Triple

T12224824
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject McHale's Navy E291321 entity
Predicate portrayedBy P1507 FINISHED
Object Billy Sands
Billy Sands was an American character actor best known for his comedic supporting roles on television, including his work on the 1960s sitcom "McHale's Navy."
E972729 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: Billy Sands | Statement: [McHale's Navy, portrayedBy, Billy Sands]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Billy Sands
Context triple: [McHale's Navy, portrayedBy, Billy Sands]
  • A. Sugar Ray Robinson
    Sugar Ray Robinson was an American professional boxer widely regarded as one of the greatest fighters in history, celebrated for his exceptional speed, power, and technical skill across multiple weight classes.
  • B. Willie Pep
    Willie Pep was an American professional boxer widely regarded as one of the greatest featherweights in history, famed for his exceptional defensive skills and ringcraft.
  • C. Max Baer Sr.
    Max Baer Sr. was an American heavyweight boxing champion of the 1930s, known for his powerful punching and charismatic personality.
  • D. Primo Carnera
    Primo Carnera was an Italian heavyweight boxer and former world champion known for his enormous size, formidable punching power, and controversial career during the 1930s.
  • E. James J. Braddock
    James J. Braddock was an American heavyweight boxing champion of the 1930s whose underdog comeback during the Great Depression earned him the nickname "Cinderella 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: Billy Sands
Triple: [McHale's Navy, portrayedBy, Billy Sands]
Generated description
Billy Sands was an American character actor best known for his comedic supporting roles on television, including his work on the 1960s sitcom "McHale's Navy."
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Billy Sands
Target entity description: Billy Sands was an American character actor best known for his comedic supporting roles on television, including his work on the 1960s sitcom "McHale's Navy."
  • A. Sugar Ray Robinson
    Sugar Ray Robinson was an American professional boxer widely regarded as one of the greatest fighters in history, celebrated for his exceptional speed, power, and technical skill across multiple weight classes.
  • B. Willie Pep
    Willie Pep was an American professional boxer widely regarded as one of the greatest featherweights in history, famed for his exceptional defensive skills and ringcraft.
  • C. Max Baer Sr.
    Max Baer Sr. was an American heavyweight boxing champion of the 1930s, known for his powerful punching and charismatic personality.
  • D. Primo Carnera
    Primo Carnera was an Italian heavyweight boxer and former world champion known for his enormous size, formidable punching power, and controversial career during the 1930s.
  • E. James J. Braddock
    James J. Braddock was an American heavyweight boxing champion of the 1930s whose underdog comeback during the Great Depression earned him the nickname "Cinderella 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_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.