Triple

T13344311
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Dana Elcar E317909 entity
Predicate birthName P65 FINISHED
Object Ibsen Dana Elcar
Ibsen Dana Elcar was an American character actor best known for his role as Peter Thornton on the television series "MacGyver."
E1035620 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: Ibsen Dana Elcar | Statement: [Dana Elcar, birthName, Ibsen Dana Elcar]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Ibsen Dana Elcar
Context triple: [Dana Elcar, birthName, Ibsen Dana Elcar]
  • A. Hendrik Ibsen’s granddaughter Stella Ibsen
    Hendrik Ibsen’s granddaughter Stella Ibsen was a member of the famed Norwegian playwright’s family who is remembered in part through her burial at Rome’s historic Non-Catholic Cemetery.
  • B. Uta Thyra Hagen
    Uta Thyra Hagen was a renowned German-American actress and influential acting teacher, best known for her work on the stage and her seminal books on acting technique.
  • C. Iris Cantor
    Iris Cantor is an American philanthropist and arts patron known for major donations to medical, educational, and cultural institutions, including the Iris & B. Gerald Cantor Foundation’s extensive support of the arts.
  • D. Christian Ludolf Ebsen Jr.
    Christian Ludolf Ebsen Jr., better known as Buddy Ebsen, was an American actor and dancer famed for his roles in the TV series "The Beverly Hillbillies" and "Barnaby Jones."
  • E. Sondergaard
    Sondergaard is a Danish-origin surname borne by various notable individuals, including figures in the arts and public life.
  • 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: Ibsen Dana Elcar
Triple: [Dana Elcar, birthName, Ibsen Dana Elcar]
Generated description
Ibsen Dana Elcar was an American character actor best known for his role as Peter Thornton on the television series "MacGyver."
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Ibsen Dana Elcar
Target entity description: Ibsen Dana Elcar was an American character actor best known for his role as Peter Thornton on the television series "MacGyver."
  • A. Hendrik Ibsen’s granddaughter Stella Ibsen
    Hendrik Ibsen’s granddaughter Stella Ibsen was a member of the famed Norwegian playwright’s family who is remembered in part through her burial at Rome’s historic Non-Catholic Cemetery.
  • B. Uta Thyra Hagen
    Uta Thyra Hagen was a renowned German-American actress and influential acting teacher, best known for her work on the stage and her seminal books on acting technique.
  • C. Iris Cantor
    Iris Cantor is an American philanthropist and arts patron known for major donations to medical, educational, and cultural institutions, including the Iris & B. Gerald Cantor Foundation’s extensive support of the arts.
  • D. Christian Ludolf Ebsen Jr.
    Christian Ludolf Ebsen Jr., better known as Buddy Ebsen, was an American actor and dancer famed for his roles in the TV series "The Beverly Hillbillies" and "Barnaby Jones."
  • E. Sondergaard
    Sondergaard is a Danish-origin surname borne by various notable individuals, including figures in the arts and public life.
  • 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_69d806b5a3c08190b42c267fb092f98a completed April 9, 2026, 8:06 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69d99e8839b48190b164414b418e756c completed April 11, 2026, 1:06 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69f71f417e4081908ab2025a313bfad1 completed May 3, 2026, 10:11 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69f7204ac36c8190a04e921442489e9c completed May 3, 2026, 10:15 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69f7221887208190ac98945a023bc496 completed May 3, 2026, 10:23 a.m.
Created at: April 9, 2026, 9:31 p.m.