Triple

T35326614

Position	Surface form	Disambiguated ID	Type / Status
Subject	In the Bleak Midwinter	`E1020201`	entity
Predicate	stars	`P1956`	FINISHED
Object	John Sessions as Vernon Spatch John Sessions as Vernon Spatch is a supporting character in Kenneth Branagh’s 1995 black-and-white comedy film "In the Bleak Midwinter" (also known as "A Midwinter’s Tale"), contributing to the ensemble of eccentric theatre actors.	`E2134208`	NE FINISHED

How this triple was built (2 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: John Sessions as Vernon Spatch | Statement: [In the Bleak Midwinter, stars, John Sessions as Vernon Spatch]

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: John Sessions as Vernon Spatch
Triple: [In the Bleak Midwinter, stars, John Sessions as Vernon Spatch]

Generated description

John Sessions as Vernon Spatch is a supporting character in Kenneth Branagh’s 1995 black-and-white comedy film "In the Bleak Midwinter" (also known as "A Midwinter’s Tale"), contributing to the ensemble of eccentric theatre actors.

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_69f76deacf4481908e7735a5a7715b0a`	completed	May 3, 2026, 3:46 p.m.
NER	Named-entity recognition	`batch_69f7910bc08881909da7f200b115e235`	completed	May 3, 2026, 6:16 p.m.
NED1	Entity disambiguation (via context triple)	`batch_6a3819fe8ba88190888735edb84c2e1a`	completed	June 21, 2026, 5:06 p.m.
NEDg	Description generation	`batch_6a381aa74d8081908c07604175258249`	completed	June 21, 2026, 5:08 p.m.
NED2	Entity disambiguation (via description)	`batch_6a381b07217c819089d8c91dbe8a1e1e`	completed	June 21, 2026, 5:10 p.m.

Created at: May 3, 2026, 4:03 p.m.