Triple
T7217573
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Captain Benjamin L. Willard |
E149573
|
entity |
| Predicate | ally |
P4662
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Jay "Chef" Hicks
Jay "Chef" Hicks is a nervous yet good-natured Navy cook who serves alongside Captain Benjamin L. Willard in the Vietnam War film "Apocalypse Now."
|
E649929
|
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: Jay "Chef" Hicks | Statement: [Captain Benjamin L. Willard, ally, Jay "Chef" Hicks]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Jay "Chef" Hicks Context triple: [Captain Benjamin L. Willard, ally, Jay "Chef" Hicks]
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A.
Sam Perkins
Sam Perkins is a former American professional basketball player and three-time NCAA champion best known for his collegiate career at North Carolina and long NBA tenure with teams including the Dallas Mavericks, Los Angeles Lakers, and Seattle SuperSonics.
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B.
Brad Peyton
Brad Peyton is a Canadian film director, producer, and screenwriter best known for helming large-scale action and disaster movies such as "San Andreas" and "Rampage."
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C.
Doug Hicks
Doug Hicks is an American academic and administrator who serves as the president of Davidson College in North Carolina.
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D.
David Huntley
David Huntley is an entrepreneur best known as a founder of the outdoor apparel and equipment company Mountain Hardwear.
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E.
Jeffrey Hatcher
Jeffrey Hatcher is an American playwright and screenwriter known for his work in theater and film, including adaptations and period dramas.
- 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: Jay "Chef" Hicks Triple: [Captain Benjamin L. Willard, ally, Jay "Chef" Hicks]
Generated description
Jay "Chef" Hicks is a nervous yet good-natured Navy cook who serves alongside Captain Benjamin L. Willard in the Vietnam War film "Apocalypse Now."
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Jay "Chef" Hicks Target entity description: Jay "Chef" Hicks is a nervous yet good-natured Navy cook who serves alongside Captain Benjamin L. Willard in the Vietnam War film "Apocalypse Now."
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A.
Sam Perkins
Sam Perkins is a former American professional basketball player and three-time NCAA champion best known for his collegiate career at North Carolina and long NBA tenure with teams including the Dallas Mavericks, Los Angeles Lakers, and Seattle SuperSonics.
-
B.
Brad Peyton
Brad Peyton is a Canadian film director, producer, and screenwriter best known for helming large-scale action and disaster movies such as "San Andreas" and "Rampage."
-
C.
Doug Hicks
Doug Hicks is an American academic and administrator who serves as the president of Davidson College in North Carolina.
-
D.
David Huntley
David Huntley is an entrepreneur best known as a founder of the outdoor apparel and equipment company Mountain Hardwear.
-
E.
Jeffrey Hatcher
Jeffrey Hatcher is an American playwright and screenwriter known for his work in theater and film, including adaptations and period dramas.
- 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_69c687eca814819095abb52316b1af80 |
completed | March 27, 2026, 1:36 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69c6e99170d88190b1aef326a7d81134 |
completed | March 27, 2026, 8:33 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69c7cbfb46388190992cc98039e71748 |
completed | March 28, 2026, 12:39 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69c7cce6a290819096ff68333cd3a3cf |
completed | March 28, 2026, 12:43 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69c7cd9966e481909eb3c23bb59777d9 |
completed | March 28, 2026, 12:46 p.m. |
Created at: March 27, 2026, 2:53 p.m.