Triple

T13384522
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Without a Trace E319404 entity
Predicate portrayedBy P1507 FINISHED
Object Eric Close
Eric Close is an American actor best known for his television roles in series such as "Without a Trace" and "Nashville."
E1036408 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: Eric Close | Statement: [Without a Trace, portrayedBy, Eric Close]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Eric Close
Context triple: [Without a Trace, portrayedBy, Eric Close]
  • A. Michael Wilford
    Michael Wilford was a British architect known for his postmodern designs and for continuing the work of James Stirling on prominent cultural and public buildings.
  • B. Tripp Vinson
    Tripp Vinson is a Hollywood film producer known for working on large-scale action, thriller, and adventure movies.
  • C. Jack Watts
    Jack Watts was a prominent British jockey known for his successful career riding top racehorses in the late 19th century.
  • D. Ben Eubanks
    Ben Eubanks is an American entrepreneur known for co-founding a venture with attorney and political figure Cate Edwards.
  • E. Deryck Guyler
    Deryck Guyler was a British character actor and comedian best known for his roles in mid-20th-century radio and television sitcoms.
  • 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: Eric Close
Triple: [Without a Trace, portrayedBy, Eric Close]
Generated description
Eric Close is an American actor best known for his television roles in series such as "Without a Trace" and "Nashville."
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Eric Close
Target entity description: Eric Close is an American actor best known for his television roles in series such as "Without a Trace" and "Nashville."
  • A. Michael Wilford
    Michael Wilford was a British architect known for his postmodern designs and for continuing the work of James Stirling on prominent cultural and public buildings.
  • B. Tripp Vinson
    Tripp Vinson is a Hollywood film producer known for working on large-scale action, thriller, and adventure movies.
  • C. Jack Watts
    Jack Watts was a prominent British jockey known for his successful career riding top racehorses in the late 19th century.
  • D. Ben Eubanks
    Ben Eubanks is an American entrepreneur known for co-founding a venture with attorney and political figure Cate Edwards.
  • E. Deryck Guyler
    Deryck Guyler was a British character actor and comedian best known for his roles in mid-20th-century radio and television sitcoms.
  • 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_69d806b886bc8190b676e7768b8e01c5 completed April 9, 2026, 8:06 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69dadce80158819082156eaeaeda3bd8 completed April 11, 2026, 11:44 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69f7268cf04c8190a35fd48ce81c149e completed May 3, 2026, 10:42 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69f7276776ec81908769cd9f1cc4707e completed May 3, 2026, 10:45 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69f7280cbb6c819090bee7862e00b900 completed May 3, 2026, 10:48 a.m.
Created at: April 9, 2026, 9:33 p.m.