Triple

T13975516
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Halt and Catch Fire E336177 entity
Predicate mainCharacter P1183 FINISHED
Object Joe MacMillan
Joe MacMillan is a charismatic, ambitious, and often morally ambiguous tech visionary who drives much of the drama and innovation in the television series "Halt and Catch Fire."
E1079197 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: Joe MacMillan | Statement: [Halt and Catch Fire, mainCharacter, Joe MacMillan]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Joe MacMillan
Context triple: [Halt and Catch Fire, mainCharacter, Joe MacMillan]
  • A. Donald MacBride
    Donald MacBride was an American character actor known for his gruff, comedic portrayals in numerous stage and Hollywood films during the 1930s and 1940s.
  • B. Don MacMillan
    Don MacMillan was a Canadian middle-distance runner known for his competitive performances in the 1950s, including appearances in high-profile mile races.
  • C. John McLiam
    John McLiam was an Irish-born American character actor known for his supporting roles in numerous films and television series from the 1950s through the 1980s.
  • D. Mac McNeilly
    Mac McNeilly is an American drummer best known for his powerful, driving work with the influential noise rock band The Jesus Lizard.
  • E. Ray McAnally
    Ray McAnally was an acclaimed Irish character actor known for his powerful stage and screen performances, including his award-winning work in films of the 1980s.
  • 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: Joe MacMillan
Triple: [Halt and Catch Fire, mainCharacter, Joe MacMillan]
Generated description
Joe MacMillan is a charismatic, ambitious, and often morally ambiguous tech visionary who drives much of the drama and innovation in the television series "Halt and Catch Fire."
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Joe MacMillan
Target entity description: Joe MacMillan is a charismatic, ambitious, and often morally ambiguous tech visionary who drives much of the drama and innovation in the television series "Halt and Catch Fire."
  • A. Donald MacBride
    Donald MacBride was an American character actor known for his gruff, comedic portrayals in numerous stage and Hollywood films during the 1930s and 1940s.
  • B. Don MacMillan
    Don MacMillan was a Canadian middle-distance runner known for his competitive performances in the 1950s, including appearances in high-profile mile races.
  • C. John McLiam
    John McLiam was an Irish-born American character actor known for his supporting roles in numerous films and television series from the 1950s through the 1980s.
  • D. Mac McNeilly
    Mac McNeilly is an American drummer best known for his powerful, driving work with the influential noise rock band The Jesus Lizard.
  • E. Ray McAnally
    Ray McAnally was an acclaimed Irish character actor known for his powerful stage and screen performances, including his award-winning work in films of the 1980s.
  • 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_69d81c639e808190a0e4b4f3d31c6a59 completed April 9, 2026, 9:38 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69de2e90dc148190b38e339aac0de484 completed April 14, 2026, 12:09 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69fcd090350881909dd6ff12ec7e61dd completed May 7, 2026, 5:49 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69fcd21a2a408190ab335e99fcbbd9ae completed May 7, 2026, 5:55 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69fcd2e1b2ec81909caab1bfc6394258 completed May 7, 2026, 5:58 p.m.
Created at: April 9, 2026, 10:18 p.m.