Triple
T10194470
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | FlashForward |
E238124
|
entity |
| Predicate | mainCharacter |
P1183
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Lloyd Simcoe
Lloyd Simcoe is a central character in the science fiction TV series "FlashForward," portrayed as a brilliant physicist whose research is closely tied to the mysterious global blackout event.
|
E846580
|
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: Lloyd Simcoe | Statement: [FlashForward, mainCharacter, Lloyd Simcoe]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Lloyd Simcoe Context triple: [FlashForward, mainCharacter, Lloyd Simcoe]
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A.
John Graves Simcoe
John Graves Simcoe was the first Lieutenant Governor of Upper Canada, known for founding Toronto (then York) and promoting early anti-slavery measures in the province.
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B.
Sir William Macdonald
Sir William Macdonald was a prominent Canadian tobacco manufacturer and philanthropist whose generous endowments significantly shaped McGill University and its agricultural education programs.
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C.
William Mackenzie
William Mackenzie is a Canadian businessman best known as a co-founder of the global alternative asset management firm Brookfield Asset Management.
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D.
William Mackenzie
William Mackenzie was a prominent Canadian railway entrepreneur and financier best known for co-founding and expanding the Canadian Northern Railway in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
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E.
William Lyon Mackenzie
William Lyon Mackenzie was a Scottish-born Canadian journalist, politician, and reform leader who became a central figure in early Canadian democracy and led the Upper Canada Rebellion of 1837.
- 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: Lloyd Simcoe Triple: [FlashForward, mainCharacter, Lloyd Simcoe]
Generated description
Lloyd Simcoe is a central character in the science fiction TV series "FlashForward," portrayed as a brilliant physicist whose research is closely tied to the mysterious global blackout event.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Lloyd Simcoe Target entity description: Lloyd Simcoe is a central character in the science fiction TV series "FlashForward," portrayed as a brilliant physicist whose research is closely tied to the mysterious global blackout event.
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A.
John Graves Simcoe
John Graves Simcoe was the first Lieutenant Governor of Upper Canada, known for founding Toronto (then York) and promoting early anti-slavery measures in the province.
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B.
Sir William Macdonald
Sir William Macdonald was a prominent Canadian tobacco manufacturer and philanthropist whose generous endowments significantly shaped McGill University and its agricultural education programs.
-
C.
William Mackenzie
William Mackenzie is a Canadian businessman best known as a co-founder of the global alternative asset management firm Brookfield Asset Management.
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D.
William Mackenzie
William Mackenzie was a prominent Canadian railway entrepreneur and financier best known for co-founding and expanding the Canadian Northern Railway in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
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E.
William Lyon Mackenzie
William Lyon Mackenzie was a Scottish-born Canadian journalist, politician, and reform leader who became a central figure in early Canadian democracy and led the Upper Canada Rebellion of 1837.
- 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_69ca84de1b208190bf17bb305b002605 |
completed | March 30, 2026, 2:12 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69cdedc7cc748190bceb8f657afcc054 |
completed | April 2, 2026, 4:17 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69d317d3c1bc8190811b809aaf93a754 |
completed | April 6, 2026, 2:17 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69d318a95450819086cd07610de39a55 |
completed | April 6, 2026, 2:21 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69d319593c908190adc43bc2a213211f |
completed | April 6, 2026, 2:24 a.m. |
Created at: March 30, 2026, 9:13 p.m.