Triple

T1200500
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Empty Nest E25769 entity
Predicate portrayedBy P1507 FINISHED
Object Richard Mulligan
Richard Mulligan was an American actor best known for his comedic television roles, particularly in the sitcoms "Soap" and "Empty Nest."
 E221117 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: Richard Mulligan | Statement: [Empty Nest, portrayedBy, Richard Mulligan]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Richard Mulligan
Context triple: [Empty Nest, portrayedBy, Richard Mulligan]
  • A. Ray Cusick
    Ray Cusick was a British designer best known for creating the iconic look of the Daleks in the long-running science fiction television series Doctor Who.
  • B. John Norville
    John Norville is a screenwriter best known for co-writing the story for Disney's adventure film "Jungle Cruise."
  • C. Curt Menefee
    Curt Menefee is an American sportscaster best known as the longtime studio host of Fox's NFL coverage.
  • D. Richard Stolley
    Richard Stolley was an influential American magazine editor best known for shaping modern celebrity journalism as the founding managing editor of People magazine.
  • E. Fred Karger
    Fred Karger was an American musician and vocal coach best known for his work at major Hollywood studios and his long, on-and-off marriage to actress Jane Wyman.
  • 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: Richard Mulligan
Triple: [Empty Nest, portrayedBy, Richard Mulligan]
Generated description
Richard Mulligan was an American actor best known for his comedic television roles, particularly in the sitcoms "Soap" and "Empty Nest."
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Richard Mulligan
Target entity description: Richard Mulligan was an American actor best known for his comedic television roles, particularly in the sitcoms "Soap" and "Empty Nest."
  • A. Ray Cusick
    Ray Cusick was a British designer best known for creating the iconic look of the Daleks in the long-running science fiction television series Doctor Who.
  • B. John Norville
    John Norville is a screenwriter best known for co-writing the story for Disney's adventure film "Jungle Cruise."
  • C. Curt Menefee
    Curt Menefee is an American sportscaster best known as the longtime studio host of Fox's NFL coverage.
  • D. Richard Stolley
    Richard Stolley was an influential American magazine editor best known for shaping modern celebrity journalism as the founding managing editor of People magazine.
  • E. Fred Karger
    Fred Karger was an American musician and vocal coach best known for his work at major Hollywood studios and his long, on-and-off marriage to actress Jane Wyman.
  • 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_69a49429f5ec8190a6a205eb0ae81e5e completed March 1, 2026, 7:31 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69a4bd9ec3488190afe35af54efae5e9 completed March 1, 2026, 10:28 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69ae02f319788190ac9a634803154832 completed March 8, 2026, 11:14 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69ae03647d5881908c5952dd3e2015a7 completed March 8, 2026, 11:16 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69ae03f3611c8190b1cb90c9e59429cc completed March 8, 2026, 11:19 p.m.
Created at: March 1, 2026, 7:46 p.m.