Triple

T13871114
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Quantum Leap E333450 entity
Predicate characterRole P268 FINISHED
Object Sam Beckett is a physicist and time traveler
Sam Beckett is the main protagonist of the science fiction TV series "Quantum Leap," a brilliant physicist who becomes unstuck in time and "leaps" into other people's lives to correct historical mistakes.
E1065417 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: Sam Beckett is a physicist and time traveler | Statement: [Quantum Leap, characterRole, Sam Beckett is a physicist and time traveler]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Sam Beckett is a physicist and time traveler
Context triple: [Quantum Leap, characterRole, Sam Beckett is a physicist and time traveler]
  • A. Zachary DeLorean
    Zachary DeLorean is the son of famed automotive engineer and DeLorean Motor Company founder John Z. DeLorean.
  • B. Albert Einstein (character)
    Albert Einstein (character) is a fictionalized stage portrayal of the famed physicist, depicted as a young, witty, and contemplative thinker in Steve Martin’s play "Picasso at the Lapin Agile."
  • C. Hugh Everett III
    Hugh Everett III was an American physicist best known for proposing the many-worlds interpretation of quantum mechanics.
  • D. Jacques Bergerac
    Jacques Bergerac was a French actor and businessman known for his film roles in the 1950s and 1960s and for his high-profile marriages to Hollywood stars.
  • E. Dr. Peters in 12 Monkeys
    Dr. Peters in *12 Monkeys* is the quietly fanatical virologist who ultimately releases the deadly virus that devastates humanity in the film.
  • 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: Sam Beckett is a physicist and time traveler
Triple: [Quantum Leap, characterRole, Sam Beckett is a physicist and time traveler]
Generated description
Sam Beckett is the main protagonist of the science fiction TV series "Quantum Leap," a brilliant physicist who becomes unstuck in time and "leaps" into other people's lives to correct historical mistakes.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Sam Beckett is a physicist and time traveler
Target entity description: Sam Beckett is the main protagonist of the science fiction TV series "Quantum Leap," a brilliant physicist who becomes unstuck in time and "leaps" into other people's lives to correct historical mistakes.
  • A. Zachary DeLorean
    Zachary DeLorean is the son of famed automotive engineer and DeLorean Motor Company founder John Z. DeLorean.
  • B. Albert Einstein (character)
    Albert Einstein (character) is a fictionalized stage portrayal of the famed physicist, depicted as a young, witty, and contemplative thinker in Steve Martin’s play "Picasso at the Lapin Agile."
  • C. Hugh Everett III
    Hugh Everett III was an American physicist best known for proposing the many-worlds interpretation of quantum mechanics.
  • D. Jacques Bergerac
    Jacques Bergerac was a French actor and businessman known for his film roles in the 1950s and 1960s and for his high-profile marriages to Hollywood stars.
  • E. Dr. Peters in 12 Monkeys
    Dr. Peters in *12 Monkeys* is the quietly fanatical virologist who ultimately releases the deadly virus that devastates humanity in the film.
  • 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_69d81c5ced9c8190b0e9bcc6effe5959 completed April 9, 2026, 9:38 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69de05c638248190bbe5d19f7b88d0f9 completed April 14, 2026, 9:15 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69f7c107c20c81909dff0ca4a59fcc55 completed May 3, 2026, 9:41 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69f7c20da9448190b3167b091bd39b94 completed May 3, 2026, 9:45 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69f7c2cc63148190b9ca2828abe54286 completed May 3, 2026, 9:49 p.m.
Created at: April 9, 2026, 10:14 p.m.