Triple
T12224820
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | McHale's Navy |
E291321
|
entity |
| Predicate | portrayedBy |
P1507
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Carl Ballantine
Carl Ballantine was an American actor and comedian best known for his pioneering comedy magic act and his role as the scheming Lester Gruber on the TV series "McHale's Navy."
|
E972728
|
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: Carl Ballantine | Statement: [McHale's Navy, portrayedBy, Carl Ballantine]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Carl Ballantine Context triple: [McHale's Navy, portrayedBy, Carl Ballantine]
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A.
Paul Bales
Paul Bales is a film producer known for his work on low-budget genre movies, including the fantasy action film "Avengers Grimm."
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B.
Arthur Demarest
Arthur Demarest is an American archaeologist and Mayanist scholar known for his extensive research on Classic Maya civilization and leadership of major excavations in the Petexbatún region of Guatemala.
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C.
Charles Stillman
Charles Stillman was an American labor leader and educator best known for helping to establish the American Federation of Teachers as a national teachers’ union.
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D.
Barclay Wilson
Barclay Wilson was a film editor known for his work on early 20th-century cinema, including the silent adventure-romance "The Son of the Sheik."
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E.
Henry Seabrook
Henry Seabrook was an architect best known for designing the Europa Hotel in Belfast, one of the city's most prominent and historically significant hotels.
- 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: Carl Ballantine Triple: [McHale's Navy, portrayedBy, Carl Ballantine]
Generated description
Carl Ballantine was an American actor and comedian best known for his pioneering comedy magic act and his role as the scheming Lester Gruber on the TV series "McHale's Navy."
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Carl Ballantine Target entity description: Carl Ballantine was an American actor and comedian best known for his pioneering comedy magic act and his role as the scheming Lester Gruber on the TV series "McHale's Navy."
-
A.
Paul Bales
Paul Bales is a film producer known for his work on low-budget genre movies, including the fantasy action film "Avengers Grimm."
-
B.
Arthur Demarest
Arthur Demarest is an American archaeologist and Mayanist scholar known for his extensive research on Classic Maya civilization and leadership of major excavations in the Petexbatún region of Guatemala.
-
C.
Charles Stillman
Charles Stillman was an American labor leader and educator best known for helping to establish the American Federation of Teachers as a national teachers’ union.
-
D.
Barclay Wilson
Barclay Wilson was a film editor known for his work on early 20th-century cinema, including the silent adventure-romance "The Son of the Sheik."
-
E.
Henry Seabrook
Henry Seabrook was an architect best known for designing the Europa Hotel in Belfast, one of the city's most prominent and historically significant hotels.
- 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.