Triple
T9810452
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Spotlight |
E238253
|
entity |
| Predicate | character |
P662
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Michael Rezendes
Michael Rezendes is an investigative journalist for The Boston Globe’s Spotlight team, portrayed in the film "Spotlight" as a persistent reporter who helps uncover the Catholic Church sex abuse scandal.
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E822613
|
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: Michael Rezendes | Statement: [Spotlight, character, Michael Rezendes]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Michael Rezendes Context triple: [Spotlight, character, Michael Rezendes]
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A.
Aaron Crow
Aaron Crow is an American former professional baseball pitcher who played in Major League Baseball, primarily for the Kansas City Royals.
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B.
Matthew Shepard
Matthew Shepard was a young gay American college student whose brutal 1998 murder in Wyoming became a symbol of anti-LGBTQ+ violence and led to significant hate crime legislation in the United States.
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C.
John Crawford
John Crawford was an American character actor known for his numerous supporting roles in film and television from the 1940s through the 1980s.
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D.
Troy Kennedy Martin
Troy Kennedy Martin was a British television and film screenwriter best known for creating the series "Z-Cars" and writing the original 1969 film "The Italian Job."
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E.
Michael Alig
Michael Alig was a notorious New York City club promoter and leader of the 1990s "Club Kids" scene whose life and crimes inspired the film "Party Monster."
- 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: Michael Rezendes Triple: [Spotlight, character, Michael Rezendes]
Generated description
Michael Rezendes is an investigative journalist for The Boston Globe’s Spotlight team, portrayed in the film "Spotlight" as a persistent reporter who helps uncover the Catholic Church sex abuse scandal.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Michael Rezendes Target entity description: Michael Rezendes is an investigative journalist for The Boston Globe’s Spotlight team, portrayed in the film "Spotlight" as a persistent reporter who helps uncover the Catholic Church sex abuse scandal.
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A.
Aaron Crow
Aaron Crow is an American former professional baseball pitcher who played in Major League Baseball, primarily for the Kansas City Royals.
-
B.
Matthew Shepard
Matthew Shepard was a young gay American college student whose brutal 1998 murder in Wyoming became a symbol of anti-LGBTQ+ violence and led to significant hate crime legislation in the United States.
-
C.
John Crawford
John Crawford was an American character actor known for his numerous supporting roles in film and television from the 1940s through the 1980s.
-
D.
Troy Kennedy Martin
Troy Kennedy Martin was a British television and film screenwriter best known for creating the series "Z-Cars" and writing the original 1969 film "The Italian Job."
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E.
Michael Alig
Michael Alig was a notorious New York City club promoter and leader of the 1990s "Club Kids" scene whose life and crimes inspired the film "Party Monster."
- 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_69ca84defac48190abc1148804f184c1 |
completed | March 30, 2026, 2:12 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69cdb220310c8190a16ca0b746f0ef7a |
completed | April 2, 2026, 12:02 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69d1cc5f768c8190987aaa7164f42444 |
completed | April 5, 2026, 2:43 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69d1ccd04b60819085a5bde42605ecf5 |
completed | April 5, 2026, 2:45 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69d1cd70aa5481908b67afef279c38af |
completed | April 5, 2026, 2:48 a.m. |
Created at: March 30, 2026, 8:30 p.m.