Triple

T9623441
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Dune (1984 film) E232399 entity
Predicate castMember P1668 FINISHED
Object Jack Nance
Jack Nance was an American character actor best known for his longtime collaboration with director David Lynch, including his iconic lead role in the cult film "Eraserhead."
 E811366 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: Jack Nance | Statement: [Dune (1984 film), castMember, Jack Nance]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Jack Nance
Context triple: [Dune (1984 film), castMember, Jack Nance]
  • A. Dale Robertson
    Dale Robertson was an American actor best known for his rugged leading roles in Western films and television series during the 1950s and 1960s.
  • B. James Coburn
    James Coburn was an American actor known for his cool, tough-guy persona in films such as "The Magnificent Seven" and "Our Man Flint," and for winning an Academy Award for his supporting role in "Affliction."
  • C. Randolph Scott
    Randolph Scott was a prominent American film actor best known for his roles in Westerns during the 1930s–1950s.
  • D. David Wayne
    David Wayne was an American character actor known for his versatile performances in film, television, and theater from the 1940s through the 1980s.
  • E. Stuart Whitman
    Stuart Whitman was an American actor known for his rugged leading-man roles in film and television during the 1950s and 1960s, including an Academy Award–nominated performance in "The Mark."
  • 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: Jack Nance
Triple: [Dune (1984 film), castMember, Jack Nance]
Generated description
Jack Nance was an American character actor best known for his longtime collaboration with director David Lynch, including his iconic lead role in the cult film "Eraserhead."
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Jack Nance
Target entity description: Jack Nance was an American character actor best known for his longtime collaboration with director David Lynch, including his iconic lead role in the cult film "Eraserhead."
  • A. Dale Robertson
    Dale Robertson was an American actor best known for his rugged leading roles in Western films and television series during the 1950s and 1960s.
  • B. James Coburn
    James Coburn was an American actor known for his cool, tough-guy persona in films such as "The Magnificent Seven" and "Our Man Flint," and for winning an Academy Award for his supporting role in "Affliction."
  • C. Randolph Scott
    Randolph Scott was a prominent American film actor best known for his roles in Westerns during the 1930s–1950s.
  • D. David Wayne
    David Wayne was an American character actor known for his versatile performances in film, television, and theater from the 1940s through the 1980s.
  • E. Stuart Whitman
    Stuart Whitman was an American actor known for his rugged leading-man roles in film and television during the 1950s and 1960s, including an Academy Award–nominated performance in "The Mark."
  • 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_69ca848793ec8190a93a12383a754dc0 completed March 30, 2026, 2:11 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69cd9ad650a4819096258665bc3f410b completed April 1, 2026, 10:23 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69d182291c34819099f3f43769849c5d completed April 4, 2026, 9:27 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69d182cb723881909f29b6a875e99da1 completed April 4, 2026, 9:29 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69d1833692788190990ad426b6502488 completed April 4, 2026, 9:31 p.m.
Created at: March 30, 2026, 8:10 p.m.