Triple

T21957726
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Zero Effect E542234 entity
Predicate portrayedCharacter P1668 FINISHED
Object Ben Stiller portrays Steve Arlo
Ben Stiller portrays Steve Arlo, the anxious and pragmatic lawyer-assistant to an eccentric private detective, in the 1998 mystery-comedy film "Zero Effect."
E1511213 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: Ben Stiller portrays Steve Arlo | Statement: [Zero Effect, portrayedCharacter, Ben Stiller portrays Steve Arlo]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Ben Stiller portrays Steve Arlo
Context triple: [Zero Effect, portrayedCharacter, Ben Stiller portrays Steve Arlo]
  • A. Bill Hader as Stefon Zolesky
    Bill Hader as Stefon Zolesky is the actor-comedian’s iconic Saturday Night Live persona, a flamboyant and eccentric New York City nightlife correspondent known for his bizarre club recommendations on “Weekend Update.”
  • B. Ben Stiller as Lawrence Isabella
    Ben Stiller as Lawrence Isabella is a supporting character portrayed by comedian and actor Ben Stiller in the 1989 crime film "Next of Kin."
  • C. Ben Stiller as David Starsky
    Ben Stiller as David Starsky refers to Stiller’s comedic portrayal of the energetic, streetwise detective David Starsky in the 2004 film adaptation of the classic TV series "Starsky & Hutch."
  • D. Adam Sandler as Donny Berger
    Adam Sandler as Donny Berger is the crude, immature, and perpetually irresponsible father at the center of the raunchy comedy "That's My Boy," whose antics drive the film’s outrageous humor and dysfunctional family storyline.
  • E. Bill Murray as Carl Spackler
    Bill Murray as Carl Spackler is the eccentric, mumbling, gopher-obsessed groundskeeper whose absurd antics and improvised monologues became the comedic highlight of the film.
  • 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: Ben Stiller portrays Steve Arlo
Triple: [Zero Effect, portrayedCharacter, Ben Stiller portrays Steve Arlo]
Generated description
Ben Stiller portrays Steve Arlo, the anxious and pragmatic lawyer-assistant to an eccentric private detective, in the 1998 mystery-comedy film "Zero Effect."
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Ben Stiller portrays Steve Arlo
Target entity description: Ben Stiller portrays Steve Arlo, the anxious and pragmatic lawyer-assistant to an eccentric private detective, in the 1998 mystery-comedy film "Zero Effect."
  • A. Bill Hader as Stefon Zolesky
    Bill Hader as Stefon Zolesky is the actor-comedian’s iconic Saturday Night Live persona, a flamboyant and eccentric New York City nightlife correspondent known for his bizarre club recommendations on “Weekend Update.”
  • B. Ben Stiller as Lawrence Isabella
    Ben Stiller as Lawrence Isabella is a supporting character portrayed by comedian and actor Ben Stiller in the 1989 crime film "Next of Kin."
  • C. Ben Stiller as David Starsky
    Ben Stiller as David Starsky refers to Stiller’s comedic portrayal of the energetic, streetwise detective David Starsky in the 2004 film adaptation of the classic TV series "Starsky & Hutch."
  • D. Adam Sandler as Donny Berger
    Adam Sandler as Donny Berger is the crude, immature, and perpetually irresponsible father at the center of the raunchy comedy "That's My Boy," whose antics drive the film’s outrageous humor and dysfunctional family storyline.
  • E. Bill Murray as Carl Spackler
    Bill Murray as Carl Spackler is the eccentric, mumbling, gopher-obsessed groundskeeper whose absurd antics and improvised monologues became the comedic highlight of the film.
  • 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_69e0c47fab1081908dc74a6545dbb051 completed April 16, 2026, 11:14 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69f1244108948190a08e6966e55c4acd completed April 28, 2026, 9:18 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_6a0a67082ee08190a791c5307d25a1a2 completed May 18, 2026, 1:10 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_6a0a67910f0081908d3d4771be0fb167 completed May 18, 2026, 1:12 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_6a0a68038d148190a9b2811f23fa802e completed May 18, 2026, 1:14 a.m.
Created at: April 16, 2026, 8 p.m.