Triple

T12224801
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject McHale's Navy E291321 entity
Predicate portrayedBy P1507 FINISHED
Object Joe Flynn
Joe Flynn was an American character actor best known for his comedic role as the irascible Captain Binghamton on the 1960s television sitcom "McHale's Navy."
E972723 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: Joe Flynn | Statement: [McHale's Navy, portrayedBy, Joe Flynn]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Joe Flynn
Context triple: [McHale's Navy, portrayedBy, Joe Flynn]
  • A. Neil Flynn
    Neil Flynn is an American actor and comedian best known for his roles as the Janitor on the sitcom "Scrubs" and as Mike Heck on the sitcom "The Middle."
  • B. Beau Flynn
    Beau Flynn is an American film producer known for backing large-scale Hollywood action and adventure movies, frequently collaborating with Dwayne Johnson on projects such as "San Andreas," "Rampage," and "Skyscraper."
  • C. Joel Fry
    Joel Fry is a British actor and musician known for his roles in film and television, including appearances in projects like "Game of Thrones," "Cruella," and various UK comedies.
  • D. Jon L. White
    Jon L. White was a computer scientist best known for his significant contributions to the development and implementation of the Maclisp programming language.
  • E. John Ferrell
    John Ferrell was a photographer for the U.S. Farm Security Administration, contributing documentary images of American life during the Great Depression and World War II era.
  • 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: Joe Flynn
Triple: [McHale's Navy, portrayedBy, Joe Flynn]
Generated description
Joe Flynn was an American character actor best known for his comedic role as the irascible Captain Binghamton on the 1960s television sitcom "McHale's Navy."
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Joe Flynn
Target entity description: Joe Flynn was an American character actor best known for his comedic role as the irascible Captain Binghamton on the 1960s television sitcom "McHale's Navy."
  • A. Neil Flynn
    Neil Flynn is an American actor and comedian best known for his roles as the Janitor on the sitcom "Scrubs" and as Mike Heck on the sitcom "The Middle."
  • B. Beau Flynn
    Beau Flynn is an American film producer known for backing large-scale Hollywood action and adventure movies, frequently collaborating with Dwayne Johnson on projects such as "San Andreas," "Rampage," and "Skyscraper."
  • C. Joel Fry
    Joel Fry is a British actor and musician known for his roles in film and television, including appearances in projects like "Game of Thrones," "Cruella," and various UK comedies.
  • D. Jon L. White
    Jon L. White was a computer scientist best known for his significant contributions to the development and implementation of the Maclisp programming language.
  • E. John Ferrell
    John Ferrell was a photographer for the U.S. Farm Security Administration, contributing documentary images of American life during the Great Depression and World War II era.
  • 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_69d6ab668acc8190963ba424049d6aee completed April 8, 2026, 7:24 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69d91ca11f788190bad2efb6c83ffccb completed April 10, 2026, 3:52 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69f60aa9023881909f8373e02d2cad4b completed May 2, 2026, 2:31 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69f61a13fd1481908a06ca65b276e0e1 completed May 2, 2026, 3:36 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69f61ad2bd0c8190ada37bc1f8ae160f completed May 2, 2026, 3:40 p.m.
Created at: April 8, 2026, 9:51 p.m.