Triple

T20674346
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject The Man Without a Face E508119 entity
Predicate character P662 FINISHED
Object Charles Norstadt
Charles Norstadt is the young, troubled boy in "The Man Without a Face" who seeks guidance and acceptance from a reclusive, disfigured former teacher.
E1445337 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: Charles Norstadt | Statement: [The Man Without a Face, character, Charles Norstadt]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Charles Norstadt
Context triple: [The Man Without a Face, character, Charles Norstadt]
  • A. Edward Strohbehn
    Edward Strohbehn is an environmental lawyer best known as a co-founder of the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC), a leading U.S. environmental advocacy organization.
  • B. Henry Gondorff
    Henry Gondorff is a seasoned, charismatic con artist and grifter portrayed by Paul Newman in the classic 1973 film "The Sting."
  • C. George Magerkurth
    George Magerkurth was an American Major League Baseball umpire active primarily in the 1930s and 1940s.
  • D. Philip Langner
    Philip Langner was an American theater and film producer best known for his work on influential mid-20th-century stage and screen productions.
  • E. Willam Christensen
    Willam Christensen was an influential American ballet dancer, choreographer, and director best known for helping establish professional ballet in the United States, including shaping the early artistic direction of the San Francisco Ballet.
  • 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: Charles Norstadt
Triple: [The Man Without a Face, character, Charles Norstadt]
Generated description
Charles Norstadt is the young, troubled boy in "The Man Without a Face" who seeks guidance and acceptance from a reclusive, disfigured former teacher.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Charles Norstadt
Target entity description: Charles Norstadt is the young, troubled boy in "The Man Without a Face" who seeks guidance and acceptance from a reclusive, disfigured former teacher.
  • A. Edward Strohbehn
    Edward Strohbehn is an environmental lawyer best known as a co-founder of the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC), a leading U.S. environmental advocacy organization.
  • B. Henry Gondorff
    Henry Gondorff is a seasoned, charismatic con artist and grifter portrayed by Paul Newman in the classic 1973 film "The Sting."
  • C. George Magerkurth
    George Magerkurth was an American Major League Baseball umpire active primarily in the 1930s and 1940s.
  • D. Philip Langner
    Philip Langner was an American theater and film producer best known for his work on influential mid-20th-century stage and screen productions.
  • E. Willam Christensen
    Willam Christensen was an influential American ballet dancer, choreographer, and director best known for helping establish professional ballet in the United States, including shaping the early artistic direction of the San Francisco Ballet.
  • 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_69e0b4c1164881909a3bf1e3ddb2bc32 completed April 16, 2026, 10:06 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69e6b5cdbec48190a945261c41d810ce completed April 20, 2026, 11:25 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_6a08d7da54588190b0f13d8b4d6d4d51 completed May 16, 2026, 8:47 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_6a08d8f47be881909859bbe23887d0fc completed May 16, 2026, 8:52 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_6a08d99214b48190b0ffba4026d3fa39 completed May 16, 2026, 8:54 p.m.
Created at: April 16, 2026, 11:44 a.m.