Triple

T988695
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject National Academy of Sciences Public Welfare Medal E21336 entity
Predicate notableRecipient P108 FINISHED
Object Alan Alda
Alan Alda is an American actor, writer, and science communicator best known for his role on the television series M*A*S*H and his work promoting public understanding of science.
 E117569 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: Alan Alda | Statement: [National Academy of Sciences Public Welfare Medal, notableRecipient, Alan Alda]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Alan Alda
Context triple: [National Academy of Sciences Public Welfare Medal, notableRecipient, Alan Alda]
  • A. Brian Cox
    Brian Cox is a Scottish actor known for his powerful performances in film, television, and theater, including roles in movies like "The Long Kiss Goodnight" and the TV series "Succession."
  • B. Michael O'Laughlen
    Michael O'Laughlen was an American Confederate sympathizer and associate of John Wilkes Booth who was implicated as a co-conspirator in the plot surrounding the assassination of President Abraham Lincoln.
  • C. Ronald N. Perlman
    Ronald N. Perlman is an American actor best known for his distinctive deep voice and leading roles in works such as the "Hellboy" films and the television series "Beauty and the Beast."
  • D. Hal Holbrook
    Hal Holbrook was an American actor renowned for his Emmy- and Tony-winning career in film, television, and theater, particularly for his acclaimed portrayal of Mark Twain in his long-running one-man show.
  • E. Wilford Brimley
    Wilford Brimley was an American character actor known for his gruff warmth and roles in films like "Cocoon," "The Natural," and "The Thing," as well as for his memorable television commercials.
  • 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: Alan Alda
Triple: [National Academy of Sciences Public Welfare Medal, notableRecipient, Alan Alda]
Generated description
Alan Alda is an American actor, writer, and science communicator best known for his role on the television series M*A*S*H and his work promoting public understanding of science.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Alan Alda
Target entity description: Alan Alda is an American actor, writer, and science communicator best known for his role on the television series M*A*S*H and his work promoting public understanding of science.
  • A. Brian Cox
    Brian Cox is a Scottish actor known for his powerful performances in film, television, and theater, including roles in movies like "The Long Kiss Goodnight" and the TV series "Succession."
  • B. Michael O'Laughlen
    Michael O'Laughlen was an American Confederate sympathizer and associate of John Wilkes Booth who was implicated as a co-conspirator in the plot surrounding the assassination of President Abraham Lincoln.
  • C. Ronald N. Perlman
    Ronald N. Perlman is an American actor best known for his distinctive deep voice and leading roles in works such as the "Hellboy" films and the television series "Beauty and the Beast."
  • D. Hal Holbrook
    Hal Holbrook was an American actor renowned for his Emmy- and Tony-winning career in film, television, and theater, particularly for his acclaimed portrayal of Mark Twain in his long-running one-man show.
  • E. Wilford Brimley
    Wilford Brimley was an American character actor known for his gruff warmth and roles in films like "Cocoon," "The Natural," and "The Thing," as well as for his memorable television commercials.
  • 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_69a493c383dc8190a03257f22d4b4183 completed March 1, 2026, 7:30 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69a4b4a89a58819081a24b5b0a12f122 completed March 1, 2026, 9:50 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69ac258d9f4c8190b285455410b30575 completed March 7, 2026, 1:18 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69ac267e4fa08190895fa6809d0decb8 completed March 7, 2026, 1:22 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69ac271c8ad081909c1f1629e0793c40 completed March 7, 2026, 1:24 p.m.
Created at: March 1, 2026, 7:41 p.m.