Triple

T9578877
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject The Janitor E231117 entity
Predicate portrayedBy P1507 FINISHED
Object Neil Flynn
Neil Flynn is an American actor and comedian best known for his roles as the Janitor on the sitcom "Scrubs" and as Mike Heck on the sitcom "The Middle."
 E813723 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: Neil Flynn | Statement: [The Janitor, portrayedBy, Neil Flynn]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Neil Flynn
Context triple: [The Janitor, portrayedBy, Neil Flynn]
  • A. Peter Flannery
    Peter Flannery is a British playwright and screenwriter best known for his influential television drama work, including the acclaimed series "Our Friends in the North."
  • B. Brian Flanagan
    Brian Flanagan is a fictional bartender and main character from the 1988 film "Cocktail," portrayed by Tom Cruise.
  • C. David Flynn
    David Flynn is the fourth husband of English actress Jane Seymour, known primarily for his marriage to the Golden Globe–winning star of "Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman."
  • D. Jack Donnelly
    Jack Donnelly is a British actor best known for starring as Jason in the BBC fantasy-adventure series "Atlantis."
  • E. Jay O’Connor
    Jay O’Connor is a child of John Jay O’Connor III, the husband of former U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O’Connor.
  • 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: Neil Flynn
Triple: [The Janitor, portrayedBy, Neil Flynn]
Generated description
Neil Flynn is an American actor and comedian best known for his roles as the Janitor on the sitcom "Scrubs" and as Mike Heck on the sitcom "The Middle."
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Neil Flynn
Target entity description: Neil Flynn is an American actor and comedian best known for his roles as the Janitor on the sitcom "Scrubs" and as Mike Heck on the sitcom "The Middle."
  • A. Peter Flannery
    Peter Flannery is a British playwright and screenwriter best known for his influential television drama work, including the acclaimed series "Our Friends in the North."
  • B. Brian Flanagan
    Brian Flanagan is a fictional bartender and main character from the 1988 film "Cocktail," portrayed by Tom Cruise.
  • C. David Flynn
    David Flynn is the fourth husband of English actress Jane Seymour, known primarily for his marriage to the Golden Globe–winning star of "Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman."
  • D. Jack Donnelly
    Jack Donnelly is a British actor best known for starring as Jason in the BBC fantasy-adventure series "Atlantis."
  • E. Jay O’Connor
    Jay O’Connor is a child of John Jay O’Connor III, the husband of former U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O’Connor.
  • 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_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_69d189ef34c48190974a1a4ca6943a87 completed April 4, 2026, 10 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69d18adf50308190bf1cc9d6dd1d7ea3 completed April 4, 2026, 10:04 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69d18b6a2fb0819092ee274310721b50 completed April 4, 2026, 10:06 p.m.
Created at: March 30, 2026, 8:05 p.m.