Triple

T6278189
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Drumline E140712 entity
Predicate castMember P1668 FINISHED
Object Earl Poitier
Earl Poitier is an American actor best known for his supporting role in the 2002 marching band film "Drumline."
 E582608 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: Earl Poitier | Statement: [Drumline, castMember, Earl Poitier]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Earl Poitier
Context triple: [Drumline, castMember, Earl Poitier]
  • A. John Amos
    John Amos is an American actor best known for his roles in the television series "Good Times" and the miniseries "Roots."
  • B. Sidney Poitier
    Sidney Poitier was a groundbreaking Bahamian-American actor, director, and activist who became the first Black man to win the Academy Award for Best Actor and helped transform the portrayal of African Americans in Hollywood.
  • C. Paul Winfield
    Paul Winfield was an American actor known for his powerful performances in film and television, including acclaimed roles in works like "Sounder" and "The Terminator."
  • D. Roscoe Lee Browne
    Roscoe Lee Browne was an American actor and director known for his rich, distinctive voice and acclaimed performances in film, television, and theater.
  • E. Louis Gossett Jr.
    Louis Gossett Jr. was an acclaimed American actor best known for his Emmy-winning role in the miniseries "Roots" and his Oscar-winning performance in "An Officer and a Gentleman."
  • 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: Earl Poitier
Triple: [Drumline, castMember, Earl Poitier]
Generated description
Earl Poitier is an American actor best known for his supporting role in the 2002 marching band film "Drumline."
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Earl Poitier
Target entity description: Earl Poitier is an American actor best known for his supporting role in the 2002 marching band film "Drumline."
  • A. John Amos
    John Amos is an American actor best known for his roles in the television series "Good Times" and the miniseries "Roots."
  • B. Sidney Poitier
    Sidney Poitier was a groundbreaking Bahamian-American actor, director, and activist who became the first Black man to win the Academy Award for Best Actor and helped transform the portrayal of African Americans in Hollywood.
  • C. Paul Winfield
    Paul Winfield was an American actor known for his powerful performances in film and television, including acclaimed roles in works like "Sounder" and "The Terminator."
  • D. Roscoe Lee Browne
    Roscoe Lee Browne was an American actor and director known for his rich, distinctive voice and acclaimed performances in film, television, and theater.
  • E. Louis Gossett Jr.
    Louis Gossett Jr. was an acclaimed American actor best known for his Emmy-winning role in the miniseries "Roots" and his Oscar-winning performance in "An Officer and a Gentleman."
  • 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_69c008cc158881908df6ec94a911c736 completed March 22, 2026, 3:20 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69c063daec108190859d1d5dbafd5b42 completed March 22, 2026, 9:49 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69c5194e9b3881908188f004c4a03a09 completed March 26, 2026, 11:32 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69c529a7ea1c819083f1566a35fc7c13 completed March 26, 2026, 12:42 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69c5850ff07081908a3512cf6de367cd completed March 26, 2026, 7:12 p.m.
Created at: March 22, 2026, 4:26 p.m.