Triple

T11465735
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Tales of the City E271774 entity
Predicate mainCharacter P1183 FINISHED
Object Michael Tolliver
Michael Tolliver is a central gay character in Armistead Maupin’s "Tales of the City" series, known for his warm, vulnerable portrayal of queer life and relationships in San Francisco.
E927974 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: Michael Tolliver | Statement: [Tales of the City, mainCharacter, Michael Tolliver]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Michael Tolliver
Context triple: [Tales of the City, mainCharacter, Michael Tolliver]
  • A. Dave Winthrop
    Dave Winthrop is a British saxophonist and flautist best known for his work with the progressive rock band Supertramp in the early 1970s.
  • B. Paul Tollett
    Paul Tollett is an American concert promoter best known as the co-founder and driving force behind the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival.
  • C. Greg Gilmore
    Greg Gilmore is an American rock drummer best known for his work with the late-1980s Seattle band Mother Love Bone, a key precursor to the grunge movement.
  • D. Tom Tully
    Tom Tully was an American character actor known for his prolific work in mid-20th-century film and television, often portraying gruff but sympathetic authority figures.
  • E. Timothy Kevin Story
    Timothy Kevin Story is an American film director and producer best known for directing commercially successful movies such as "Barbershop," "Fantastic Four," and "Think Like a Man."
  • 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: Michael Tolliver
Triple: [Tales of the City, mainCharacter, Michael Tolliver]
Generated description
Michael Tolliver is a central gay character in Armistead Maupin’s "Tales of the City" series, known for his warm, vulnerable portrayal of queer life and relationships in San Francisco.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Michael Tolliver
Target entity description: Michael Tolliver is a central gay character in Armistead Maupin’s "Tales of the City" series, known for his warm, vulnerable portrayal of queer life and relationships in San Francisco.
  • A. Dave Winthrop
    Dave Winthrop is a British saxophonist and flautist best known for his work with the progressive rock band Supertramp in the early 1970s.
  • B. Paul Tollett
    Paul Tollett is an American concert promoter best known as the co-founder and driving force behind the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival.
  • C. Greg Gilmore
    Greg Gilmore is an American rock drummer best known for his work with the late-1980s Seattle band Mother Love Bone, a key precursor to the grunge movement.
  • D. Tom Tully
    Tom Tully was an American character actor known for his prolific work in mid-20th-century film and television, often portraying gruff but sympathetic authority figures.
  • E. Timothy Kevin Story
    Timothy Kevin Story is an American film director and producer best known for directing commercially successful movies such as "Barbershop," "Fantastic Four," and "Think Like a Man."
  • 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_69d6aae0c8d881908a5a360c0be3242e completed April 8, 2026, 7:22 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69d822f5eb988190b309b8e309f6d1a5 completed April 9, 2026, 10:06 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69e5e9377ff4819096971a77e0181eaf completed April 20, 2026, 8:52 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69e5f1593c2c8190885f80ad5eeba3ec completed April 20, 2026, 9:26 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69e5f87bbd988190ac388a3c34b2e95a completed April 20, 2026, 9:57 a.m.
Created at: April 8, 2026, 9:35 p.m.