Triple
T13977380
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | John C. McGinley |
E336221
|
entity |
| Predicate | birthName |
P65
|
FINISHED |
| Object | John Christopher McGinley |
E336221
|
NE FINISHED |
How this triple was built (2 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 Christopher McGinley | Statement: [John C. McGinley, birthName, John Christopher McGinley]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: John Christopher McGinley Context triple: [John C. McGinley, birthName, John Christopher McGinley]
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A.
Ted McGinley
Ted McGinley is an American actor best known for his roles on television series such as "Married... with Children," "Happy Days," and "The Love Boat."
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B.
Andrew McCarthy
Andrew McCarthy is an American actor and director best known as a member of the 1980s "Brat Pack," with notable roles in films like "St. Elmo's Fire," "Pretty in Pink," and "Weekend at Bernie's."
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C.
John C. McGinley
chosen
John C. McGinley is an American character actor best known for his roles in films like "Platoon" and as Dr. Perry Cox on the television series "Scrubs."
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D.
John Shea
John Shea is an American actor and director best known for his roles in the TV series "Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman" and the film "Missing."
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E.
Tim Mahoney
Tim Mahoney is an American musician best known as the lead guitarist for the rock band 311.
- F. None of above.
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Provenance (3 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_69d81c639e808190a0e4b4f3d31c6a59 |
completed | April 9, 2026, 9:38 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69de2e90dc148190b38e339aac0de484 |
completed | April 14, 2026, 12:09 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69fbac9231888190ad8cb460db73bdb4 |
completed | May 6, 2026, 9:03 p.m. |
Created at: April 9, 2026, 10:18 p.m.