Triple

T21481204
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Tom Selleck E529996 entity
Predicate characterRole P268 FINISHED
Object Dr. Richard Burke
Dr. Richard Burke is a recurring character on the television sitcom "Friends," known as Monica Geller’s older boyfriend and ophthalmologist, portrayed by Tom Selleck.
 E1487199 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: Dr. Richard Burke | Statement: [Tom Selleck, characterRole, Dr. Richard Burke]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Dr. Richard Burke
Context triple: [Tom Selleck, characterRole, Dr. Richard Burke]
  • A. Dr. Preston Burke
    Dr. Preston Burke is a highly skilled and disciplined cardiothoracic surgeon on the television series "Grey's Anatomy," known for his perfectionism and complex personal relationships.
  • B. Dr. Robert Kerans
    Dr. Robert Kerans is the introspective biologist protagonist of J. G. Ballard’s dystopian novel "The Drowned World," who navigates a flooded, post-apocalyptic Earth while grappling with psychological and environmental regression.
  • C. Dr. Philip McCarthy
    Dr. Philip McCarthy is a Thoroughbred horse breeder best known for breeding the champion racehorse Shamardal.
  • D. Dr. Robert Elliott
    Dr. Robert Elliott is the troubled psychiatrist and central figure in Brian De Palma’s 1980 psychological thriller film "Dressed to Kill."
  • E. Dr. Richard Walker
    Dr. Richard Walker is the American physician protagonist of the 1988 thriller film "Frantic," portrayed by Harrison Ford as a man desperately searching for his missing wife in Paris.
  • 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: Dr. Richard Burke
Triple: [Tom Selleck, characterRole, Dr. Richard Burke]
Generated description
Dr. Richard Burke is a recurring character on the television sitcom "Friends," known as Monica Geller’s older boyfriend and ophthalmologist, portrayed by Tom Selleck.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Dr. Richard Burke
Target entity description: Dr. Richard Burke is a recurring character on the television sitcom "Friends," known as Monica Geller’s older boyfriend and ophthalmologist, portrayed by Tom Selleck.
  • A. Dr. Preston Burke
    Dr. Preston Burke is a highly skilled and disciplined cardiothoracic surgeon on the television series "Grey's Anatomy," known for his perfectionism and complex personal relationships.
  • B. Dr. Robert Kerans
    Dr. Robert Kerans is the introspective biologist protagonist of J. G. Ballard’s dystopian novel "The Drowned World," who navigates a flooded, post-apocalyptic Earth while grappling with psychological and environmental regression.
  • C. Dr. Philip McCarthy
    Dr. Philip McCarthy is a Thoroughbred horse breeder best known for breeding the champion racehorse Shamardal.
  • D. Dr. Robert Elliott
    Dr. Robert Elliott is the troubled psychiatrist and central figure in Brian De Palma’s 1980 psychological thriller film "Dressed to Kill."
  • E. Dr. Richard Walker
    Dr. Richard Walker is the American physician protagonist of the 1988 thriller film "Frantic," portrayed by Harrison Ford as a man desperately searching for his missing wife in Paris.
  • 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_69e0c45acc3881908e38d3f28964152b completed April 16, 2026, 11:13 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69e9ea338f988190a3044f8d02a567fe completed April 23, 2026, 9:45 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_6a09e131956081909633fccfffc97cc9 completed May 17, 2026, 3:39 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_6a09e1e8a698819093ed056a1a007aba completed May 17, 2026, 3:42 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_6a09e278b5488190a71119d3c62f64c0 completed May 17, 2026, 3:44 p.m.
Created at: April 16, 2026, 6:21 p.m.