Triple

T6189890
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Jonathan Kent E138157 entity
Predicate portrayedBy P1507 FINISHED
Object Kirk Alyn
Kirk Alyn was an American actor best known for being the first to portray Superman in a live-action film series in the late 1940s.
E576000 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: Kirk Alyn | Statement: [Jonathan Kent, portrayedBy, Kirk Alyn]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Kirk Alyn
Context triple: [Jonathan Kent, portrayedBy, Kirk Alyn]
  • A. Murray Hamilton
    Murray Hamilton was an American character actor best known for playing the stubborn Mayor Larry Vaughn in the classic thriller film "Jaws."
  • B. Luke Ford
    Luke Ford is an Australian actor best known for his roles in film and television, including a prominent part in the crime drama "Animal Kingdom."
  • C. Val Edward Kilmer
    Val Edward Kilmer is an American actor known for his versatile roles in films such as "Top Gun," "The Doors," "Heat," and "Batman Forever."
  • D. Stuart Whitman
    Stuart Whitman was an American actor known for his rugged leading-man roles in film and television during the 1950s and 1960s, including an Academy Award–nominated performance in "The Mark."
  • E. Trajan Weaver
    Trajan Weaver is the son of American television executive Sylvester "Pat" Weaver, who was a pioneering figure in the early days of network TV.
  • 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: Kirk Alyn
Triple: [Jonathan Kent, portrayedBy, Kirk Alyn]
Generated description
Kirk Alyn was an American actor best known for being the first to portray Superman in a live-action film series in the late 1940s.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Kirk Alyn
Target entity description: Kirk Alyn was an American actor best known for being the first to portray Superman in a live-action film series in the late 1940s.
  • A. Murray Hamilton
    Murray Hamilton was an American character actor best known for playing the stubborn Mayor Larry Vaughn in the classic thriller film "Jaws."
  • B. Luke Ford
    Luke Ford is an Australian actor best known for his roles in film and television, including a prominent part in the crime drama "Animal Kingdom."
  • C. Val Edward Kilmer
    Val Edward Kilmer is an American actor known for his versatile roles in films such as "Top Gun," "The Doors," "Heat," and "Batman Forever."
  • D. Stuart Whitman
    Stuart Whitman was an American actor known for his rugged leading-man roles in film and television during the 1950s and 1960s, including an Academy Award–nominated performance in "The Mark."
  • E. Trajan Weaver
    Trajan Weaver is the son of American television executive Sylvester "Pat" Weaver, who was a pioneering figure in the early days of network TV.
  • 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_69c008a8fd408190b7ec6e42934974a6 completed March 22, 2026, 3:20 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69c0621abad48190acb9ec019c065ed4 completed March 22, 2026, 9:41 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69c16f0d5a2881908564442aca29b1ec completed March 23, 2026, 4:49 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69c1f5c981dc8190aebfba63dc0055fe completed March 24, 2026, 2:24 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69c1f6390c6481908aa0f0afcba9729d completed March 24, 2026, 2:26 a.m.
Created at: March 22, 2026, 4:19 p.m.