Triple

T13344314
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Dana Elcar E317909 entity
Predicate familyName P18 FINISHED
Object Elcar
Elcar is the surname of American actor Dana Elcar, best known for his role as Peter Thornton on the television series "MacGyver."
E1035622 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: Elcar | Statement: [Dana Elcar, familyName, Elcar]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Elcar
Context triple: [Dana Elcar, familyName, Elcar]
  • A. Muldaur
    Muldaur is the surname of American actress Diana Muldaur, known for her roles in television series such as Star Trek and L.A. Law.
  • B. Sindar
    The Sindar are a group of Elves in J.R.R. Tolkien's legendarium, known as the Grey Elves who remained in Beleriand and became culturally prominent under King Thingol.
  • C. Arador
    Arador is a Dúnedain chieftain of the North and ancestor of Aragorn in J.R.R. Tolkien’s Middle-earth legendarium.
  • D. Camlorn
    Camlorn is a prominent coastal city in the Breton province of High Rock in The Elder Scrolls universe, known for its trade, culture, and strategic location.
  • E. Notholirion
    Notholirion is a small genus of bulbous flowering plants native to Asia, known for their tall stems and lily-like, often pendulous blooms.
  • 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: Elcar
Triple: [Dana Elcar, familyName, Elcar]
Generated description
Elcar is the surname of American actor Dana Elcar, 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: Elcar
Target entity description: Elcar is the surname of American actor Dana Elcar, best known for his role as Peter Thornton on the television series "MacGyver."
  • A. Muldaur
    Muldaur is the surname of American actress Diana Muldaur, known for her roles in television series such as Star Trek and L.A. Law.
  • B. Sindar
    The Sindar are a group of Elves in J.R.R. Tolkien's legendarium, known as the Grey Elves who remained in Beleriand and became culturally prominent under King Thingol.
  • C. Arador
    Arador is a Dúnedain chieftain of the North and ancestor of Aragorn in J.R.R. Tolkien’s Middle-earth legendarium.
  • D. Camlorn
    Camlorn is a prominent coastal city in the Breton province of High Rock in The Elder Scrolls universe, known for its trade, culture, and strategic location.
  • E. Notholirion
    Notholirion is a small genus of bulbous flowering plants native to Asia, known for their tall stems and lily-like, often pendulous blooms.
  • 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.