Triple
T9836799
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Thunderbolt (1929 film) |
E239121
|
entity |
| Predicate | starring |
P1507
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Richard Arlen |
E445424
|
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: Richard Arlen | Statement: [Thunderbolt (1929 film), starring, Richard Arlen]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Richard Arlen Context triple: [Thunderbolt (1929 film), starring, Richard Arlen]
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A.
Richard Arlen
chosen
Richard Arlen was an American film actor best known for his roles in early Hollywood, particularly in silent and early sound-era adventure and war films.
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B.
Barry Livesey
Barry Livesey was a British actor active in the early to mid-20th century, known for his work on stage and in film and as a member of the prominent Livesey acting family.
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C.
George Brent
George Brent was an Irish-American leading man of 1930s and 1940s Hollywood cinema, known for his suave screen presence opposite stars like Bette Davis.
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D.
Jack Cardiff
Jack Cardiff was an acclaimed British cinematographer and director renowned for his pioneering use of Technicolor and visually striking work on classic films.
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E.
Brian Donlevy
Brian Donlevy was an American film actor known for his tough-guy roles in Hollywood classics of the 1930s and 1940s, including several notable Westerns and war films.
- 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_69ca84e314108190978324a4bdb959f8 |
completed | March 30, 2026, 2:12 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69cdb33b07688190b78a70cf535c3efc |
completed | April 2, 2026, 12:07 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69d20d4079048190976eb198f8ef62f0 |
completed | April 5, 2026, 7:20 a.m. |
Created at: March 30, 2026, 8:33 p.m.