Triple

T23561083
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Will Truman E579237 entity
Predicate portrayedBy P1507 FINISHED
Object Eric McCormack
Eric McCormack is a Canadian-American actor best known for his Emmy-winning role as lawyer Will Truman on the television sitcom "Will & Grace."
E1590304 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: Eric McCormack | Statement: [Will Truman, portrayedBy, Eric McCormack]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Eric McCormack
Context triple: [Will Truman, portrayedBy, Eric McCormack]
  • A. Andrew Keenan-Bolger
    Andrew Keenan-Bolger is an American actor, singer, and director best known for his work in Broadway musicals and for originating memorable roles in Disney stage adaptations.
  • B. Tim Healy
    Tim Healy was an Irish nationalist politician, lawyer, and writer who became the first Governor-General of the Irish Free State.
  • C. Tim Healy
    Tim Healy is an English actor best known for his comedic and dramatic television roles, particularly in popular British series.
  • D. Richard Holbrook
    Richard Holbrook is a notable individual recognized for achievements significant enough to be associated with the surname Holbrook.
  • E. Anthony Carrigan
    Anthony Carrigan is an American actor best known for his acclaimed portrayal of the eccentric Chechen mobster NoHo Hank on the dark comedy series "Barry."
  • 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: Eric McCormack
Triple: [Will Truman, portrayedBy, Eric McCormack]
Generated description
Eric McCormack is a Canadian-American actor best known for his Emmy-winning role as lawyer Will Truman on the television sitcom "Will & Grace."
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Eric McCormack
Target entity description: Eric McCormack is a Canadian-American actor best known for his Emmy-winning role as lawyer Will Truman on the television sitcom "Will & Grace."
  • A. Andrew Keenan-Bolger
    Andrew Keenan-Bolger is an American actor, singer, and director best known for his work in Broadway musicals and for originating memorable roles in Disney stage adaptations.
  • B. Tim Healy
    Tim Healy was an Irish nationalist politician, lawyer, and writer who became the first Governor-General of the Irish Free State.
  • C. Tim Healy
    Tim Healy is an English actor best known for his comedic and dramatic television roles, particularly in popular British series.
  • D. Richard Holbrook
    Richard Holbrook is a notable individual recognized for achievements significant enough to be associated with the surname Holbrook.
  • E. Anthony Carrigan
    Anthony Carrigan is an American actor best known for his acclaimed portrayal of the eccentric Chechen mobster NoHo Hank on the dark comedy series "Barry."
  • 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_69e245fe24588190888f3aec8407d8e3 completed April 17, 2026, 2:38 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69f1af680ee88190a23a6f9fed7ae757 completed April 29, 2026, 7:12 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_6a0cdf6bd58c8190af28bb72d950b15d completed May 19, 2026, 10:08 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_6a0ce113d3d88190b97af92272a5100f completed May 19, 2026, 10:15 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_6a0ce187efa48190876f67fef4873af2 completed May 19, 2026, 10:17 p.m.
Created at: April 17, 2026, 6:16 p.m.