Triple
T11396206
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | My Favorite Martian |
E269978
|
entity |
| Predicate | characterPortrayedBy |
P1507
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Tim O’Hara – Bill Bixby
Tim O’Hara, portrayed by Bill Bixby, is the curious and often flustered newspaper reporter who discovers and secretly shelters a stranded Martian in the classic 1960s sitcom "My Favorite Martian."
|
E923513
|
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: Tim O’Hara – Bill Bixby | Statement: [My Favorite Martian, characterPortrayedBy, Tim O’Hara – Bill Bixby]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Tim O’Hara – Bill Bixby Context triple: [My Favorite Martian, characterPortrayedBy, Tim O’Hara – Bill Bixby]
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A.
Timothy Newhart
Timothy Newhart is one of the children of American television personality and producer Ginny Newhart and comedian-actor Bob Newhart.
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B.
Fred Burns
Fred Burns was an American actor known for his roles in early silent-era Westerns and adventure films.
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C.
Barry Bostwick
Barry Bostwick is an American actor best known for his roles in the cult musical film "The Rocky Horror Picture Show" and the sitcom "Spin City."
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D.
Darren McGavin
Darren McGavin was an American actor best known for his roles in the television series "Kolchak: The Night Stalker" and as the gruff but loving father in the classic film "A Christmas Story."
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E.
Jack Foley
Jack Foley is a charming, sharp-witted career bank robber and the central antihero of Elmore Leonard’s crime novel "Out of Sight" and its film adaptation.
- 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: Tim O’Hara – Bill Bixby Triple: [My Favorite Martian, characterPortrayedBy, Tim O’Hara – Bill Bixby]
Generated description
Tim O’Hara, portrayed by Bill Bixby, is the curious and often flustered newspaper reporter who discovers and secretly shelters a stranded Martian in the classic 1960s sitcom "My Favorite Martian."
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Tim O’Hara – Bill Bixby Target entity description: Tim O’Hara, portrayed by Bill Bixby, is the curious and often flustered newspaper reporter who discovers and secretly shelters a stranded Martian in the classic 1960s sitcom "My Favorite Martian."
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A.
Timothy Newhart
Timothy Newhart is one of the children of American television personality and producer Ginny Newhart and comedian-actor Bob Newhart.
-
B.
Fred Burns
Fred Burns was an American actor known for his roles in early silent-era Westerns and adventure films.
-
C.
Barry Bostwick
Barry Bostwick is an American actor best known for his roles in the cult musical film "The Rocky Horror Picture Show" and the sitcom "Spin City."
-
D.
Darren McGavin
Darren McGavin was an American actor best known for his roles in the television series "Kolchak: The Night Stalker" and as the gruff but loving father in the classic film "A Christmas Story."
-
E.
Jack Foley
Jack Foley is a charming, sharp-witted career bank robber and the central antihero of Elmore Leonard’s crime novel "Out of Sight" and its film adaptation.
- 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_69d6aacdbc6c8190af6dc3d5f5d22836 |
completed | April 8, 2026, 7:21 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69d80019d3d48190a2f473deb6eae33a |
completed | April 9, 2026, 7:38 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69e58cd74280819092f8c420630f4889 |
completed | April 20, 2026, 2:17 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69e59774e6648190a38b2515a83c2e0c |
completed | April 20, 2026, 3:03 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69e5a3abf24481908fb71f4ef6b13532 |
completed | April 20, 2026, 3:55 a.m. |
Created at: April 8, 2026, 9:34 p.m.