Triple

T11438976
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Barry Corbin E271088 entity
Predicate playedCharacter P1507 FINISHED
Object Maurice Minnifield
Maurice Minnifield is a wealthy, ex-astronaut and domineering former fighter pilot who serves as the influential town patriarch in the television series "Northern Exposure."
E933139 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: Maurice Minnifield | Statement: [Barry Corbin, playedCharacter, Maurice Minnifield]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Maurice Minnifield
Context triple: [Barry Corbin, playedCharacter, Maurice Minnifield]
  • A. Maurice Nelson
    Maurice Nelson is the son of Edmund Nelson, a clergyman best known as the father of British naval hero Horatio Nelson.
  • B. Maurice Evans
    Maurice Evans was a distinguished British actor best known for his Shakespearean stage work and memorable film and television roles, including parts in "Planet of the Apes" and "Bewitched."
  • C. Harold McLernon
    Harold McLernon was a film editor known for his work on early sound-era movies, including the 1928 musical drama "The Singing Fool."
  • D. Maurice McEndree
    Maurice McEndree is a cinematographer known for his work on the film "Faces."
  • E. Maurice McEndree
    Maurice McEndree is a music producer best known for his work on the track "Shadows."
  • 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: Maurice Minnifield
Triple: [Barry Corbin, playedCharacter, Maurice Minnifield]
Generated description
Maurice Minnifield is a wealthy, ex-astronaut and domineering former fighter pilot who serves as the influential town patriarch in the television series "Northern Exposure."
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Maurice Minnifield
Target entity description: Maurice Minnifield is a wealthy, ex-astronaut and domineering former fighter pilot who serves as the influential town patriarch in the television series "Northern Exposure."
  • A. Maurice Nelson
    Maurice Nelson is the son of Edmund Nelson, a clergyman best known as the father of British naval hero Horatio Nelson.
  • B. Maurice Evans
    Maurice Evans was a distinguished British actor best known for his Shakespearean stage work and memorable film and television roles, including parts in "Planet of the Apes" and "Bewitched."
  • C. Harold McLernon
    Harold McLernon was a film editor known for his work on early sound-era movies, including the 1928 musical drama "The Singing Fool."
  • D. Maurice McEndree
    Maurice McEndree is a cinematographer known for his work on the film "Faces."
  • E. Maurice McEndree
    Maurice McEndree is a music producer best known for his work on the track "Shadows."
  • 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_69d6aadeef688190874bcecd88b3dd9b completed April 8, 2026, 7:22 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69d8088711ec8190afae9f4d9f2a11ca completed April 9, 2026, 8:13 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69e6e7580c508190a81eadd9015c75ef completed April 21, 2026, 2:56 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69e6ef8fca248190bc2fdd8457258874 completed April 21, 2026, 3:31 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69e6f8ec88e88190bfa21c2d06d67bd8 completed April 21, 2026, 4:11 a.m.
Created at: April 8, 2026, 9:35 p.m.