Triple

T755267
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Escape from Alcatraz E15540 entity
Predicate starring P1507 FINISHED
Object Fred Ward
Fred Ward was an American character actor known for his rugged, everyman roles in films such as "Tremors," "The Right Stuff," and "Short Cuts."
 E114106 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: Fred Ward | Statement: [Escape from Alcatraz, starring, Fred Ward]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Fred Ward
Context triple: [Escape from Alcatraz, starring, Fred Ward]
  • A. David Hennings
    David Hennings is a film cinematographer known for his work on major studio comedies and other feature films, including "Horrible Bosses."
  • B. Eric Roberts
    Eric Roberts is an American actor known for his prolific film and television career, including an iconic turn as the villainous Time Lord known as the Master in the 1996 Doctor Who TV movie.
  • C. Matthew Modine
    Matthew Modine is an American actor best known for his roles in films like "Full Metal Jacket" and the series "Stranger Things."
  • D. Sylvester Weaver
    Sylvester Weaver was an influential American television executive best known for shaping early network TV programming and serving as president of NBC.
  • E. Kurt Russell
    Kurt Russell is an American actor known for his versatile performances in films ranging from action and science fiction to drama and comedy, including iconic roles in movies like "Escape from New York," "The Thing," and "Tombstone."
  • 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: Fred Ward
Triple: [Escape from Alcatraz, starring, Fred Ward]
Generated description
Fred Ward was an American character actor known for his rugged, everyman roles in films such as "Tremors," "The Right Stuff," and "Short Cuts."
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Fred Ward
Target entity description: Fred Ward was an American character actor known for his rugged, everyman roles in films such as "Tremors," "The Right Stuff," and "Short Cuts."
  • A. David Hennings
    David Hennings is a film cinematographer known for his work on major studio comedies and other feature films, including "Horrible Bosses."
  • B. Eric Roberts
    Eric Roberts is an American actor known for his prolific film and television career, including an iconic turn as the villainous Time Lord known as the Master in the 1996 Doctor Who TV movie.
  • C. Matthew Modine
    Matthew Modine is an American actor best known for his roles in films like "Full Metal Jacket" and the series "Stranger Things."
  • D. Sylvester Weaver
    Sylvester Weaver was an influential American television executive best known for shaping early network TV programming and serving as president of NBC.
  • E. Kurt Russell
    Kurt Russell is an American actor known for his versatile performances in films ranging from action and science fiction to drama and comedy, including iconic roles in movies like "Escape from New York," "The Thing," and "Tombstone."
  • 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_69a493599a0081908da65f3407af1ef2 completed March 1, 2026, 7:28 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69a4a6693cbc8190a167e12a896d7ce7 completed March 1, 2026, 8:49 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69ac16f360208190affd6282a1040d9a completed March 7, 2026, 12:15 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69ac1787a9ac81908f032cd893d3efe8 completed March 7, 2026, 12:18 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69ac1807aa388190ad2910966c9d1b04 completed March 7, 2026, 12:20 p.m.
Created at: March 1, 2026, 7:37 p.m.