Triple

T661069
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Hell on Wheels E11755 entity
Predicate starred P5563 FINISHED
Object Ben Esler
Ben Esler is an Australian actor best known for his roles in television dramas and historical series, including a prominent part in the Western series "Hell on Wheels."
 E199477 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: Ben Esler | Statement: [Hell on Wheels, starred, Ben Esler]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Ben Esler
Context triple: [Hell on Wheels, starred, Ben Esler]
  • A. David Scearce
    David Scearce is a Canadian screenwriter best known for adapting Christopher Isherwood’s novel into the acclaimed film "A Single Man."
  • B. Ben Olsen
    Ben Olsen is a former American soccer player and coach best known for his long association with D.C. United in Major League Soccer.
  • C. Kevin Yagher
    Kevin Yagher is an American special effects and makeup artist and director best known for his work on horror and fantasy films and for creating iconic genre characters.
  • D. John Bowers
    John Bowers is a prominent American engineer and physicist renowned for his pioneering contributions to photonics and optoelectronics, particularly in the development of high-speed and energy-efficient optical communication technologies.
  • E. Lee Garmes
    Lee Garmes was an American cinematographer renowned for his innovative lighting and camera techniques in early Hollywood cinema, including his Academy Award-winning work on "Shanghai Express."
  • 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: Ben Esler
Triple: [Hell on Wheels, starred, Ben Esler]
Generated description
Ben Esler is an Australian actor best known for his roles in television dramas and historical series, including a prominent part in the Western series "Hell on Wheels."
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Ben Esler
Target entity description: Ben Esler is an Australian actor best known for his roles in television dramas and historical series, including a prominent part in the Western series "Hell on Wheels."
  • A. David Scearce
    David Scearce is a Canadian screenwriter best known for adapting Christopher Isherwood’s novel into the acclaimed film "A Single Man."
  • B. Ben Olsen
    Ben Olsen is a former American soccer player and coach best known for his long association with D.C. United in Major League Soccer.
  • C. Kevin Yagher
    Kevin Yagher is an American special effects and makeup artist and director best known for his work on horror and fantasy films and for creating iconic genre characters.
  • D. John Bowers
    John Bowers is a prominent American engineer and physicist renowned for his pioneering contributions to photonics and optoelectronics, particularly in the development of high-speed and energy-efficient optical communication technologies.
  • E. Lee Garmes
    Lee Garmes was an American cinematographer renowned for his innovative lighting and camera techniques in early Hollywood cinema, including his Academy Award-winning work on "Shanghai Express."
  • 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_69a4932862a0819098be659c814e4981 completed March 1, 2026, 7:27 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69a49fa954988190841740a587ace466 completed March 1, 2026, 8:20 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69ada94e727881909bee9e71a404c95a completed March 8, 2026, 4:52 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69adae972d1081909cd13e8220c3ccc6 completed March 8, 2026, 5:15 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69adaf9d042481909dbd54d9e04e444e completed March 8, 2026, 5:19 p.m.
Created at: March 1, 2026, 7:36 p.m.