Triple

T13948157
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Barney Stinson E335443 entity
Predicate father P120 FINISHED
Object Jerome Whittaker
Jerome Whittaker is a character from the TV series "How I Met Your Mother," known as the long-lost father of Barney Stinson who later reconnects with him.
E1070642 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: Jerome Whittaker | Statement: [Barney Stinson, father, Jerome Whittaker]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Jerome Whittaker
Context triple: [Barney Stinson, father, Jerome Whittaker]
  • A. Frank Worthington
    Frank Worthington was an English professional footballer best known as a flamboyant forward who played for clubs such as Leicester City and Bolton Wanderers during the 1970s and 1980s.
  • B. Jerome Webster
    Jerome Webster is the protagonist of the 1938 film "City," around whom the story’s central conflicts and developments revolve.
  • C. Hugh Whitaker
    Hugh Whitaker is an English drummer best known for being the original drummer of the indie pop band The Housemartins in the 1980s.
  • D. Walter Newman
    Walter Newman was an American screenwriter known for his work on classic films such as "The Magnificent Seven" and "Cat Ballou."
  • E. Louis Osbourne
    Louis Osbourne is a British DJ, producer, and media personality best known as the son of rock musician Ozzy Osbourne and for his appearances on the reality show "The Osbournes."
  • 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: Jerome Whittaker
Triple: [Barney Stinson, father, Jerome Whittaker]
Generated description
Jerome Whittaker is a character from the TV series "How I Met Your Mother," known as the long-lost father of Barney Stinson who later reconnects with him.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Jerome Whittaker
Target entity description: Jerome Whittaker is a character from the TV series "How I Met Your Mother," known as the long-lost father of Barney Stinson who later reconnects with him.
  • A. Frank Worthington
    Frank Worthington was an English professional footballer best known as a flamboyant forward who played for clubs such as Leicester City and Bolton Wanderers during the 1970s and 1980s.
  • B. Jerome Webster
    Jerome Webster is the protagonist of the 1938 film "City," around whom the story’s central conflicts and developments revolve.
  • C. Hugh Whitaker
    Hugh Whitaker is an English drummer best known for being the original drummer of the indie pop band The Housemartins in the 1980s.
  • D. Walter Newman
    Walter Newman was an American screenwriter known for his work on classic films such as "The Magnificent Seven" and "Cat Ballou."
  • E. Louis Osbourne
    Louis Osbourne is a British DJ, producer, and media personality best known as the son of rock musician Ozzy Osbourne and for his appearances on the reality show "The Osbournes."
  • 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_69d81c6081b88190b53e317c3370c8fe completed April 9, 2026, 9:38 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69de2e12171c8190b95746bdd4845def completed April 14, 2026, 12:07 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69f7ce903c5c8190b72d83a5b842ad70 completed May 3, 2026, 10:39 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69f9fd5d4abc8190aa10d9f1c9f7f9c9 completed May 5, 2026, 2:23 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69fb14bfa2c081908381bb74f040c6c8 completed May 6, 2026, 10:15 a.m.
Created at: April 9, 2026, 10:17 p.m.