Triple
T16316165
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | The Lone Gunmen |
E396177
|
entity |
| Predicate | portrayedBy |
P1507
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Tom Braidwood
Tom Braidwood is a Canadian actor and assistant director best known for playing Melvin Frohike, one of the conspiracy theorist trio The Lone Gunmen, in The X-Files franchise.
|
E1205338
|
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: Tom Braidwood | Statement: [The Lone Gunmen, portrayedBy, Tom Braidwood]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Tom Braidwood Context triple: [The Lone Gunmen, portrayedBy, Tom Braidwood]
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A.
William Masterton
William "Bill" Masterton was a Canadian-born American professional ice hockey player best known as the only NHL player to die as a direct result of injuries sustained during a game, leading to increased focus on player safety.
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B.
Barry Babcock
Barry Babcock is an American cable television industry executive best known as a co-founder of Charter Communications.
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C.
Ron Albertson
Ron Albertson is a small-town amateur actor and aspiring performer in the mockumentary film "Waiting for Guffman," known for his overenthusiastic dedication to community theater.
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D.
George Herman Babcock
George Herman Babcock was an American inventor and engineer best known for co-developing the widely used Babcock & Wilcox water-tube boiler and helping to found the engineering firm that evolved into Babcock International.
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E.
Roger Edens
Roger Edens was an American composer, arranger, and producer best known for his influential work on classic MGM musicals in Hollywood’s Golden Age.
- 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: Tom Braidwood Triple: [The Lone Gunmen, portrayedBy, Tom Braidwood]
Generated description
Tom Braidwood is a Canadian actor and assistant director best known for playing Melvin Frohike, one of the conspiracy theorist trio The Lone Gunmen, in The X-Files franchise.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Tom Braidwood Target entity description: Tom Braidwood is a Canadian actor and assistant director best known for playing Melvin Frohike, one of the conspiracy theorist trio The Lone Gunmen, in The X-Files franchise.
-
A.
William Masterton
William "Bill" Masterton was a Canadian-born American professional ice hockey player best known as the only NHL player to die as a direct result of injuries sustained during a game, leading to increased focus on player safety.
-
B.
Barry Babcock
Barry Babcock is an American cable television industry executive best known as a co-founder of Charter Communications.
-
C.
Ron Albertson
Ron Albertson is a small-town amateur actor and aspiring performer in the mockumentary film "Waiting for Guffman," known for his overenthusiastic dedication to community theater.
-
D.
George Herman Babcock
George Herman Babcock was an American inventor and engineer best known for co-developing the widely used Babcock & Wilcox water-tube boiler and helping to found the engineering firm that evolved into Babcock International.
-
E.
Roger Edens
Roger Edens was an American composer, arranger, and producer best known for his influential work on classic MGM musicals in Hollywood’s Golden Age.
- 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_69d87f255b788190a400eba031dd85d8 |
completed | April 10, 2026, 4:40 a.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69e296b1e9988190a1dce9f1ed7031df |
completed | April 17, 2026, 8:23 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_6a001fa9f6dc81908e6cbb4e340356e1 |
completed | May 10, 2026, 6:03 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_6a002085bcf08190b60f8d864f2c0f24 |
completed | May 10, 2026, 6:07 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_6a00217ff2ec81909bb0fd0dd775a0ae |
completed | May 10, 2026, 6:11 a.m. |
Created at: April 10, 2026, 5:06 a.m.