Triple

T20877038
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Stephen J. Cannell E514046 entity
Predicate familyName P18 FINISHED
Object Cannell
Cannell is a surname most prominently associated with Stephen J. Cannell, the American television producer, writer, and creator of numerous popular TV series.
 E1454662 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: Cannell | Statement: [Stephen J. Cannell, familyName, Cannell]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Cannell
Context triple: [Stephen J. Cannell, familyName, Cannell]
  • A. Skipwith Cannell
    Skipwith Cannell was an American poet associated with the early 20th-century Imagist movement.
  • B. Kinnear
    Kinnear is an English surname most notably associated with the British actor Rory Kinnear and his theatrical family.
  • C. La Conner
    La Conner is a small, historic waterfront town in Washington State known for its arts community, scenic views along the Swinomish Channel, and proximity to the Skagit Valley tulip fields.
  • D. Cahoon
    Cahoon is a surname that originated as a variant of the Scottish Clan Colquhoun name.
  • E. Minnelli
    Minnelli is a distinguished Italian-American show business family name most famously associated with entertainer Liza Minnelli and film director Vincente Minnelli.
  • 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: Cannell
Triple: [Stephen J. Cannell, familyName, Cannell]
Generated description
Cannell is a surname most prominently associated with Stephen J. Cannell, the American television producer, writer, and creator of numerous popular TV series.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Cannell
Target entity description: Cannell is a surname most prominently associated with Stephen J. Cannell, the American television producer, writer, and creator of numerous popular TV series.
  • A. Skipwith Cannell
    Skipwith Cannell was an American poet associated with the early 20th-century Imagist movement.
  • B. Kinnear
    Kinnear is an English surname most notably associated with the British actor Rory Kinnear and his theatrical family.
  • C. La Conner
    La Conner is a small, historic waterfront town in Washington State known for its arts community, scenic views along the Swinomish Channel, and proximity to the Skagit Valley tulip fields.
  • D. Cahoon
    Cahoon is a surname that originated as a variant of the Scottish Clan Colquhoun name.
  • E. Minnelli
    Minnelli is a distinguished Italian-American show business family name most famously associated with entertainer Liza Minnelli and film director Vincente Minnelli.
  • 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_69e0b4f733f081908a401c0b7beb0b9f completed April 16, 2026, 10:07 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69e6c6767ec0819080721e2e75bd0d66 completed April 21, 2026, 12:36 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_6a0913a06c208190963a53d5ac5399c5 completed May 17, 2026, 1:02 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_6a09140b17988190ab1e636b65b0e293 completed May 17, 2026, 1:04 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_6a09146d53248190a68602a0804afde7 completed May 17, 2026, 1:05 a.m.
Created at: April 16, 2026, 12:45 p.m.