Triple

T8329531
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject A Double Life E195039 entity
Predicate character P662 FINISHED
Object Bill Friend
Bill Friend is a fictional character from the 1947 film noir "A Double Life," involved in the psychological drama surrounding an actor who becomes dangerously consumed by his stage role.
E725340 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: Bill Friend | Statement: [A Double Life, character, Bill Friend]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Bill Friend
Context triple: [A Double Life, character, Bill Friend]
  • A. Bill Marshall
    Bill Marshall was a Canadian film producer and cultural entrepreneur best known for co-founding and helping establish the Toronto International Film Festival as a major global cinema event.
  • B. Bill Strother
    Bill Strother was an American actor and professional "human fly" stunt climber best known for his daring skyscraper-climbing role alongside Harold Lloyd in the silent film era.
  • C. Phil Foster
    Phil Foster was an American actor and comedian best known for playing Laverne’s father, Frank DeFazio, on the sitcom "Laverne & Shirley."
  • D. Glenn Ferguson
    Glenn Ferguson is a former Northern Irish footballer and prolific striker best known for his long, successful career in the Irish League and his goal-scoring exploits with clubs including Linfield FC.
  • E. Bill Compton
    Bill Compton is a centuries-old vampire and central protagonist in the television series "True Blood," known for his complex morality and romantic relationship with Sookie Stackhouse.
  • 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: Bill Friend
Triple: [A Double Life, character, Bill Friend]
Generated description
Bill Friend is a fictional character from the 1947 film noir "A Double Life," involved in the psychological drama surrounding an actor who becomes dangerously consumed by his stage role.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Bill Friend
Target entity description: Bill Friend is a fictional character from the 1947 film noir "A Double Life," involved in the psychological drama surrounding an actor who becomes dangerously consumed by his stage role.
  • A. Bill Marshall
    Bill Marshall was a Canadian film producer and cultural entrepreneur best known for co-founding and helping establish the Toronto International Film Festival as a major global cinema event.
  • B. Bill Strother
    Bill Strother was an American actor and professional "human fly" stunt climber best known for his daring skyscraper-climbing role alongside Harold Lloyd in the silent film era.
  • C. Phil Foster
    Phil Foster was an American actor and comedian best known for playing Laverne’s father, Frank DeFazio, on the sitcom "Laverne & Shirley."
  • D. Glenn Ferguson
    Glenn Ferguson is a former Northern Irish footballer and prolific striker best known for his long, successful career in the Irish League and his goal-scoring exploits with clubs including Linfield FC.
  • E. Bill Compton
    Bill Compton is a centuries-old vampire and central protagonist in the television series "True Blood," known for his complex morality and romantic relationship with Sookie Stackhouse.
  • 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_69ca82e87f2c8190bdb71ee29dfc642d completed March 30, 2026, 2:04 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69cb7fb812508190aed8a283dacf712e completed March 31, 2026, 8:03 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69cd95c2c36481909793e9cd0c28168a completed April 1, 2026, 10:01 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69cdab60ec308190a9001f9235e556b4 completed April 1, 2026, 11:33 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69cdb2e3457c8190a2d0cb6eeb81c9ef completed April 2, 2026, 12:05 a.m.
Created at: March 30, 2026, 5:56 p.m.