Triple

T19517194
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject J. D. Cannon E488307 entity
Predicate birthName P65 FINISHED
Object John Donovan Cannon
John Donovan Cannon was an American character actor best known for his role as Chief Peter B. Clifford on the television series "McCloud."
E1379647 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: John Donovan Cannon | Statement: [J. D. Cannon, birthName, John Donovan Cannon]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: John Donovan Cannon
Context triple: [J. D. Cannon, birthName, John Donovan Cannon]
  • A. John T. Ford
    John T. Ford was a 19th-century American theater manager and impresario best known for owning and operating Ford's Theatre in Washington, D.C., where President Abraham Lincoln was assassinated.
  • B. Richard Heron Anderson
    Richard Heron Anderson was a Confederate general during the American Civil War who commanded infantry corps in the Army of Northern Virginia.
  • C. Alexander Cannon
    Alexander Cannon was a Scottish Jacobite military officer who led government-opposed forces in late 17th-century conflicts, notably during the Williamite War in Scotland.
  • D. John McCrea
    John McCrea is a British actor and singer best known for originating the title role in the West End musical "Everybody's Talking About Jamie" and for his film work, including a role in Disney's "Cruella."
  • E. Don Cannon
    Don Cannon is an American hip-hop record producer and DJ known for his influential work with artists like Jeezy, Lil Uzi Vert, and others in the Atlanta rap scene.
  • 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: John Donovan Cannon
Triple: [J. D. Cannon, birthName, John Donovan Cannon]
Generated description
John Donovan Cannon was an American character actor best known for his role as Chief Peter B. Clifford on the television series "McCloud."
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: John Donovan Cannon
Target entity description: John Donovan Cannon was an American character actor best known for his role as Chief Peter B. Clifford on the television series "McCloud."
  • A. John T. Ford
    John T. Ford was a 19th-century American theater manager and impresario best known for owning and operating Ford's Theatre in Washington, D.C., where President Abraham Lincoln was assassinated.
  • B. Richard Heron Anderson
    Richard Heron Anderson was a Confederate general during the American Civil War who commanded infantry corps in the Army of Northern Virginia.
  • C. Alexander Cannon
    Alexander Cannon was a Scottish Jacobite military officer who led government-opposed forces in late 17th-century conflicts, notably during the Williamite War in Scotland.
  • D. John McCrea
    John McCrea is a British actor and singer best known for originating the title role in the West End musical "Everybody's Talking About Jamie" and for his film work, including a role in Disney's "Cruella."
  • E. Don Cannon
    Don Cannon is an American hip-hop record producer and DJ known for his influential work with artists like Jeezy, Lil Uzi Vert, and others in the Atlanta rap scene.
  • 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_69d8e8da8bec819081f400199491ccc3 completed April 10, 2026, 12:11 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69e6359ca7648190804c4d655170fda3 completed April 20, 2026, 2:18 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_6a074727002c8190aa3783c66242a4e4 completed May 15, 2026, 4:17 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_6a0747e1f0d08190b69246a4c7fe4143 completed May 15, 2026, 4:20 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_6a0748be762c8190b561a2e5039bca42 completed May 15, 2026, 4:24 p.m.
Created at: April 10, 2026, 1:40 p.m.