Triple

T8388154
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject James Whitmore E197871 entity
Predicate role P268 FINISHED
Object Police Sergeant Edward Brody in Them!
Police Sergeant Edward Brody is the New Mexico lawman portrayed by James Whitmore in the 1954 science-fiction horror film "Them!", who helps investigate and combat a deadly invasion of giant ants.
 E730107 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: Police Sergeant Edward Brody in Them! | Statement: [James Whitmore, role, Police Sergeant Edward Brody in Them!]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Police Sergeant Edward Brody in Them!
Context triple: [James Whitmore, role, Police Sergeant Edward Brody in Them!]
  • A. Detective Thorn in Soylent Green
    Detective Thorn in Soylent Green is the hard-edged New York City police detective protagonist who uncovers the horrifying truth behind the futuristic food product Soylent Green in the 1973 dystopian science fiction film.
  • B. Alex Murphy / RoboCop
    Alex Murphy, better known as RoboCop, is a cyborg law enforcement officer from the science fiction film series who embodies themes of identity, justice, and the fusion of man and machine.
  • C. Det. Sgt. Eugene Moretti
    Det. Sgt. Eugene Moretti is the New York City police detective sergeant who negotiates with the bank robbers during the hostage standoff in the film "Dog Day Afternoon."
  • D. NYPD Sergeant
    An NYPD Sergeant is a mid-level supervisory police officer in the New York City Police Department responsible for overseeing patrol officers and ensuring proper enforcement of laws and departmental procedures.
  • E. Detective Mike Bosko in Heat
    Detective Mike Bosko in *Heat* is a supporting LAPD detective character portrayed by Ted Levine in Michael Mann’s 1995 crime thriller.
  • 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: Police Sergeant Edward Brody in Them!
Triple: [James Whitmore, role, Police Sergeant Edward Brody in Them!]
Generated description
Police Sergeant Edward Brody is the New Mexico lawman portrayed by James Whitmore in the 1954 science-fiction horror film "Them!", who helps investigate and combat a deadly invasion of giant ants.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Police Sergeant Edward Brody in Them!
Target entity description: Police Sergeant Edward Brody is the New Mexico lawman portrayed by James Whitmore in the 1954 science-fiction horror film "Them!", who helps investigate and combat a deadly invasion of giant ants.
  • A. Detective Thorn in Soylent Green
    Detective Thorn in Soylent Green is the hard-edged New York City police detective protagonist who uncovers the horrifying truth behind the futuristic food product Soylent Green in the 1973 dystopian science fiction film.
  • B. Alex Murphy / RoboCop
    Alex Murphy, better known as RoboCop, is a cyborg law enforcement officer from the science fiction film series who embodies themes of identity, justice, and the fusion of man and machine.
  • C. Det. Sgt. Eugene Moretti
    Det. Sgt. Eugene Moretti is the New York City police detective sergeant who negotiates with the bank robbers during the hostage standoff in the film "Dog Day Afternoon."
  • D. NYPD Sergeant
    An NYPD Sergeant is a mid-level supervisory police officer in the New York City Police Department responsible for overseeing patrol officers and ensuring proper enforcement of laws and departmental procedures.
  • E. Detective Mike Bosko in Heat
    Detective Mike Bosko in *Heat* is a supporting LAPD detective character portrayed by Ted Levine in Michael Mann’s 1995 crime thriller.
  • 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_69ca82f749388190bffbea6dfb509016 completed March 30, 2026, 2:04 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69cb81090f688190a3a8d1680383c361 completed March 31, 2026, 8:08 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69cde83aac448190b74f65507170a8f7 completed April 2, 2026, 3:53 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69cdebfafe84819097f387318897dae1 completed April 2, 2026, 4:09 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69cded2a9c2c8190bdbeddad562ef9e8 completed April 2, 2026, 4:14 a.m.
Created at: March 30, 2026, 6:03 p.m.