Triple
T5787986
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Jim Backus |
E128316
|
entity |
| Predicate | portrayed |
P1668
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Thurston Howell III
Thurston Howell III is a fictional, ultra-wealthy and snobbish castaway from the TV sitcom "Gilligan’s Island," known for his aristocratic mannerisms and comic ineptitude.
|
E549306
|
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: Thurston Howell III | Statement: [Jim Backus, portrayed, Thurston Howell III]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Thurston Howell III Context triple: [Jim Backus, portrayed, Thurston Howell III]
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A.
Ulysses Everett McGill
Ulysses Everett McGill is the fast-talking, self-styled intellectual escapee who leads a trio of convicts on a comedic odyssey through 1930s Mississippi in the film "O Brother, Where Art Thou?".
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B.
Frank Bledsoe
Frank Bledsoe is the closeted gay literature professor at the center of the film "Uncle Frank," whose road trip with his niece forces him to confront his past and his Southern family's prejudices.
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C.
William Jefferson Blythe III
William Jefferson Blythe III is the birth name of Bill Clinton, the 42nd president of the United States.
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D.
Charlie Bartlett
Charlie Bartlett is a 2007 teen comedy-drama film about a wealthy but troubled high school student who becomes an amateur psychiatrist for his classmates.
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E.
Jacob Bartles
Jacob Bartles was an American settler and businessman after whom the city of Bartlesville, Oklahoma, is named.
- 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: Thurston Howell III Triple: [Jim Backus, portrayed, Thurston Howell III]
Generated description
Thurston Howell III is a fictional, ultra-wealthy and snobbish castaway from the TV sitcom "Gilligan’s Island," known for his aristocratic mannerisms and comic ineptitude.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Thurston Howell III Target entity description: Thurston Howell III is a fictional, ultra-wealthy and snobbish castaway from the TV sitcom "Gilligan’s Island," known for his aristocratic mannerisms and comic ineptitude.
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A.
Ulysses Everett McGill
Ulysses Everett McGill is the fast-talking, self-styled intellectual escapee who leads a trio of convicts on a comedic odyssey through 1930s Mississippi in the film "O Brother, Where Art Thou?".
-
B.
Frank Bledsoe
Frank Bledsoe is the closeted gay literature professor at the center of the film "Uncle Frank," whose road trip with his niece forces him to confront his past and his Southern family's prejudices.
-
C.
William Jefferson Blythe III
William Jefferson Blythe III is the birth name of Bill Clinton, the 42nd president of the United States.
-
D.
Charlie Bartlett
Charlie Bartlett is a 2007 teen comedy-drama film about a wealthy but troubled high school student who becomes an amateur psychiatrist for his classmates.
-
E.
Jacob Bartles
Jacob Bartles was an American settler and businessman after whom the city of Bartlesville, Oklahoma, is named.
- 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_69c0084450048190bc647b649a05136b |
completed | March 22, 2026, 3:18 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69c02a5297c88190bd28adb2552a26f4 |
completed | March 22, 2026, 5:43 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69c0981a002c8190ac8ed7407a80919c |
completed | March 23, 2026, 1:32 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69c0989f7e58819098175e6eaacdb9ee |
completed | March 23, 2026, 1:34 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69c09cf3220481908c52b519e8495fff |
completed | March 23, 2026, 1:52 a.m. |
Created at: March 22, 2026, 3:51 p.m.