Triple

T22957527
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Catherine Martin E570800 entity
Predicate notableScene P7326 FINISHED
Object uses Buffalo Bill’s dog Precious to bargain for her life
Catherine Martin is the kidnapped U.S. senator’s daughter in *The Silence of the Lambs*, known for her resourcefulness in using Buffalo Bill’s dog Precious to try to secure her escape.
E1563013 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: uses Buffalo Bill’s dog Precious to bargain for her life | Statement: [Catherine Martin, notableScene, uses Buffalo Bill’s dog Precious to bargain for her life]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: uses Buffalo Bill’s dog Precious to bargain for her life
Context triple: [Catherine Martin, notableScene, uses Buffalo Bill’s dog Precious to bargain for her life]
  • A. The Hunter Gets Captured by the Game
    "The Hunter Gets Captured by the Game" is a song written by Smokey Robinson, originally recorded by The Marvelettes and later notably covered by Grace Jones on her album "Warm Leatherette."
  • B. The White Buffalo
    The White Buffalo is a 1977 Western film starring Charles Bronson that blends frontier adventure with a Moby Dick–style obsession narrative centered on the hunt for a legendary white bison.
  • C. The Last of the Buffalo
    The Last of the Buffalo is a late 19th-century painting by Albert Bierstadt that dramatically depicts the near-extinction of American bison on the Great Plains, symbolizing the end of the American frontier.
  • D. Wounded Horse
    "Wounded Horse" is a song by the English rock band XTC, featured on their 2000 album *Wasp Star (Apple Venus Volume 2)*.
  • E. Thunder Dog
    Thunder Dog is the costumed canine mascot of the Wichita Thunder professional ice hockey team, entertaining fans at games and events.
  • 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: uses Buffalo Bill’s dog Precious to bargain for her life
Triple: [Catherine Martin, notableScene, uses Buffalo Bill’s dog Precious to bargain for her life]
Generated description
Catherine Martin is the kidnapped U.S. senator’s daughter in *The Silence of the Lambs*, known for her resourcefulness in using Buffalo Bill’s dog Precious to try to secure her escape.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: uses Buffalo Bill’s dog Precious to bargain for her life
Target entity description: Catherine Martin is the kidnapped U.S. senator’s daughter in *The Silence of the Lambs*, known for her resourcefulness in using Buffalo Bill’s dog Precious to try to secure her escape.
  • A. The Hunter Gets Captured by the Game
    "The Hunter Gets Captured by the Game" is a song written by Smokey Robinson, originally recorded by The Marvelettes and later notably covered by Grace Jones on her album "Warm Leatherette."
  • B. The White Buffalo
    The White Buffalo is a 1977 Western film starring Charles Bronson that blends frontier adventure with a Moby Dick–style obsession narrative centered on the hunt for a legendary white bison.
  • C. The Last of the Buffalo
    The Last of the Buffalo is a late 19th-century painting by Albert Bierstadt that dramatically depicts the near-extinction of American bison on the Great Plains, symbolizing the end of the American frontier.
  • D. Wounded Horse
    "Wounded Horse" is a song by the English rock band XTC, featured on their 2000 album *Wasp Star (Apple Venus Volume 2)*.
  • E. Thunder Dog
    Thunder Dog is the costumed canine mascot of the Wichita Thunder professional ice hockey team, entertaining fans at games and events.
  • 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_69e245b212a88190b5259caf51606084 completed April 17, 2026, 2:37 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69f181f21e588190a5a88a15c1b55dea completed April 29, 2026, 3:58 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_6a0bca1dcb348190ae77148ac6c9ecff completed May 19, 2026, 2:25 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_6a0bcaad8ba081908008b333976e5cfe completed May 19, 2026, 2:27 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_6a0bcb4df0308190824c0ad812daf361 completed May 19, 2026, 2:30 a.m.
Created at: April 17, 2026, 3:47 p.m.