Triple

T10468676
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Sense8 E246868 entity
Predicate portrayedBy P1507 FINISHED
Object Brian J. Smith
Brian J. Smith is an American actor best known for his role as Will Gorski in the science fiction series Sense8 and for his work in television, film, and theater.
E868779 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: Brian J. Smith | Statement: [Sense8, portrayedBy, Brian J. Smith]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Brian J. Smith
Context triple: [Sense8, portrayedBy, Brian J. Smith]
  • A. Jason A. Smith
    Jason A. Smith is an American attorney and congressional procedural expert who previously served as the Parliamentarian of the U.S. House of Representatives.
  • B. Mark L. Smith
    Mark L. Smith is an American screenwriter best known for his work on intense genre films, including co-writing the Oscar-winning survival drama "The Revenant."
  • C. Brian Michael Smith
    Brian Michael Smith is an American actor and transgender advocate best known for his groundbreaking role as a transgender firefighter on the television series "9-1-1: Lone Star."
  • D. Nick Smith
    Nick Smith is the doomed husband and diner owner whose murder becomes the central plot of the 1946 film noir "The Postman Always Rings Twice."
  • E. Mark Smith
    Mark Smith is a renowned designer known for his influential work with Nike, including creating iconic basketball-related trophies and products.
  • 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: Brian J. Smith
Triple: [Sense8, portrayedBy, Brian J. Smith]
Generated description
Brian J. Smith is an American actor best known for his role as Will Gorski in the science fiction series Sense8 and for his work in television, film, and theater.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Brian J. Smith
Target entity description: Brian J. Smith is an American actor best known for his role as Will Gorski in the science fiction series Sense8 and for his work in television, film, and theater.
  • A. Jason A. Smith
    Jason A. Smith is an American attorney and congressional procedural expert who previously served as the Parliamentarian of the U.S. House of Representatives.
  • B. Mark L. Smith
    Mark L. Smith is an American screenwriter best known for his work on intense genre films, including co-writing the Oscar-winning survival drama "The Revenant."
  • C. Brian Michael Smith
    Brian Michael Smith is an American actor and transgender advocate best known for his groundbreaking role as a transgender firefighter on the television series "9-1-1: Lone Star."
  • D. Nick Smith
    Nick Smith is the doomed husband and diner owner whose murder becomes the central plot of the 1946 film noir "The Postman Always Rings Twice."
  • E. Mark Smith
    Mark Smith is a renowned designer known for his influential work with Nike, including creating iconic basketball-related trophies and products.
  • 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_69d381c16c248190a2fe5b471e584e9c completed April 6, 2026, 9:49 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69d5092ef810819093a4d1df83aeac09 completed April 7, 2026, 1:39 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69d90dac584081909a79bc300b9338c8 completed April 10, 2026, 2:48 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69d91196e4e88190bb4aeae8c475d636 completed April 10, 2026, 3:04 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69d9126254408190a79ea571649416f6 completed April 10, 2026, 3:08 p.m.
Created at: April 6, 2026, 12:20 p.m.