Triple

T20387834
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Dinner for Schmucks E498002 entity
Predicate character P662 FINISHED
Object Therman Murch
Therman Murch is a character in the comedy film "Dinner for Schmucks," portrayed as an egotistical mind-control expert and rival to the protagonist.
E1427565 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: Therman Murch | Statement: [Dinner for Schmucks, character, Therman Murch]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Therman Murch
Context triple: [Dinner for Schmucks, character, Therman Murch]
  • A. La Monte Young
    La Monte Young is an American composer and musician regarded as a pioneer of minimal music and drone-based composition, known for his radically sustained tones and conceptual approach to sound and time.
  • B. Don Williamson
    Don Williamson was an American businessman and politician who served as the controversial mayor of Flint, Michigan in the 2000s.
  • C. Kerwin Mathews
    Kerwin Mathews was an American actor best known for his swashbuckling and fantasy adventure roles in mid-20th-century films, particularly in collaborations with special effects pioneer Ray Harryhausen.
  • D. Otis McCulloch
    Otis McCulloch is the child of Canadian comedian, writer, and "The Kids in the Hall" member Bruce McCulloch.
  • E. George Richey
    George Richey was an American country music songwriter, producer, and manager known for his work in Nashville and his long association with major country artists.
  • 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: Therman Murch
Triple: [Dinner for Schmucks, character, Therman Murch]
Generated description
Therman Murch is a character in the comedy film "Dinner for Schmucks," portrayed as an egotistical mind-control expert and rival to the protagonist.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Therman Murch
Target entity description: Therman Murch is a character in the comedy film "Dinner for Schmucks," portrayed as an egotistical mind-control expert and rival to the protagonist.
  • A. La Monte Young
    La Monte Young is an American composer and musician regarded as a pioneer of minimal music and drone-based composition, known for his radically sustained tones and conceptual approach to sound and time.
  • B. Don Williamson
    Don Williamson was an American businessman and politician who served as the controversial mayor of Flint, Michigan in the 2000s.
  • C. Kerwin Mathews
    Kerwin Mathews was an American actor best known for his swashbuckling and fantasy adventure roles in mid-20th-century films, particularly in collaborations with special effects pioneer Ray Harryhausen.
  • D. Otis McCulloch
    Otis McCulloch is the child of Canadian comedian, writer, and "The Kids in the Hall" member Bruce McCulloch.
  • E. George Richey
    George Richey was an American country music songwriter, producer, and manager known for his work in Nashville and his long association with major country artists.
  • 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.