Triple
T6019039
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Southland |
E134017
|
entity |
| Predicate | mainCastMember |
P5563
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
C. Thomas Howell
C. Thomas Howell is an American actor best known for his breakout role in "The Outsiders" and a long career in film and television spanning several decades.
|
E562139
|
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: C. Thomas Howell | Statement: [Southland, mainCastMember, C. Thomas Howell]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: C. Thomas Howell Context triple: [Southland, mainCastMember, C. Thomas Howell]
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A.
Paul Dooley
Paul Dooley is an American character actor, writer, and comedian known for his roles in films such as "Breaking Away," "Sixteen Candles," and numerous television series.
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B.
Charlie Thomas
Charlie Thomas was an American R&B singer best known as a longtime member and lead vocalist of the legendary vocal group The Drifters.
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C.
Roger E. Mosley
Roger E. Mosley was an American actor best known for his role as helicopter pilot Theodore "T.C." Calvin on the television series "Magnum, P.I."
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D.
Jack B. Sowards
Jack B. Sowards was an American screenwriter best known for writing the screenplay for the film Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan.
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E.
Jonathan Thomas
Jonathan Thomas is best known as the longtime husband of acclaimed American playwright Edward Albee.
- 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: C. Thomas Howell Triple: [Southland, mainCastMember, C. Thomas Howell]
Generated description
C. Thomas Howell is an American actor best known for his breakout role in "The Outsiders" and a long career in film and television spanning several decades.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: C. Thomas Howell Target entity description: C. Thomas Howell is an American actor best known for his breakout role in "The Outsiders" and a long career in film and television spanning several decades.
-
A.
Paul Dooley
Paul Dooley is an American character actor, writer, and comedian known for his roles in films such as "Breaking Away," "Sixteen Candles," and numerous television series.
-
B.
Charlie Thomas
Charlie Thomas was an American R&B singer best known as a longtime member and lead vocalist of the legendary vocal group The Drifters.
-
C.
Roger E. Mosley
Roger E. Mosley was an American actor best known for his role as helicopter pilot Theodore "T.C." Calvin on the television series "Magnum, P.I."
-
D.
Jack B. Sowards
Jack B. Sowards was an American screenwriter best known for writing the screenplay for the film Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan.
-
E.
Jonathan Thomas
Jonathan Thomas is best known as the longtime husband of acclaimed American playwright Edward Albee.
- 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_69c008742a5c8190b9cb9c2787a3d8b3 |
completed | March 22, 2026, 3:19 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69c04f8589d0819089ae7840461640f6 |
completed | March 22, 2026, 8:22 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69c108be2170819084b4b940e52b0185 |
completed | March 23, 2026, 9:32 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69c10abc9aa08190acf1ced6a8be322e |
completed | March 23, 2026, 9:41 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69c10b5c118c8190aaf5461c40472022 |
completed | March 23, 2026, 9:43 a.m. |
Created at: March 22, 2026, 4:07 p.m.