Triple

T13902390
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Looking E334257 entity
Predicate creator P184 FINISHED
Object Michael Lannan
Michael Lannan is an American television writer and producer best known for creating the HBO series "Looking," which explores the lives of gay men in San Francisco.
E1068742 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: Michael Lannan | Statement: [Looking, creator, Michael Lannan]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Michael Lannan
Context triple: [Looking, creator, Michael Lannan]
  • A. Mike Seaver
    Mike Seaver is the mischievous yet good-hearted teenage son and central figure in the 1980s American sitcom "Growing Pains."
  • B. Todd Keller
    Todd Keller is a musician best known for his past role as a member of the American psychedelic rock band The Black Angels.
  • C. Dwight McCarthy
    Dwight McCarthy is a tough, morally driven antihero from Frank Miller’s Sin City graphic novel series, known for his violent past, protective nature, and central role in the storylines involving Old Town.
  • D. Brett Keller
    Brett Keller is the chief executive officer of Priceline, a major online travel booking company.
  • E. Lance Leipold
    Lance Leipold is an American college football coach known for successfully rebuilding programs, most notably turning around the University of Kansas Jayhawks football team after winning multiple Division III national titles at Wisconsin–Whitewater.
  • 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: Michael Lannan
Triple: [Looking, creator, Michael Lannan]
Generated description
Michael Lannan is an American television writer and producer best known for creating the HBO series "Looking," which explores the lives of gay men in San Francisco.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Michael Lannan
Target entity description: Michael Lannan is an American television writer and producer best known for creating the HBO series "Looking," which explores the lives of gay men in San Francisco.
  • A. Mike Seaver
    Mike Seaver is the mischievous yet good-hearted teenage son and central figure in the 1980s American sitcom "Growing Pains."
  • B. Todd Keller
    Todd Keller is a musician best known for his past role as a member of the American psychedelic rock band The Black Angels.
  • C. Dwight McCarthy
    Dwight McCarthy is a tough, morally driven antihero from Frank Miller’s Sin City graphic novel series, known for his violent past, protective nature, and central role in the storylines involving Old Town.
  • D. Brett Keller
    Brett Keller is the chief executive officer of Priceline, a major online travel booking company.
  • E. Lance Leipold
    Lance Leipold is an American college football coach known for successfully rebuilding programs, most notably turning around the University of Kansas Jayhawks football team after winning multiple Division III national titles at Wisconsin–Whitewater.
  • 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_69d81c5eaa9c819083b1ff8689179565 completed April 9, 2026, 9:38 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69de25d9c7a48190ad8fb0ca676f4f7b completed April 14, 2026, 11:32 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69f7c722e72081909090b2d64000ebd9 completed May 3, 2026, 10:07 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69f7c83a3e04819097b6e0b5a3161b9a completed May 3, 2026, 10:12 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69f7c9732d188190a8a7151d21e0a310 completed May 3, 2026, 10:17 p.m.
Created at: April 9, 2026, 10:16 p.m.