Triple

T9116090
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject The Hobbit (1977 animated film) E218721 entity
Predicate voiceActorOf P13156 FINISHED
Object Richard Boone as Smaug
Richard Boone as Smaug refers to the veteran American actor’s menacing vocal performance as the dragon Smaug in the 1977 animated adaptation of J.R.R. Tolkien’s "The Hobbit."
E42649 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: Richard Boone as Smaug | Statement: [The Hobbit (1977 animated film), voiceActorOf, Richard Boone as Smaug]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Richard Boone as Smaug
Context triple: [The Hobbit (1977 animated film), voiceActorOf, Richard Boone as Smaug]
  • A. Sauron (voice and motion capture)
    Sauron (voice and motion capture) is the digital incarnation of the Dark Lord antagonist in Peter Jackson’s Hobbit film trilogy, brought to life through Benedict Cumberbatch’s vocal performance and motion capture work.
  • B. Smaug
    Smaug is the powerful, treasure-hoarding dragon and primary antagonist in J.R.R. Tolkien’s novel "The Hobbit."
  • C. Dave Bautista
    Dave Bautista is an American actor and former professional wrestler best known for his role as Drax the Destroyer in the Marvel Cinematic Universe.
  • D. Brion James
    Brion James was an American character actor best known for his distinctive roles in science fiction and action films, including his memorable performance as the replicant Leon in "Blade Runner."
  • E. Ian McKellen
    Ian McKellen is an acclaimed English actor renowned for his powerful stage and screen performances, including iconic roles such as Gandalf in "The Lord of the Rings" and Magneto in the "X-Men" film 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: Richard Boone as Smaug
Triple: [The Hobbit (1977 animated film), voiceActorOf, Richard Boone as Smaug]
Generated description
Richard Boone as Smaug refers to the veteran American actor’s menacing vocal performance as the dragon Smaug in the 1977 animated adaptation of J.R.R. Tolkien’s "The Hobbit."
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Richard Boone as Smaug
Target entity description: Richard Boone as Smaug refers to the veteran American actor’s menacing vocal performance as the dragon Smaug in the 1977 animated adaptation of J.R.R. Tolkien’s "The Hobbit."
  • A. Sauron (voice and motion capture)
    Sauron (voice and motion capture) is the digital incarnation of the Dark Lord antagonist in Peter Jackson’s Hobbit film trilogy, brought to life through Benedict Cumberbatch’s vocal performance and motion capture work.
  • B. Smaug chosen
    Smaug is the powerful, treasure-hoarding dragon and primary antagonist in J.R.R. Tolkien’s novel "The Hobbit."
  • C. Dave Bautista
    Dave Bautista is an American actor and former professional wrestler best known for his role as Drax the Destroyer in the Marvel Cinematic Universe.
  • D. Brion James
    Brion James was an American character actor best known for his distinctive roles in science fiction and action films, including his memorable performance as the replicant Leon in "Blade Runner."
  • E. Ian McKellen
    Ian McKellen is an acclaimed English actor renowned for his powerful stage and screen performances, including iconic roles such as Gandalf in "The Lord of the Rings" and Magneto in the "X-Men" film series.
  • F. None of above.

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_69ca83dc94ac8190b9ef42684d36ff39 completed March 30, 2026, 2:08 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69cca8a4c9e08190ba3603a5d00afb20 completed April 1, 2026, 5:09 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69d0307299ec8190acade4f388642e23 completed April 3, 2026, 9:26 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69d034941af48190b612bdeb4e2a1648 completed April 3, 2026, 9:43 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69d035250d1481908a7a0e108360192e completed April 3, 2026, 9:46 p.m.
Created at: March 30, 2026, 7:16 p.m.