Triple

T12657578
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Cry Uncle! E302324 entity
Predicate starring P1507 FINISHED
Object Allen F. Nicholls
Allen F. Nicholls is an American actor and filmmaker best known for his work in 1970s independent cinema and his collaborations with director Robert Altman.
E1491725 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: Allen F. Nicholls | Statement: [Cry Uncle!, starring, Allen F. Nicholls]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Allen F. Nicholls
Context triple: [Cry Uncle!, starring, Allen F. Nicholls]
  • A. Carl J. Kilpatrick
    Carl J. Kilpatrick is an individual notable enough to be specifically cited as a bearer of the surname Kilpatrick, though detailed public information about his life or achievements is limited.
  • B. Robert F. Colesberry
    Robert F. Colesberry was an American film and television producer and director best known for helping shape the visual style and production of acclaimed series like *The Wire* and *Homicide: Life on the Street*.
  • C. William B. Isham
    William B. Isham was a New York businessman and landowner whose former estate in northern Manhattan became the public green space now known as Isham Park.
  • D. John M. Lyle
    John M. Lyle was a prominent early 20th-century Canadian architect known for helping shape a distinct national architectural style through major public and civic buildings.
  • E. James D. Wilcox
    James D. Wilcox is a film editor best known for his work on major Hollywood productions, including editing the film adaptation of "Hillbilly Elegy."
  • 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: Allen F. Nicholls
Triple: [Cry Uncle!, starring, Allen F. Nicholls]
Generated description
Allen F. Nicholls is an American actor and filmmaker best known for his work in 1970s independent cinema and his collaborations with director Robert Altman.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Allen F. Nicholls
Target entity description: Allen F. Nicholls is an American actor and filmmaker best known for his work in 1970s independent cinema and his collaborations with director Robert Altman.
  • A. Carl J. Kilpatrick
    Carl J. Kilpatrick is an individual notable enough to be specifically cited as a bearer of the surname Kilpatrick, though detailed public information about his life or achievements is limited.
  • B. Robert F. Colesberry
    Robert F. Colesberry was an American film and television producer and director best known for helping shape the visual style and production of acclaimed series like *The Wire* and *Homicide: Life on the Street*.
  • C. William B. Isham
    William B. Isham was a New York businessman and landowner whose former estate in northern Manhattan became the public green space now known as Isham Park.
  • D. John M. Lyle
    John M. Lyle was a prominent early 20th-century Canadian architect known for helping shape a distinct national architectural style through major public and civic buildings.
  • E. James D. Wilcox
    James D. Wilcox is a film editor best known for his work on major Hollywood productions, including editing the film adaptation of "Hillbilly Elegy."
  • 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_69d7bded71a88190bb76e2413af9ea66 completed April 9, 2026, 2:55 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69d961636db8819099c438b24bcfd866 completed April 10, 2026, 8:45 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_6a09f65821448190858aac8599efeae2 completed May 17, 2026, 5:09 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_6a09f7aba1e88190b56decd9839a3afd completed May 17, 2026, 5:15 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_6a09f825b02c819096f57b1dba02ded2 completed May 17, 2026, 5:17 p.m.
Created at: April 9, 2026, 5:19 p.m.