Triple
T8960180
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Barry Pepper |
E213980
|
entity |
| Predicate | playedCharacter |
P1507
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Sergeant Michael Strank in Flags of Our Fathers |
E492118
|
NE FINISHED |
How this triple was built (2 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: Sergeant Michael Strank in Flags of Our Fathers | Statement: [Barry Pepper, playedCharacter, Sergeant Michael Strank in Flags of Our Fathers]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Sergeant Michael Strank in Flags of Our Fathers Context triple: [Barry Pepper, playedCharacter, Sergeant Michael Strank in Flags of Our Fathers]
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A.
Corporal Henderson in Saving Private Ryan
Corporal Henderson is a minor U.S. Army soldier character in the World War II film "Saving Private Ryan," portrayed by actor Max Martini.
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B.
Corporal Miller
Corporal Miller is a skilled explosives expert and member of the commando team in the World War II adventure film "The Guns of Navarone."
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C.
Private Irwin Wade in Saving Private Ryan
Private Irwin Wade in Saving Private Ryan is the compassionate yet battle-hardened U.S. Army medic in Captain Miller’s squad, whose medical skills and emotional depth highlight the human cost of World War II combat.
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D.
Michael Strank
chosen
Michael Strank was a United States Marine Corps sergeant and one of the flag-raisers on Iwo Jima during World War II, later depicted as a central figure in the book and film "Flags of Our Fathers."
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E.
Sergeant Kinnie in Battleground
Sergeant Kinnie in *Battleground* is the tough yet compassionate squad leader portrayed by James Whitmore in the 1949 World War II film about the Battle of the Bulge.
- F. None of above.
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Provenance (3 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_69ca839cd6008190a1546a701a56710c |
completed | March 30, 2026, 2:07 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69cc6746fbf88190aba658b4b9c2e4b0 |
completed | April 1, 2026, 12:31 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69cfc94ab868819080ff3fc7532a3874 |
completed | April 3, 2026, 2:06 p.m. |
Created at: March 30, 2026, 7 p.m.