Triple

T6814087
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject St. Elmo's Fire E156708 entity
Predicate hasCharacter P2308 FINISHED
Object Billy Hicks
Billy Hicks is a charismatic but troubled saxophonist and party-loving young man from the 1985 coming-of-age film "St. Elmo's Fire."
E625287 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: Billy Hicks | Statement: [St. Elmo's Fire, hasCharacter, Billy Hicks]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Billy Hicks
Context triple: [St. Elmo's Fire, hasCharacter, Billy Hicks]
  • A. Johnny Gimble
    Johnny Gimble was an influential American fiddler and mandolinist, best known as a leading figure in Western swing music and a longtime member of Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys.
  • B. Pinetop Sparks
    Pinetop Sparks was an American blues pianist and songwriter best known for co-writing the classic blues standard "Every Day I Have the Blues."
  • C. Jimmie Bones
    Jimmie Bones is an American musician and producer best known as the longtime keyboardist and collaborator for Kid Rock.
  • D. Jimmy Means
    Jimmy Means is a former American NASCAR driver and longtime team owner best known for his underdog presence in the Cup Series during the 1970s and 1980s.
  • E. Voyle Gilmore
    Voyle Gilmore was an American record producer best known for his influential work at Capitol Records with artists such as Frank Sinatra and The Kingston Trio.
  • 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: Billy Hicks
Triple: [St. Elmo's Fire, hasCharacter, Billy Hicks]
Generated description
Billy Hicks is a charismatic but troubled saxophonist and party-loving young man from the 1985 coming-of-age film "St. Elmo's Fire."
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Billy Hicks
Target entity description: Billy Hicks is a charismatic but troubled saxophonist and party-loving young man from the 1985 coming-of-age film "St. Elmo's Fire."
  • A. Johnny Gimble
    Johnny Gimble was an influential American fiddler and mandolinist, best known as a leading figure in Western swing music and a longtime member of Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys.
  • B. Pinetop Sparks
    Pinetop Sparks was an American blues pianist and songwriter best known for co-writing the classic blues standard "Every Day I Have the Blues."
  • C. Jimmie Bones
    Jimmie Bones is an American musician and producer best known as the longtime keyboardist and collaborator for Kid Rock.
  • D. Jimmy Means
    Jimmy Means is a former American NASCAR driver and longtime team owner best known for his underdog presence in the Cup Series during the 1970s and 1980s.
  • E. Voyle Gilmore
    Voyle Gilmore was an American record producer best known for his influential work at Capitol Records with artists such as Frank Sinatra and The Kingston Trio.
  • 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_69c68828b26c819090fe9df7612bbc27 completed March 27, 2026, 1:37 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69c6d32b012481909b73784899ec2a0d completed March 27, 2026, 6:57 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69c7425a26d88190ab1e3de2e5596108 completed March 28, 2026, 2:52 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69c743a639f88190a0758194433322bf completed March 28, 2026, 2:57 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69c7445fbd488190938ec3dd59cbeb2c completed March 28, 2026, 3 a.m.
Created at: March 27, 2026, 2:17 p.m.