Triple

T1313334
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject John Spencer E28043 entity
Predicate birthName P65 FINISHED
Object John Speshock Jr.
John Speshock Jr., better known as John Spencer, was an American actor acclaimed for his Emmy-winning role as Leo McGarry on the television series "The West Wing."
 E151561 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: John Speshock Jr. | Statement: [John Spencer, birthName, John Speshock Jr.]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: John Speshock Jr.
Context triple: [John Spencer, birthName, John Speshock Jr.]
  • A. Mickey Sutphin
    Mickey Sutphin is known as one of the former wives of famed American television and radio host Larry King.
  • B. Marvin Jacobs
    Marvin Jacobs was an entrepreneur best known as a founder of the global hospitality and food service company Delaware North.
  • C. Sherman Klump
    Sherman Klump is the shy, obese, and kind-hearted university professor who becomes the central figure of the comedy film "The Nutty Professor."
  • D. Tony Kubek
    Tony Kubek is a former Major League Baseball shortstop and longtime television broadcaster best known for his work as a color commentator on national baseball telecasts.
  • E. Joseph Buloff
    Joseph Buloff was a Lithuanian-born American actor and director known for his work in Yiddish theater and on Broadway.
  • 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: John Speshock Jr.
Triple: [John Spencer, birthName, John Speshock Jr.]
Generated description
John Speshock Jr., better known as John Spencer, was an American actor acclaimed for his Emmy-winning role as Leo McGarry on the television series "The West Wing."
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: John Speshock Jr.
Target entity description: John Speshock Jr., better known as John Spencer, was an American actor acclaimed for his Emmy-winning role as Leo McGarry on the television series "The West Wing."
  • A. Mickey Sutphin
    Mickey Sutphin is known as one of the former wives of famed American television and radio host Larry King.
  • B. Marvin Jacobs
    Marvin Jacobs was an entrepreneur best known as a founder of the global hospitality and food service company Delaware North.
  • C. Sherman Klump
    Sherman Klump is the shy, obese, and kind-hearted university professor who becomes the central figure of the comedy film "The Nutty Professor."
  • D. Tony Kubek
    Tony Kubek is a former Major League Baseball shortstop and longtime television broadcaster best known for his work as a color commentator on national baseball telecasts.
  • E. Joseph Buloff
    Joseph Buloff was a Lithuanian-born American actor and director known for his work in Yiddish theater and on Broadway.
  • 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_69a498532c3481909223b74af2e578df completed March 1, 2026, 7:49 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69a4c1585d3081909ca0221c23de63ba completed March 1, 2026, 10:44 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69acbf2964048190950723487c7cf707 completed March 8, 2026, 12:13 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69acbfc03f20819089a025fc745c9203 completed March 8, 2026, 12:16 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69acc0282080819087676813c2852a96 completed March 8, 2026, 12:17 a.m.
Created at: March 1, 2026, 7:55 p.m.