Triple

T20387830
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Dinner for Schmucks E498002 entity
Predicate leadActorRole P5563 FINISHED
Object Steve Carell as Barry Speck
Steve Carell as Barry Speck is the socially awkward, eccentric protagonist whose bizarre behavior drives much of the comedy in the film "Dinner for Schmucks."
 E1427563 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: Steve Carell as Barry Speck | Statement: [Dinner for Schmucks, leadActorRole, Steve Carell as Barry Speck]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Steve Carell as Barry Speck
Context triple: [Dinner for Schmucks, leadActorRole, Steve Carell as Barry Speck]
  • A. Steve Carell as Brick Tamland
    Steve Carell as Brick Tamland refers to Carell’s portrayal of the dim-witted yet endearing weatherman of the Channel 4 News Team in the Anchorman comedy films.
  • B. Steve Carell as Cal Weaver
    Steve Carell as Cal Weaver is a middle-aged, recently separated husband navigating heartbreak and self-discovery with awkward charm and humor in the romantic comedy film "Crazy, Stupid, Love."
  • C. Paul Giamatti as Mike Flaherty
    Paul Giamatti as Mike Flaherty is the lead performance in the film "Win Win," where he plays a struggling small-town lawyer and high school wrestling coach whose morally dubious decision upends his life.
  • D. Adam Sandler as Jim Friedman
    Adam Sandler as Jim Friedman is the bumbling yet big-hearted single father and romantic lead he plays in the 2014 comedy film "Blended."
  • E. Adam Sandler as Donny Berger
    Adam Sandler as Donny Berger is the crude, immature, and perpetually irresponsible father at the center of the raunchy comedy "That's My Boy," whose antics drive the film’s outrageous humor and dysfunctional family storyline.
  • 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: Steve Carell as Barry Speck
Triple: [Dinner for Schmucks, leadActorRole, Steve Carell as Barry Speck]
Generated description
Steve Carell as Barry Speck is the socially awkward, eccentric protagonist whose bizarre behavior drives much of the comedy in the film "Dinner for Schmucks."
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Steve Carell as Barry Speck
Target entity description: Steve Carell as Barry Speck is the socially awkward, eccentric protagonist whose bizarre behavior drives much of the comedy in the film "Dinner for Schmucks."
  • A. Steve Carell as Brick Tamland
    Steve Carell as Brick Tamland refers to Carell’s portrayal of the dim-witted yet endearing weatherman of the Channel 4 News Team in the Anchorman comedy films.
  • B. Steve Carell as Cal Weaver
    Steve Carell as Cal Weaver is a middle-aged, recently separated husband navigating heartbreak and self-discovery with awkward charm and humor in the romantic comedy film "Crazy, Stupid, Love."
  • C. Paul Giamatti as Mike Flaherty
    Paul Giamatti as Mike Flaherty is the lead performance in the film "Win Win," where he plays a struggling small-town lawyer and high school wrestling coach whose morally dubious decision upends his life.
  • D. Adam Sandler as Jim Friedman
    Adam Sandler as Jim Friedman is the bumbling yet big-hearted single father and romantic lead he plays in the 2014 comedy film "Blended."
  • E. Adam Sandler as Donny Berger
    Adam Sandler as Donny Berger is the crude, immature, and perpetually irresponsible father at the center of the raunchy comedy "That's My Boy," whose antics drive the film’s outrageous humor and dysfunctional family storyline.
  • 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_69e0b4a71ebc8190b153a36c738730f4 completed April 16, 2026, 10:06 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69e6790c935881908f901d058e6a83a9 completed April 20, 2026, 7:05 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_6a08761fdb8481908a4b9975c96aade9 completed May 16, 2026, 1:50 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_6a0876b11c248190aefac57c32293ff0 completed May 16, 2026, 1:52 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_6a08772501e08190b6c104b3270cf2da completed May 16, 2026, 1:54 p.m.
Created at: April 16, 2026, 11:28 a.m.