Triple

T7869068
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Contact (1997 film) E182691 entity
Predicate castMember P1668 FINISHED
Object John de Lancie
John de Lancie is an American actor best known for his recurring role as the enigmatic Q in the Star Trek franchise.
E701422 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 de Lancie | Statement: [Contact (1997 film), castMember, John de Lancie]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: John de Lancie
Context triple: [Contact (1997 film), castMember, John de Lancie]
  • A. David Prowse
    David Prowse was an English bodybuilder and actor best known for physically portraying Darth Vader in the original Star Wars trilogy.
  • B. Billy Dee Williams
    Billy Dee Williams is an American actor best known for his charismatic roles in films such as "The Empire Strikes Back" and "Return of the Jedi," where he portrayed Lando Calrissian.
  • C. Gabriel Duvall
    Gabriel Duvall was an American lawyer, politician, and jurist who served as an Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court in the early 19th century.
  • D. Michael Dorn
    Michael Dorn is an American actor best known for playing the Klingon character Worf in multiple Star Trek television series and films.
  • E. Julian Glover
    Julian Glover is an English actor known for prominent roles in films such as "Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade," "The Empire Strikes Back," and "For Your Eyes Only," as well as in television series like "Game of Thrones."
  • 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 de Lancie
Triple: [Contact (1997 film), castMember, John de Lancie]
Generated description
John de Lancie is an American actor best known for his recurring role as the enigmatic Q in the Star Trek franchise.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: John de Lancie
Target entity description: John de Lancie is an American actor best known for his recurring role as the enigmatic Q in the Star Trek franchise.
  • A. David Prowse
    David Prowse was an English bodybuilder and actor best known for physically portraying Darth Vader in the original Star Wars trilogy.
  • B. Billy Dee Williams
    Billy Dee Williams is an American actor best known for his charismatic roles in films such as "The Empire Strikes Back" and "Return of the Jedi," where he portrayed Lando Calrissian.
  • C. Gabriel Duvall
    Gabriel Duvall was an American lawyer, politician, and jurist who served as an Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court in the early 19th century.
  • D. Michael Dorn
    Michael Dorn is an American actor best known for playing the Klingon character Worf in multiple Star Trek television series and films.
  • E. Julian Glover
    Julian Glover is an English actor known for prominent roles in films such as "Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade," "The Empire Strikes Back," and "For Your Eyes Only," as well as in television series like "Game of Thrones."
  • 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_69ca82894d9081908a832bfce71a4714 completed March 30, 2026, 2:02 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69cb3848d6d88190830afcf04ad12154 completed March 31, 2026, 2:58 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69cb5b60b3b08190832837bacb8ce965 completed March 31, 2026, 5:28 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69cb7630b8908190a0b8f4856bceea0a completed March 31, 2026, 7:22 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69cbbfb894588190971ade076acdbd5c completed March 31, 2026, 12:36 p.m.
Created at: March 30, 2026, 4:55 p.m.