Triple

T7818266
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Joe Spinell E181064 entity
Predicate playedCharacter P1507 FINISHED
Object Tony Gazzo in Rocky II
Tony Gazzo in Rocky II is a small-time Philadelphia loan shark and Rocky Balboa’s former employer, who shows a rough but supportive attitude toward the boxer’s changing fortunes.
E694961 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: Tony Gazzo in Rocky II | Statement: [Joe Spinell, playedCharacter, Tony Gazzo in Rocky II]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Tony Gazzo in Rocky II
Context triple: [Joe Spinell, playedCharacter, Tony Gazzo in Rocky II]
  • A. Rocky II
    Rocky II is a 1979 American sports drama film that continues the story of underdog boxer Rocky Balboa as he prepares for a rematch with heavyweight champion Apollo Creed.
  • B. Buddy Russo in The French Connection
    Buddy Russo in *The French Connection* is a tough, streetwise New York City detective who partners with Popeye Doyle in the gritty pursuit of an international heroin smuggling ring.
  • C. Rocky Balboa
    Rocky Balboa is a fictional underdog boxer from Philadelphia who becomes a world champion and cultural icon as the central character of the Rocky film series.
  • D. Rocky Krakoff
    Rocky Krakoff is an American child actor best known for playing a young Robert "Rocky" Balboa Jr. in the film "Rocky IV."
  • E. Rocky Todd
    Rocky Todd is a fictional character from P. G. Wodehouse’s Jeeves and Wooster stories, appearing as one of Bertie Wooster’s friends.
  • 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: Tony Gazzo in Rocky II
Triple: [Joe Spinell, playedCharacter, Tony Gazzo in Rocky II]
Generated description
Tony Gazzo in Rocky II is a small-time Philadelphia loan shark and Rocky Balboa’s former employer, who shows a rough but supportive attitude toward the boxer’s changing fortunes.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Tony Gazzo in Rocky II
Target entity description: Tony Gazzo in Rocky II is a small-time Philadelphia loan shark and Rocky Balboa’s former employer, who shows a rough but supportive attitude toward the boxer’s changing fortunes.
  • A. Rocky II
    Rocky II is a 1979 American sports drama film that continues the story of underdog boxer Rocky Balboa as he prepares for a rematch with heavyweight champion Apollo Creed.
  • B. Buddy Russo in The French Connection
    Buddy Russo in *The French Connection* is a tough, streetwise New York City detective who partners with Popeye Doyle in the gritty pursuit of an international heroin smuggling ring.
  • C. Rocky Balboa
    Rocky Balboa is a fictional underdog boxer from Philadelphia who becomes a world champion and cultural icon as the central character of the Rocky film series.
  • D. Rocky Krakoff
    Rocky Krakoff is an American child actor best known for playing a young Robert "Rocky" Balboa Jr. in the film "Rocky IV."
  • E. Rocky Todd
    Rocky Todd is a fictional character from P. G. Wodehouse’s Jeeves and Wooster stories, appearing as one of Bertie Wooster’s friends.
  • 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_69ca828153f48190bdb27ac46f8e0745 completed March 30, 2026, 2:02 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69caf9708bdc8190a5154efe0f96f458 completed March 30, 2026, 10:30 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69cb149266e88190a582b11d68702a6a completed March 31, 2026, 12:25 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69cb1732bb608190aa776f23f0dc6189 completed March 31, 2026, 12:37 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69cb1a62569c81908709d814954f667e completed March 31, 2026, 12:50 a.m.
Created at: March 30, 2026, 4:40 p.m.