Triple

T18337424
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Secondhand Lions E439307 entity
Predicate mainCharacter P1183 FINISHED
Object Walter Caldwell
Walter Caldwell is one of the eccentric, reclusive uncles at the heart of the coming-of-age film "Secondhand Lions," known for his adventurous past and gruff but ultimately caring nature.
E1386959 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: Walter Caldwell | Statement: [Secondhand Lions, mainCharacter, Walter Caldwell]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Walter Caldwell
Context triple: [Secondhand Lions, mainCharacter, Walter Caldwell]
  • A. Walter Carroll
    Walter Carroll was the husband of acclaimed American stage and screen actress Julie Harris.
  • B. Walter Hendricks
    Walter Hendricks was an American educator best known as the founder and first president of Marlboro College in Vermont.
  • C. Walter Shawlee
    Walter Shawlee was the husband of American character actress Joan Shawlee, known primarily in relation to her life and career.
  • D. Walter Walker
    Walter Walker was a British Army general who played a leading role in counterinsurgency operations, notably overseeing British and Commonwealth forces during the Borneo Confrontation in the 1960s.
  • E. Walter Walker
    Walter Walker was an American character actor active in early 20th-century stage and film, known for supporting roles in Hollywood productions.
  • 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: Walter Caldwell
Triple: [Secondhand Lions, mainCharacter, Walter Caldwell]
Generated description
Walter Caldwell is one of the eccentric, reclusive uncles at the heart of the coming-of-age film "Secondhand Lions," known for his adventurous past and gruff but ultimately caring nature.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Walter Caldwell
Target entity description: Walter Caldwell is one of the eccentric, reclusive uncles at the heart of the coming-of-age film "Secondhand Lions," known for his adventurous past and gruff but ultimately caring nature.
  • A. Walter Carroll
    Walter Carroll was the husband of acclaimed American stage and screen actress Julie Harris.
  • B. Walter Hendricks
    Walter Hendricks was an American educator best known as the founder and first president of Marlboro College in Vermont.
  • C. Walter Shawlee
    Walter Shawlee was the husband of American character actress Joan Shawlee, known primarily in relation to her life and career.
  • D. Walter Walker
    Walter Walker was a British Army general who played a leading role in counterinsurgency operations, notably overseeing British and Commonwealth forces during the Borneo Confrontation in the 1960s.
  • E. Walter Walker
    Walter Walker was an American character actor active in early 20th-century stage and film, known for supporting roles in Hollywood productions.
  • 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_69d8b9175fec8190af865699b4e64d8c completed April 10, 2026, 8:47 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69e50ece387881909a5da0aa4370489c completed April 19, 2026, 5:20 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_6a077197d9e081909d852d9dfff70953 completed May 15, 2026, 7:18 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_6a0777bf8c788190b43aa12cddb3bedc completed May 15, 2026, 7:45 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_6a07781080c081908a6b5307be854cac completed May 15, 2026, 7:46 p.m.
Created at: April 10, 2026, 10:37 a.m.