Triple

T19168038
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Saul Tigh E469236 entity
Predicate portrayedBy P1507 FINISHED
Object Michael Hogan
Michael Hogan is a Canadian actor best known for playing Colonel Saul Tigh in the reimagined science fiction television series Battlestar Galactica.
 E1361523 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 Hogan | Statement: [Saul Tigh, portrayedBy, Michael Hogan]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Michael Hogan
Context triple: [Saul Tigh, portrayedBy, Michael Hogan]
  • A. Michael Hogan
    Michael Hogan was a screenwriter known for his work on classic Hollywood films, including contributing to the script of Alfred Hitchcock’s 1940 adaptation of "Rebecca."
  • B. Michael Hogan
    Michael Hogan is a fictional character from the American television sitcom "The Hogan Family," which aired in the late 1980s and early 1990s.
  • C. Michael Hogan
    Michael Hogan was an Irish Gaelic footballer for Tipperary who was killed by British forces during the Bloody Sunday shootings at Croke Park in 1920, after whom a stand in the stadium is named.
  • D. Mark McGann
    Mark McGann is an English actor and director known for his work in television, film, and theatre, and as one of the four acting McGann brothers.
  • E. Brian Moynahan
    Brian Moynahan is a British journalist, historian, and author known for his works on Russian and European history.
  • 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 Hogan
Triple: [Saul Tigh, portrayedBy, Michael Hogan]
Generated description
Michael Hogan is a Canadian actor best known for playing Colonel Saul Tigh in the reimagined science fiction television series Battlestar Galactica.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Michael Hogan
Target entity description: Michael Hogan is a Canadian actor best known for playing Colonel Saul Tigh in the reimagined science fiction television series Battlestar Galactica.
  • A. Michael Hogan
    Michael Hogan was a screenwriter known for his work on classic Hollywood films, including contributing to the script of Alfred Hitchcock’s 1940 adaptation of "Rebecca."
  • B. Michael Hogan
    Michael Hogan is a fictional character from the American television sitcom "The Hogan Family," which aired in the late 1980s and early 1990s.
  • C. Michael Hogan
    Michael Hogan was an Irish Gaelic footballer for Tipperary who was killed by British forces during the Bloody Sunday shootings at Croke Park in 1920, after whom a stand in the stadium is named.
  • D. Mark McGann
    Mark McGann is an English actor and director known for his work in television, film, and theatre, and as one of the four acting McGann brothers.
  • E. Brian Moynahan
    Brian Moynahan is a British journalist, historian, and author known for his works on Russian and European history.
  • 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_69d8dd09d5a081909ae43c286651ae5a completed April 10, 2026, 11:20 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69e5f16132e081908c6b8d576163316e completed April 20, 2026, 9:26 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_6a06f261bed48190838b5cb99a01b4f2 completed May 15, 2026, 10:16 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_6a06f338f504819081daeef10e629afd completed May 15, 2026, 10:19 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_6a06f4199a588190943d3d45536a228c completed May 15, 2026, 10:23 a.m.
Created at: April 10, 2026, 12:06 p.m.