Triple
T577790
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Cocoon |
E13793
|
entity |
| Predicate | starredActor |
P5563
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Wilford Brimley
Wilford Brimley was an American character actor known for his gruff warmth and roles in films like "Cocoon," "The Natural," and "The Thing," as well as for his memorable television commercials.
|
E82878
|
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: Wilford Brimley | Statement: [Cocoon, starredActor, Wilford Brimley]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Wilford Brimley Context triple: [Cocoon, starredActor, Wilford Brimley]
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A.
Craig T. Nelson
Craig T. Nelson is an American actor best known for his Emmy-winning role as football coach Hayden Fox on the TV sitcom "Coach" and for voicing Bob Parr/Mr. Incredible in Pixar's "The Incredibles" films.
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B.
Ronald N. Perlman
Ronald N. Perlman is an American actor best known for his distinctive deep voice and leading roles in works such as the "Hellboy" films and the television series "Beauty and the Beast."
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C.
Carroll O’Connor
Carroll O’Connor was an American actor best known for his iconic portrayal of Archie Bunker on the groundbreaking television sitcom "All in the Family."
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D.
Michael O'Laughlen
Michael O'Laughlen was an American Confederate sympathizer and associate of John Wilkes Booth who was implicated as a co-conspirator in the plot surrounding the assassination of President Abraham Lincoln.
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E.
Bradley Whitford
Bradley Whitford is an American actor best known for his Emmy-winning role as Josh Lyman on the political drama series "The West Wing."
- 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: Wilford Brimley Triple: [Cocoon, starredActor, Wilford Brimley]
Generated description
Wilford Brimley was an American character actor known for his gruff warmth and roles in films like "Cocoon," "The Natural," and "The Thing," as well as for his memorable television commercials.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Wilford Brimley Target entity description: Wilford Brimley was an American character actor known for his gruff warmth and roles in films like "Cocoon," "The Natural," and "The Thing," as well as for his memorable television commercials.
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A.
Craig T. Nelson
Craig T. Nelson is an American actor best known for his Emmy-winning role as football coach Hayden Fox on the TV sitcom "Coach" and for voicing Bob Parr/Mr. Incredible in Pixar's "The Incredibles" films.
-
B.
Ronald N. Perlman
Ronald N. Perlman is an American actor best known for his distinctive deep voice and leading roles in works such as the "Hellboy" films and the television series "Beauty and the Beast."
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C.
Carroll O’Connor
Carroll O’Connor was an American actor best known for his iconic portrayal of Archie Bunker on the groundbreaking television sitcom "All in the Family."
-
D.
Michael O'Laughlen
Michael O'Laughlen was an American Confederate sympathizer and associate of John Wilkes Booth who was implicated as a co-conspirator in the plot surrounding the assassination of President Abraham Lincoln.
-
E.
Bradley Whitford
Bradley Whitford is an American actor best known for his Emmy-winning role as Josh Lyman on the political drama series "The West Wing."
- 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_69a4933fa4d88190a7949cc83c08c5c1 |
completed | March 1, 2026, 7:27 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69a49b69fed88190b5558d4ebd5047a1 |
completed | March 1, 2026, 8:02 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69a5c389eb708190911de8a28e55ab7f |
completed | March 2, 2026, 5:06 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69a5c931f4108190a5a4f1ed6241330d |
completed | March 2, 2026, 5:30 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69a5ce4e6a74819082987a4c63023e48 |
completed | March 2, 2026, 5:52 p.m. |
Created at: March 1, 2026, 7:33 p.m.