Triple
T13194595
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Alan Hale Jr. |
E314078
|
entity |
| Predicate | familyName |
P18
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
MacKahan
MacKahan is the family surname of American actor Alan Hale Jr., best known for playing the Skipper on the television series "Gilligan's Island."
|
E1027687
|
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: MacKahan | Statement: [Alan Hale Jr., familyName, MacKahan]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: MacKahan Context triple: [Alan Hale Jr., familyName, MacKahan]
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A.
McNair
McNair is a Scottish-origin surname borne by various notable individuals, including American physicist and NASA astronaut Ronald McNair.
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B.
Walter Harper
Walter Harper was an Alaska Native mountaineer best known for being the first person to reach the summit of Denali, North America’s highest peak.
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C.
Tom Rothrock
Tom Rothrock is an American record producer and musician known for his work with artists such as James Blunt, Beck, and Elliott Smith.
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D.
Dewey Finn
Dewey Finn is an enthusiastic, slacker musician who poses as a substitute teacher and forms a rock band with his students in the comedy film "School of Rock."
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E.
Danny Cahill
Danny Cahill is an American reality television personality best known as a former contestant and winner on the weight-loss competition show "The Biggest Loser."
- 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: MacKahan Triple: [Alan Hale Jr., familyName, MacKahan]
Generated description
MacKahan is the family surname of American actor Alan Hale Jr., best known for playing the Skipper on the television series "Gilligan's Island."
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: MacKahan Target entity description: MacKahan is the family surname of American actor Alan Hale Jr., best known for playing the Skipper on the television series "Gilligan's Island."
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A.
McNair
McNair is a Scottish-origin surname borne by various notable individuals, including American physicist and NASA astronaut Ronald McNair.
-
B.
Walter Harper
Walter Harper was an Alaska Native mountaineer best known for being the first person to reach the summit of Denali, North America’s highest peak.
-
C.
Tom Rothrock
Tom Rothrock is an American record producer and musician known for his work with artists such as James Blunt, Beck, and Elliott Smith.
-
D.
Dewey Finn
Dewey Finn is an enthusiastic, slacker musician who poses as a substitute teacher and forms a rock band with his students in the comedy film "School of Rock."
-
E.
Danny Cahill
Danny Cahill is an American reality television personality best known as a former contestant and winner on the weight-loss competition show "The Biggest Loser."
- 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_69d806ae1e08819090d95bfe1538cc17 |
completed | April 9, 2026, 8:06 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69d98c6158e4819082c8ad75b4dfdd90 |
completed | April 10, 2026, 11:48 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69f6f600f7a08190bcdd80d5563517c3 |
completed | May 3, 2026, 7:15 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69f6fa2e76fc819095f9a7e83189283c |
completed | May 3, 2026, 7:33 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69f6fb52f82c81909dcec658c7f58ec7 |
completed | May 3, 2026, 7:37 a.m. |
Created at: April 9, 2026, 9:16 p.m.