Triple

T21970963
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject John and Mary E542585 entity
Predicate starring P1507 FINISHED
Object Michael Tolan
Michael Tolan was an American actor known for his work in mid-20th-century film, television, and theater.
E1559715 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 Tolan | Statement: [John and Mary, starring, Michael Tolan]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Michael Tolan
Context triple: [John and Mary, starring, Michael Tolan]
  • A. Mike Talman
    Mike Talman is a con man who becomes entangled in a tense scheme involving a blind woman and hidden heroin in the thriller "Wait Until Dark."
  • B. Michael Tapper
    Michael Tapper is an American drummer best known for his work in indie and experimental rock bands, including his tenure with the group Grizzly Bear.
  • C. Paul Hogue
    Paul Hogue was an American college basketball center best known for starring on the University of Cincinnati’s early-1960s championship teams and earning national player-of-the-year honors.
  • D. Michael O’Rourke
    Michael O’Rourke is an Irish media entrepreneur best known as a co-founder of the international sports television network Setanta Sports.
  • E. Michael O’Rourke
    Michael O’Rourke is best known as the father of the late child actress Heather O’Rourke, who starred in the "Poltergeist" film series.
  • 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 Tolan
Triple: [John and Mary, starring, Michael Tolan]
Generated description
Michael Tolan was an American actor known for his work in mid-20th-century film, television, and theater.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Michael Tolan
Target entity description: Michael Tolan was an American actor known for his work in mid-20th-century film, television, and theater.
  • A. Mike Talman
    Mike Talman is a con man who becomes entangled in a tense scheme involving a blind woman and hidden heroin in the thriller "Wait Until Dark."
  • B. Michael Tapper
    Michael Tapper is an American drummer best known for his work in indie and experimental rock bands, including his tenure with the group Grizzly Bear.
  • C. Paul Hogue
    Paul Hogue was an American college basketball center best known for starring on the University of Cincinnati’s early-1960s championship teams and earning national player-of-the-year honors.
  • D. Michael O’Rourke
    Michael O’Rourke is an Irish media entrepreneur best known as a co-founder of the international sports television network Setanta Sports.
  • E. Michael O’Rourke
    Michael O’Rourke is best known as the father of the late child actress Heather O’Rourke, who starred in the "Poltergeist" film series.
  • 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_69e0c48070988190909db97667b9a0ac completed April 16, 2026, 11:14 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69f12484b83081908c08e3285e0b14a9 completed April 28, 2026, 9:20 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_6a0bb9a644ac81908759165afee762d1 completed May 19, 2026, 1:15 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_6a0bbb59ff98819081ccb651f6a1d154 completed May 19, 2026, 1:22 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_6a0bbc1bd0808190a0a5f8f603308b45 completed May 19, 2026, 1:25 a.m.
Created at: April 16, 2026, 8:02 p.m.