Triple

T21432354
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Build My Gallows High E528718 entity
Predicate mainCharacter P1183 FINISHED
Object Whit Sterling
Whit Sterling is a suave yet menacing crime boss and primary antagonist in the classic film noir story "Build My Gallows High" (also known as "Out of the Past").
E528721 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: Whit Sterling | Statement: [Build My Gallows High, mainCharacter, Whit Sterling]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Whit Sterling
Context triple: [Build My Gallows High, mainCharacter, Whit Sterling]
  • A. Whit Sterling
    Whit Sterling is a suave but ruthless crime boss and primary antagonist in the classic 1947 film noir "Out of the Past."
  • B. Josh White
    Josh White was an influential American folk and blues singer, guitarist, and civil rights activist known for his powerful interpretations of protest songs and spirituals.
  • C. Darin Whittington
    Darin Whittington is a music producer best known for his work on the track "Anytime."
  • D. Whit Stovall
    Whit Stovall is the central protagonist of the film "Honky Tonk Man," a Depression-era drifter and aspiring country musician portrayed by Clint Eastwood.
  • E. Adam Whitely
    Adam Whitely is a fictional character associated with the use of the name or persona "Priscilla."
  • 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: Whit Sterling
Triple: [Build My Gallows High, mainCharacter, Whit Sterling]
Generated description
Whit Sterling is a suave yet menacing crime boss and primary antagonist in the classic film noir story "Build My Gallows High" (also known as "Out of the Past").
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Whit Sterling
Target entity description: Whit Sterling is a suave yet menacing crime boss and primary antagonist in the classic film noir story "Build My Gallows High" (also known as "Out of the Past").
  • A. Whit Sterling chosen
    Whit Sterling is a suave but ruthless crime boss and primary antagonist in the classic 1947 film noir "Out of the Past."
  • B. Josh White
    Josh White was an influential American folk and blues singer, guitarist, and civil rights activist known for his powerful interpretations of protest songs and spirituals.
  • C. Darin Whittington
    Darin Whittington is a music producer best known for his work on the track "Anytime."
  • D. Whit Stovall
    Whit Stovall is the central protagonist of the film "Honky Tonk Man," a Depression-era drifter and aspiring country musician portrayed by Clint Eastwood.
  • E. Adam Whitely
    Adam Whitely is a fictional character associated with the use of the name or persona "Priscilla."
  • F. None of above.

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_69e0c455f3688190810bc96365791b0f completed April 16, 2026, 11:13 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69e8b5326c8481908a6ab7d2dd961ae2 completed April 22, 2026, 11:46 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_6a09c2ae19a08190bdb9c07c31751bf4 completed May 17, 2026, 1:29 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_6a09c36e90dc8190b5628ddef17c9796 completed May 17, 2026, 1:32 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_6a09c3e4d2c881908b3438eebbd409f0 completed May 17, 2026, 1:34 p.m.
Created at: April 16, 2026, 5:50 p.m.