190a8907c06111a48f3 completed March 22, 2026, 5:35 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69c0350eb53081909dc573fefa3e7f0a completed March 22, 2026, 6:29 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69c036ee4e1c8190b9e60655d72407ff completed March 22, 2026, 6:37 p.m.
Created at: March 22, 2026, 3:38 p.m.