Triple

T7905359
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Hero Boy E183561 entity
Predicate voiceActor P1507 FINISHED
Object Tom Hanks (narrator / older Hero Boy)
Tom Hanks (narrator / older Hero Boy) is the adult version and narrator of the main character in *The Polar Express*, voiced by the acclaimed American actor Tom Hanks.
 E700651 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: Tom Hanks (narrator / older Hero Boy) | Statement: [Hero Boy, voiceActor, Tom Hanks (narrator / older Hero Boy)]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Tom Hanks (narrator / older Hero Boy)
Context triple: [Hero Boy, voiceActor, Tom Hanks (narrator / older Hero Boy)]
  • A. Treebeard (voice)
    Treebeard (voice) is the deep, resonant vocal portrayal of the ancient Ent leader in Peter Jackson’s The Lord of the Rings film adaptations.
  • B. Clarence Nash
    Clarence Nash was an American voice actor best known as the original voice of Disney’s Donald Duck.
  • C. Frank Welker
    Frank Welker is a prolific American voice actor renowned for his work in animation and film, including iconic roles in series like "Scooby-Doo" and "Transformers."
  • D. Douglas Rain
    Douglas Rain was a Canadian actor best known for providing the chilling voice of the HAL 9000 computer in Stanley Kubrick’s film "2001: A Space Odyssey."
  • E. Jim Dale
    Jim Dale is an English actor, singer, and narrator known for his work in theatre, film, and audiobooks, including his Tony-winning performances on Broadway and his acclaimed narration of the Harry Potter series.
  • 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: Tom Hanks (narrator / older Hero Boy)
Triple: [Hero Boy, voiceActor, Tom Hanks (narrator / older Hero Boy)]
Generated description
Tom Hanks (narrator / older Hero Boy) is the adult version and narrator of the main character in *The Polar Express*, voiced by the acclaimed American actor Tom Hanks.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Tom Hanks (narrator / older Hero Boy)
Target entity description: Tom Hanks (narrator / older Hero Boy) is the adult version and narrator of the main character in *The Polar Express*, voiced by the acclaimed American actor Tom Hanks.
  • A. Treebeard (voice)
    Treebeard (voice) is the deep, resonant vocal portrayal of the ancient Ent leader in Peter Jackson’s The Lord of the Rings film adaptations.
  • B. Clarence Nash
    Clarence Nash was an American voice actor best known as the original voice of Disney’s Donald Duck.
  • C. Frank Welker
    Frank Welker is a prolific American voice actor renowned for his work in animation and film, including iconic roles in series like "Scooby-Doo" and "Transformers."
  • D. Douglas Rain
    Douglas Rain was a Canadian actor best known for providing the chilling voice of the HAL 9000 computer in Stanley Kubrick’s film "2001: A Space Odyssey."
  • E. Jim Dale
    Jim Dale is an English actor, singer, and narrator known for his work in theatre, film, and audiobooks, including his Tony-winning performances on Broadway and his acclaimed narration of the Harry Potter series.
  • 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_69ca828d13088190b222be7aa9f9315c completed March 30, 2026, 2:02 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69cb3a56c9f0819094dc87fe55a8823e completed March 31, 2026, 3:07 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69cb5bc9dfa88190aa5261bdf44823ab completed March 31, 2026, 5:29 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69cb7632cbbc819087107c8d2172a038 completed March 31, 2026, 7:22 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69cbb64eee408190a66cbd0cba3054b4 completed March 31, 2026, 11:55 a.m.
Created at: March 30, 2026, 5:03 p.m.