Triple

T6975597
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai E161708 entity
Predicate starring P1507 FINISHED
Object John Tormey
John Tormey is an American character actor best known for his supporting role in Jim Jarmusch’s crime film "Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai."
E645243 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: John Tormey | Statement: [Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai, starring, John Tormey]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: John Tormey
Context triple: [Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai, starring, John Tormey]
  • A. John Doherty
    John Doherty is known as the husband of American actress Michael Learned, famed for her role as Olivia Walton on the television series "The Waltons."
  • B. Tom Doherty
    Tom Doherty is an American publisher best known as the founder of the science fiction and fantasy imprint Tor Books.
  • C. Michael Costigan
    Michael Costigan is a film and television producer known for his work on various high-profile projects, including serving as an executive producer on the miniseries "A Teacher."
  • D. Stephen McDermott
    Stephen McDermott is an Irish Gaelic footballer known for playing at inter-county level for Donegal.
  • E. Don Carmody
    Don Carmody is a prolific Canadian film producer known for his work on numerous commercially successful and cult-favorite films across genres.
  • 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: John Tormey
Triple: [Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai, starring, John Tormey]
Generated description
John Tormey is an American character actor best known for his supporting role in Jim Jarmusch’s crime film "Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai."
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: John Tormey
Target entity description: John Tormey is an American character actor best known for his supporting role in Jim Jarmusch’s crime film "Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai."
  • A. John Doherty
    John Doherty is known as the husband of American actress Michael Learned, famed for her role as Olivia Walton on the television series "The Waltons."
  • B. Tom Doherty
    Tom Doherty is an American publisher best known as the founder of the science fiction and fantasy imprint Tor Books.
  • C. Michael Costigan
    Michael Costigan is a film and television producer known for his work on various high-profile projects, including serving as an executive producer on the miniseries "A Teacher."
  • D. Stephen McDermott
    Stephen McDermott is an Irish Gaelic footballer known for playing at inter-county level for Donegal.
  • E. Don Carmody
    Don Carmody is a prolific Canadian film producer known for his work on numerous commercially successful and cult-favorite films across genres.
  • 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_69c68854a0d88190bc0bf82263f1afce completed March 27, 2026, 1:38 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69c6db3d3ab08190b107f3229c357dd2 completed March 27, 2026, 7:32 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69c7ad70f09881909f1a03f295486942 completed March 28, 2026, 10:29 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69c7ade26e24819085f431a576d29712 completed March 28, 2026, 10:30 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69c7ae9f8f648190adc5cdf08bc01d93 completed March 28, 2026, 10:34 a.m.
Created at: March 27, 2026, 2:31 p.m.