Triple
T17714857
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Home Improvement |
E442168
|
entity |
| Predicate | character |
P662
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Al Borland
Al Borland is the flannel-wearing, level-headed co-host and skilled handyman on the fictional TV show-within-a-show "Tool Time" in the sitcom *Home Improvement*.
|
E1284395
|
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: Al Borland | Statement: [Home Improvement, character, Al Borland]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Al Borland Context triple: [Home Improvement, character, Al Borland]
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A.
Allen Bonet
Allen Bonet was the father of American actress Lisa Bonet and is primarily known to the public through this familial connection.
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B.
Roger Borsa
Roger Borsa was an 11th-century Norman duke who ruled Apulia and Calabria in southern Italy, succeeding his father Robert Guiscard.
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C.
Steve Lombard
Steve Lombard is a fictional sports editor and former football star in DC Comics, best known as a brash, prank-loving colleague of Clark Kent at the Daily Planet.
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D.
Adam Bulgasem
Adam Bulgasem is a musician known for being a member of the experimental rock band Black Mountain.
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E.
Robert Paparemborde
Robert Paparemborde was a prominent French rugby union prop who earned numerous caps for France and became one of the standout forwards of his era.
- 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: Al Borland Triple: [Home Improvement, character, Al Borland]
Generated description
Al Borland is the flannel-wearing, level-headed co-host and skilled handyman on the fictional TV show-within-a-show "Tool Time" in the sitcom *Home Improvement*.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Al Borland Target entity description: Al Borland is the flannel-wearing, level-headed co-host and skilled handyman on the fictional TV show-within-a-show "Tool Time" in the sitcom *Home Improvement*.
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A.
Allen Bonet
Allen Bonet was the father of American actress Lisa Bonet and is primarily known to the public through this familial connection.
-
B.
Roger Borsa
Roger Borsa was an 11th-century Norman duke who ruled Apulia and Calabria in southern Italy, succeeding his father Robert Guiscard.
-
C.
Steve Lombard
Steve Lombard is a fictional sports editor and former football star in DC Comics, best known as a brash, prank-loving colleague of Clark Kent at the Daily Planet.
-
D.
Adam Bulgasem
Adam Bulgasem is a musician known for being a member of the experimental rock band Black Mountain.
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E.
Robert Paparemborde
Robert Paparemborde was a prominent French rugby union prop who earned numerous caps for France and became one of the standout forwards of his era.
- 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_69d8b9ec79688190b86bdcef85a7b3aa |
completed | April 10, 2026, 8:50 a.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69e4747f217081909010f396caaf03be |
completed | April 19, 2026, 6:21 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_6a023029aa808190bfacd42036a2f673 |
completed | May 11, 2026, 7:38 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_6a0231835c748190b6908d6ddb5f25b4 |
completed | May 11, 2026, 7:44 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_6a0232033f788190b0be2d3976ed57e4 |
completed | May 11, 2026, 7:46 p.m. |
Created at: April 10, 2026, 10:06 a.m.