Triple
T9578874
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Perry Cox |
E231117
|
entity |
| Predicate | portrayedBy |
P1507
|
FINISHED |
| Object | John C. McGinley |
E336221
|
NE FINISHED |
How this triple was built (2 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 C. McGinley | Statement: [Perry Cox, portrayedBy, John C. McGinley]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: John C. McGinley Context triple: [Perry Cox, portrayedBy, John C. McGinley]
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A.
John C. McGinley
chosen
John C. McGinley is an American character actor best known for his roles in films like "Platoon" and as Dr. Perry Cox on the television series "Scrubs."
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B.
William B. Murray
William B. Murray was a prominent early 20th-century baseball executive who served as president of the National Association of Professional Baseball Leagues, helping shape the structure of the minor leagues.
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C.
Tom Mison
Tom Mison is an English actor best known for playing Ichabod Crane in the supernatural drama television series "Sleepy Hollow."
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D.
Richard Vincent Van Patten
Richard Vincent Van Patten is the birth name of American actor Dick Van Patten, best known for his role as the father on the television series "Eight Is Enough."
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E.
Craig T. Nelson
Craig T. Nelson is an American actor best known for his Emmy-winning role as football coach Hayden Fox on the TV sitcom "Coach" and for voicing Bob Parr/Mr. Incredible in Pixar's "The Incredibles" films.
- F. None of above.
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Provenance (3 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_69ca848091c48190bc313d6620d09555 |
completed | March 30, 2026, 2:11 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69cd99aece1081908287e03106de020f |
completed | April 1, 2026, 10:18 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69d1790fbfb88190b1d12f5ed3d4ef7e |
completed | April 4, 2026, 8:48 p.m. |
Created at: March 30, 2026, 8:05 p.m.