Triple
T5714040
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Dick Tracy |
E125978
|
entity |
| Predicate | portrayedBy |
P1507
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Ralph Byrd
Ralph Byrd was an American actor best known for playing the comic-strip detective Dick Tracy in a series of films and serials from the 1930s to the 1940s.
|
E552631
|
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: Ralph Byrd | Statement: [Dick Tracy, portrayedBy, Ralph Byrd]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Ralph Byrd Context triple: [Dick Tracy, portrayedBy, Ralph Byrd]
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A.
George A. McDaniel
George A. McDaniel was an early 20th-century American film actor who appeared in silent-era productions.
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B.
James Eastland
James Eastland was a powerful mid-20th-century U.S. senator from Mississippi known for his staunch segregationist views and influential role within the Southern Democratic bloc.
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C.
Don Payne
Don Payne was an American screenwriter and producer best known for his work on comedic television series like "The Simpsons" and superhero films such as "Thor."
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D.
Allen J. Ellender
Allen J. Ellender was a long-serving Democratic U.S. Senator from Louisiana known for his influential roles in congressional leadership and appropriations during the mid-20th century.
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E.
Raynal C. Bolling
Raynal C. Bolling was a pioneering U.S. Army Air Service officer and prominent corporate lawyer who helped organize American air power in World War I before being killed in action in France.
- 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: Ralph Byrd Triple: [Dick Tracy, portrayedBy, Ralph Byrd]
Generated description
Ralph Byrd was an American actor best known for playing the comic-strip detective Dick Tracy in a series of films and serials from the 1930s to the 1940s.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Ralph Byrd Target entity description: Ralph Byrd was an American actor best known for playing the comic-strip detective Dick Tracy in a series of films and serials from the 1930s to the 1940s.
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A.
George A. McDaniel
George A. McDaniel was an early 20th-century American film actor who appeared in silent-era productions.
-
B.
James Eastland
James Eastland was a powerful mid-20th-century U.S. senator from Mississippi known for his staunch segregationist views and influential role within the Southern Democratic bloc.
-
C.
Don Payne
Don Payne was an American screenwriter and producer best known for his work on comedic television series like "The Simpsons" and superhero films such as "Thor."
-
D.
Allen J. Ellender
Allen J. Ellender was a long-serving Democratic U.S. Senator from Louisiana known for his influential roles in congressional leadership and appropriations during the mid-20th century.
-
E.
Raynal C. Bolling
Raynal C. Bolling was a pioneering U.S. Army Air Service officer and prominent corporate lawyer who helped organize American air power in World War I before being killed in action in France.
- 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_69c0082e3d548190950169847b43043b |
completed | March 22, 2026, 3:18 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69c024b6c7c8819095a92f2ccede1197 |
completed | March 22, 2026, 5:19 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69c0b0b3412c8190a4b97863e060e928 |
completed | March 23, 2026, 3:17 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69c0b1c9ebdc819089752d150b584a6f |
completed | March 23, 2026, 3:21 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69c0b27981848190a5b7c618044241b0 |
completed | March 23, 2026, 3:24 a.m. |
Created at: March 22, 2026, 3:46 p.m.