Triple

T18140493
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Boys Don't Cry E434247 entity
Predicate starring P1507 FINISHED
Object Brendan Sexton III
Brendan Sexton III is an American actor known for his gritty supporting roles in independent films such as "Welcome to the Dollhouse" and "Boys Don't Cry."
 E1307540 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: Brendan Sexton III | Statement: [Boys Don't Cry, starring, Brendan Sexton III]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Brendan Sexton III
Context triple: [Boys Don't Cry, starring, Brendan Sexton III]
  • A. Brendan Quinn
    Brendan Quinn is an Irish musician known as a relative of Snow Patrol drummer Jonny Quinn.
  • B. Brendan Reed
    Brendan Reed is a Canadian musician and artist best known for his early work as a drummer and vocalist with the indie rock band Arcade Fire.
  • C. Brendan Canning
    Brendan Canning is a Canadian musician and co-founder of the indie rock collective Broken Social Scene, known for his work as a bassist, guitarist, and composer.
  • D. Brendan Hartnett
    Brendan Hartnett is a relatively obscure individual whose primary public mention appears to be as a namesake in reference data rather than as a widely recognized public figure.
  • E. Brendan Frye
    Brendan Frye is the sharp, solitary teenage sleuth who navigates a noir-style mystery in the indie crime film "Brick."
  • 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: Brendan Sexton III
Triple: [Boys Don't Cry, starring, Brendan Sexton III]
Generated description
Brendan Sexton III is an American actor known for his gritty supporting roles in independent films such as "Welcome to the Dollhouse" and "Boys Don't Cry."
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Brendan Sexton III
Target entity description: Brendan Sexton III is an American actor known for his gritty supporting roles in independent films such as "Welcome to the Dollhouse" and "Boys Don't Cry."
  • A. Brendan Quinn
    Brendan Quinn is an Irish musician known as a relative of Snow Patrol drummer Jonny Quinn.
  • B. Brendan Reed
    Brendan Reed is a Canadian musician and artist best known for his early work as a drummer and vocalist with the indie rock band Arcade Fire.
  • C. Brendan Canning
    Brendan Canning is a Canadian musician and co-founder of the indie rock collective Broken Social Scene, known for his work as a bassist, guitarist, and composer.
  • D. Brendan Hartnett
    Brendan Hartnett is a relatively obscure individual whose primary public mention appears to be as a namesake in reference data rather than as a widely recognized public figure.
  • E. Brendan Frye
    Brendan Frye is the sharp, solitary teenage sleuth who navigates a noir-style mystery in the indie crime film "Brick."
  • 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_69d8b90aac308190801e2c57d8c5bfe5 completed April 10, 2026, 8:47 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69e4de0a59d08190be74c1ecc00a8f3a completed April 19, 2026, 1:52 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_6a03855061b88190a9fcda2743dec41a completed May 12, 2026, 7:53 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_6a03861898948190b3ada048d9ea274c completed May 12, 2026, 7:57 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_6a0386b90e308190807af4d407840985 completed May 12, 2026, 7:59 p.m.
Created at: April 10, 2026, 10:29 a.m.