Triple

T16780999
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Harold Finch E407855 entity
Predicate hasAlias P455 FINISHED
Object Harold Burdick
Harold Burdick is an alias used by Harold Finch, the reclusive billionaire and computer genius from the television series "Person of Interest."
E1287762 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: Harold Burdick | Statement: [Harold Finch, hasAlias, Harold Burdick]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Harold Burdick
Context triple: [Harold Finch, hasAlias, Harold Burdick]
  • A. Harold Huber
    Harold Huber was an American character actor known for his prolific work in 1930s and 1940s Hollywood films, often portraying suave or villainous supporting roles.
  • B. Harold Shumate
    Harold Shumate was an American screenwriter active during the early to mid-20th century, known for contributing scripts to numerous Hollywood films.
  • C. Harold Huth
    Harold Huth was a British film director, producer, and occasional actor active in the mid-20th century, known for his work in the British studio system.
  • D. Harold Buschman
    Harold Buschman was an American humanist known for being among the early 20th-century thinkers who helped shape and promote modern humanist philosophy.
  • E. Harold Lucas
    Harold Lucas was an American R&B singer best known as a founding member and lead baritone of the influential vocal group The Clovers.
  • 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: Harold Burdick
Triple: [Harold Finch, hasAlias, Harold Burdick]
Generated description
Harold Burdick is an alias used by Harold Finch, the reclusive billionaire and computer genius from the television series "Person of Interest."
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Harold Burdick
Target entity description: Harold Burdick is an alias used by Harold Finch, the reclusive billionaire and computer genius from the television series "Person of Interest."
  • A. Harold Huber
    Harold Huber was an American character actor known for his prolific work in 1930s and 1940s Hollywood films, often portraying suave or villainous supporting roles.
  • B. Harold Shumate
    Harold Shumate was an American screenwriter active during the early to mid-20th century, known for contributing scripts to numerous Hollywood films.
  • C. Harold Huth
    Harold Huth was a British film director, producer, and occasional actor active in the mid-20th century, known for his work in the British studio system.
  • D. Harold Buschman
    Harold Buschman was an American humanist known for being among the early 20th-century thinkers who helped shape and promote modern humanist philosophy.
  • E. Harold Lucas
    Harold Lucas was an American R&B singer best known as a founding member and lead baritone of the influential vocal group The Clovers.
  • 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_69d8839270588190886720d9519bbf8f completed April 10, 2026, 4:58 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69e3b216726881908ddc9cdc772cd5e4 completed April 18, 2026, 4:32 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_6a02f81f5ed08190a094a62c997d209c completed May 12, 2026, 9:51 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_6a02f8aafefc8190b9b0c8622960b69d completed May 12, 2026, 9:53 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_6a02f93053dc8190b0a2aa5ff7dd2019 completed May 12, 2026, 9:56 a.m.
Created at: April 10, 2026, 5:22 a.m.