Triple

T11773717
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Where in Time Is Carmen Sandiego? E279963 entity
Predicate presenter P83 FINISHED
Object Kevin Shinick
Kevin Shinick is an American writer, actor, comedian, and voice artist known for his work on shows like Robot Chicken and MAD as well as hosting the game show Where in Time Is Carmen Sandiego?.
E945861 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: Kevin Shinick | Statement: [Where in Time Is Carmen Sandiego?, presenter, Kevin Shinick]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Kevin Shinick
Context triple: [Where in Time Is Carmen Sandiego?, presenter, Kevin Shinick]
  • A. Shawn Eichman
    Shawn Eichman is an American political activist best known as a defendant in the landmark U.S. Supreme Court case that struck down federal prohibitions on flag desecration as unconstitutional.
  • B. Eric Danchick
    Eric Danchick is a film producer known for his work on the movie "Bound 2."
  • C. Chris Sievernich
    Chris Sievernich is a German film producer best known for his work on acclaimed art-house and independent films, including Wim Wenders’ "Paris, Texas."
  • D. Brian VanDeMark
    Brian VanDeMark is an American historian and author known for his work on U.S. foreign policy and the Vietnam War, including coauthoring influential studies of that conflict.
  • E. Kevin Yagher
    Kevin Yagher is an American special effects and makeup artist and director best known for his work on horror and fantasy films and for creating iconic genre characters.
  • 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: Kevin Shinick
Triple: [Where in Time Is Carmen Sandiego?, presenter, Kevin Shinick]
Generated description
Kevin Shinick is an American writer, actor, comedian, and voice artist known for his work on shows like Robot Chicken and MAD as well as hosting the game show Where in Time Is Carmen Sandiego?.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Kevin Shinick
Target entity description: Kevin Shinick is an American writer, actor, comedian, and voice artist known for his work on shows like Robot Chicken and MAD as well as hosting the game show Where in Time Is Carmen Sandiego?.
  • A. Shawn Eichman
    Shawn Eichman is an American political activist best known as a defendant in the landmark U.S. Supreme Court case that struck down federal prohibitions on flag desecration as unconstitutional.
  • B. Eric Danchick
    Eric Danchick is a film producer known for his work on the movie "Bound 2."
  • C. Chris Sievernich
    Chris Sievernich is a German film producer best known for his work on acclaimed art-house and independent films, including Wim Wenders’ "Paris, Texas."
  • D. Brian VanDeMark
    Brian VanDeMark is an American historian and author known for his work on U.S. foreign policy and the Vietnam War, including coauthoring influential studies of that conflict.
  • E. Kevin Yagher
    Kevin Yagher is an American special effects and makeup artist and director best known for his work on horror and fantasy films and for creating iconic genre characters.
  • 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_69d6ab01d2688190ad8ed6bda487eaa5 completed April 8, 2026, 7:22 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69d8a55dfa088190a59b35d0247225e3 completed April 10, 2026, 7:23 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69f0909969e481908d836f912b5af5bf completed April 28, 2026, 10:48 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69f0bd3e585481908223acfd780a72a2 completed April 28, 2026, 1:59 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69f0ef31076c8190b33a6a2778d7ffbb completed April 28, 2026, 5:32 p.m.
Created at: April 8, 2026, 9:41 p.m.