Triple
T20661453
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Needful Things |
E507768
|
entity |
| Predicate | hasCharacter |
P2308
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Alan Pangborn
Alan Pangborn is the sheriff of the fictional town of Castle Rock in Stephen King’s works, notably serving as a central protagonist in the novels "The Dark Half" and "Needful Things."
|
E1443650
|
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: Alan Pangborn | Statement: [Needful Things, hasCharacter, Alan Pangborn]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Alan Pangborn Context triple: [Needful Things, hasCharacter, Alan Pangborn]
-
A.
Marshal Dutton
Marshal Dutton is a rock musician and producer best known as the lead vocalist and former guitarist for the band Hinder.
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B.
Lester Crawford
Lester Crawford was the husband of American stage and film actress Helen Broderick.
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C.
Tom Logan
Tom Logan is the charismatic defense attorney portrayed by Robert Redford in the 1986 legal comedy film "Legal Eagles."
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D.
Tom Logan
Tom Logan is a fictional rustler and gang leader portrayed by Jack Nicholson in the 1976 Western film "The Missouri Breaks."
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E.
Sam Hargrave
Sam Hargrave is an American stunt coordinator, actor, and film director best known for directing the action film "Extraction" and for his extensive stunt work in major Hollywood productions, including the Marvel Cinematic Universe.
- 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: Alan Pangborn Triple: [Needful Things, hasCharacter, Alan Pangborn]
Generated description
Alan Pangborn is the sheriff of the fictional town of Castle Rock in Stephen King’s works, notably serving as a central protagonist in the novels "The Dark Half" and "Needful Things."
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Alan Pangborn Target entity description: Alan Pangborn is the sheriff of the fictional town of Castle Rock in Stephen King’s works, notably serving as a central protagonist in the novels "The Dark Half" and "Needful Things."
-
A.
Marshal Dutton
Marshal Dutton is a rock musician and producer best known as the lead vocalist and former guitarist for the band Hinder.
-
B.
Lester Crawford
Lester Crawford was the husband of American stage and film actress Helen Broderick.
-
C.
Tom Logan
Tom Logan is the charismatic defense attorney portrayed by Robert Redford in the 1986 legal comedy film "Legal Eagles."
-
D.
Tom Logan
Tom Logan is a fictional rustler and gang leader portrayed by Jack Nicholson in the 1976 Western film "The Missouri Breaks."
-
E.
Sam Hargrave
Sam Hargrave is an American stunt coordinator, actor, and film director best known for directing the action film "Extraction" and for his extensive stunt work in major Hollywood productions, including the Marvel Cinematic Universe.
- 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_69e0b4c059bc81908ea762cd73ea4424 |
completed | April 16, 2026, 10:06 a.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69e6b2f2ee4081908df9ba897c9dfc98 |
completed | April 20, 2026, 11:12 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_6a08cd5afe5081909e20b796dd9f0908 |
completed | May 16, 2026, 8:02 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_6a08d175206c8190b119bb1a2d06462f |
completed | May 16, 2026, 8:20 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_6a08d28e02fc8190ab694673156ab0c0 |
completed | May 16, 2026, 8:24 p.m. |
Created at: April 16, 2026, 11:44 a.m.