Triple

T577884
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Backdraft E13795 entity
Predicate stars P1956 FINISHED
Object Donald Sutherland
Donald Sutherland is a renowned Canadian actor known for his versatile performances in films such as M*A*S*H, Klute, Ordinary People, and The Hunger Games series.
 E86440 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 Sutherland | Statement: [Backdraft, stars, Donald Sutherland]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Donald Sutherland
Context triple: [Backdraft, stars, Donald Sutherland]
  • A. Ed Harris
    Ed Harris is an American actor and filmmaker known for his intense, authoritative performances in films such as "The Truman Show," "Apollo 13," and "Pollock."
  • B. Robert Wuhl
    Robert Wuhl is an American actor, comedian, and writer best known for his roles in films like "Bull Durham" and "Batman" and for creating and starring in the HBO series "Arliss."
  • C. Eric Roberts
    Eric Roberts is an American actor known for his prolific film and television career, including an iconic turn as the villainous Time Lord known as the Master in the 1996 Doctor Who TV movie.
  • D. George Norton
    George Norton was a British colonial-era lawyer and educator best known for establishing Presidency College in Madras, one of India’s earliest and most prestigious institutions of higher learning.
  • E. Burn Gorman
    Burn Gorman is a British-American actor known for his character roles in film and television, including appearances in projects like "Torchwood," "Game of Thrones," and "Pacific Rim."
  • 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 Sutherland
Triple: [Backdraft, stars, Donald Sutherland]
Generated description
Donald Sutherland is a renowned Canadian actor known for his versatile performances in films such as M*A*S*H, Klute, Ordinary People, and The Hunger Games series.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Donald Sutherland
Target entity description: Donald Sutherland is a renowned Canadian actor known for his versatile performances in films such as M*A*S*H, Klute, Ordinary People, and The Hunger Games series.
  • A. Ed Harris
    Ed Harris is an American actor and filmmaker known for his intense, authoritative performances in films such as "The Truman Show," "Apollo 13," and "Pollock."
  • B. Robert Wuhl
    Robert Wuhl is an American actor, comedian, and writer best known for his roles in films like "Bull Durham" and "Batman" and for creating and starring in the HBO series "Arliss."
  • C. Eric Roberts
    Eric Roberts is an American actor known for his prolific film and television career, including an iconic turn as the villainous Time Lord known as the Master in the 1996 Doctor Who TV movie.
  • D. George Norton
    George Norton was a British colonial-era lawyer and educator best known for establishing Presidency College in Madras, one of India’s earliest and most prestigious institutions of higher learning.
  • E. Burn Gorman
    Burn Gorman is a British-American actor known for his character roles in film and television, including appearances in projects like "Torchwood," "Game of Thrones," and "Pacific Rim."
  • 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_69a6373fbf388190afb01fcfd67f03bf completed March 3, 2026, 1:19 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69a63b4f47d481909c9d26a28f301120 completed March 3, 2026, 1:37 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69a63bd4f4888190a9beffad6d49ec8f completed March 3, 2026, 1:39 a.m.
Created at: March 1, 2026, 7:33 p.m.