Triple

T20388543
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Thinner E498022 entity
Predicate mainCharacter P1183 FINISHED
Object Billy Halleck
Billy Halleck is the protagonist of Stephen King’s horror novel "Thinner," a wealthy lawyer cursed to lose weight uncontrollably after a fatal hit-and-run accident.
E1427603 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: Billy Halleck | Statement: [Thinner, mainCharacter, Billy Halleck]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Billy Halleck
Context triple: [Thinner, mainCharacter, Billy Halleck]
  • A. Wally Sparks
    Wally Sparks is a loudmouthed, irreverent tabloid talk-show host portrayed by Rodney Dangerfield in the 1997 comedy film "Meet Wally Sparks."
  • B. Jay Halstead
    Jay Halstead is a fictional former Army Ranger turned dedicated detective in the Intelligence Unit on the TV series "Chicago P.D.," known for his strong moral compass and close partnership with Erin Lindsay.
  • C. Randolph Driblette
    Randolph Driblette is a reclusive, visionary theater director and actor in Thomas Pynchon’s novel *The Crying of Lot 49*, whose enigmatic production of the play *The Courier’s Tragedy* deepens the book’s themes of conspiracy and interpretation.
  • D. Hank Marshall
    Hank Marshall is the central protagonist of the film "Blue Sky," a conflicted U.S. Army officer grappling with personal and professional turmoil during the Cold War era.
  • E. Haydon Wick
    Haydon Wick is a residential and suburban area within the Borough of Swindon in Wiltshire, England.
  • 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: Billy Halleck
Triple: [Thinner, mainCharacter, Billy Halleck]
Generated description
Billy Halleck is the protagonist of Stephen King’s horror novel "Thinner," a wealthy lawyer cursed to lose weight uncontrollably after a fatal hit-and-run accident.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Billy Halleck
Target entity description: Billy Halleck is the protagonist of Stephen King’s horror novel "Thinner," a wealthy lawyer cursed to lose weight uncontrollably after a fatal hit-and-run accident.
  • A. Wally Sparks
    Wally Sparks is a loudmouthed, irreverent tabloid talk-show host portrayed by Rodney Dangerfield in the 1997 comedy film "Meet Wally Sparks."
  • B. Jay Halstead
    Jay Halstead is a fictional former Army Ranger turned dedicated detective in the Intelligence Unit on the TV series "Chicago P.D.," known for his strong moral compass and close partnership with Erin Lindsay.
  • C. Randolph Driblette
    Randolph Driblette is a reclusive, visionary theater director and actor in Thomas Pynchon’s novel *The Crying of Lot 49*, whose enigmatic production of the play *The Courier’s Tragedy* deepens the book’s themes of conspiracy and interpretation.
  • D. Hank Marshall
    Hank Marshall is the central protagonist of the film "Blue Sky," a conflicted U.S. Army officer grappling with personal and professional turmoil during the Cold War era.
  • E. Haydon Wick
    Haydon Wick is a residential and suburban area within the Borough of Swindon in Wiltshire, England.
  • 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_69e6790d9e5881908bde7da9e5e541a0 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.