Triple
T8766446
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Thank You for Smoking |
E208349
|
entity |
| Predicate | character |
P662
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FINISHED |
| Object |
B.R. (Naylor's boss)
B.R. is the calculating and image-conscious boss of tobacco lobbyist Nick Naylor in the satirical novel and film "Thank You for Smoking."
|
E757301
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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: B.R. (Naylor's boss) | Statement: [Thank You for Smoking, character, B.R. (Naylor's boss)]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: B.R. (Naylor's boss) Context triple: [Thank You for Smoking, character, B.R. (Naylor's boss)]
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A.
Boss Bailey
Boss Bailey is a former American football linebacker who played in the NFL, notably for the Detroit Lions and Denver Broncos.
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B.
Boss Daley
Boss Daley was the powerful and long-serving mayor of Chicago who dominated the city’s Democratic political machine in the mid-20th century.
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C.
Mr. Brooks
Mr. Brooks is a 2007 psychological thriller film about a seemingly respectable businessman who struggles with his murderous alter ego.
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D.
Walker Bobby
Walker Bobby is a fictional character from the comedy film "Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby," portrayed as one of NASCAR driver Ricky Bobby's young sons.
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E.
Boss
Boss is an autonomous robotic vehicle developed by Carnegie Mellon University that famously won the 2007 DARPA Urban Challenge for self-driving cars.
- 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: B.R. (Naylor's boss) Triple: [Thank You for Smoking, character, B.R. (Naylor's boss)]
Generated description
B.R. is the calculating and image-conscious boss of tobacco lobbyist Nick Naylor in the satirical novel and film "Thank You for Smoking."
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: B.R. (Naylor's boss) Target entity description: B.R. is the calculating and image-conscious boss of tobacco lobbyist Nick Naylor in the satirical novel and film "Thank You for Smoking."
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A.
Boss Bailey
Boss Bailey is a former American football linebacker who played in the NFL, notably for the Detroit Lions and Denver Broncos.
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B.
Boss Daley
Boss Daley was the powerful and long-serving mayor of Chicago who dominated the city’s Democratic political machine in the mid-20th century.
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C.
Mr. Brooks
Mr. Brooks is a 2007 psychological thriller film about a seemingly respectable businessman who struggles with his murderous alter ego.
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D.
Walker Bobby
Walker Bobby is a fictional character from the comedy film "Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby," portrayed as one of NASCAR driver Ricky Bobby's young sons.
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E.
Boss
Boss is an autonomous robotic vehicle developed by Carnegie Mellon University that famously won the 2007 DARPA Urban Challenge for self-driving cars.
- 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_69ca835df7e08190ac875664cca8f9ca |
completed | March 30, 2026, 2:06 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69cc5ee97fd0819087ef8fe14b37ae43 |
completed | March 31, 2026, 11:55 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69cf519f029081908ad0ae79f35b3e9d |
completed | April 3, 2026, 5:35 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69cf560021148190b60f3f32b0a952b4 |
completed | April 3, 2026, 5:54 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69cf5654aa4c8190a368a0caca8ed45b |
completed | April 3, 2026, 5:55 a.m. |
Created at: March 30, 2026, 6:41 p.m.