Triple
T13997373
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Ed Flanders |
E336734
|
entity |
| Predicate | notableRole |
P22
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Dr. Donald Westphall
Dr. Donald Westphall is a central fictional physician and hospital administrator character from the television drama "St. Elsewhere."
|
E1074295
|
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: Dr. Donald Westphall | Statement: [Ed Flanders, notableRole, Dr. Donald Westphall]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Dr. Donald Westphall Context triple: [Ed Flanders, notableRole, Dr. Donald Westphall]
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A.
Robert Danforth
Robert Danforth is a practical, industrious blacksmith who serves as the foil to the idealistic watchmaker Owen Warland in Nathaniel Hawthorne’s short story "The Artist of the Beautiful."
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B.
Charles W. Scharf
Charles W. Scharf is an American business executive and banking industry veteran who serves as the chief executive officer of Wells Fargo & Company.
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C.
Dr. Newton Geiszler
Dr. Newton Geiszler is an eccentric and brilliant kaiju-obsessed scientist who plays a key role in understanding and combating the monstrous threats in the Pacific Rim universe.
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D.
Stephen P. Maran
Stephen P. Maran is an American astronomer and science communicator known for his work with NASA and for authoring popular astronomy books such as "Astronomy for Dummies."
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E.
Ronald Shiner
Ronald Shiner was a British comic actor and entertainer best known for his popular film and stage roles in the 1940s and 1950s.
- 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: Dr. Donald Westphall Triple: [Ed Flanders, notableRole, Dr. Donald Westphall]
Generated description
Dr. Donald Westphall is a central fictional physician and hospital administrator character from the television drama "St. Elsewhere."
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Dr. Donald Westphall Target entity description: Dr. Donald Westphall is a central fictional physician and hospital administrator character from the television drama "St. Elsewhere."
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A.
Robert Danforth
Robert Danforth is a practical, industrious blacksmith who serves as the foil to the idealistic watchmaker Owen Warland in Nathaniel Hawthorne’s short story "The Artist of the Beautiful."
-
B.
Charles W. Scharf
Charles W. Scharf is an American business executive and banking industry veteran who serves as the chief executive officer of Wells Fargo & Company.
-
C.
Dr. Newton Geiszler
Dr. Newton Geiszler is an eccentric and brilliant kaiju-obsessed scientist who plays a key role in understanding and combating the monstrous threats in the Pacific Rim universe.
-
D.
Stephen P. Maran
Stephen P. Maran is an American astronomer and science communicator known for his work with NASA and for authoring popular astronomy books such as "Astronomy for Dummies."
-
E.
Ronald Shiner
Ronald Shiner was a British comic actor and entertainer best known for his popular film and stage roles in the 1940s and 1950s.
- 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_69d81c645c5c8190b1fd16a285a1b78a |
completed | April 9, 2026, 9:38 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69de2eb68ba88190bfaf10777d607bf3 |
completed | April 14, 2026, 12:10 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69fbac9d4a54819091c7efbeb4dcc5f7 |
completed | May 6, 2026, 9:03 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69fbadc6cb2c8190bdf66ad1fa6dd392 |
completed | May 6, 2026, 9:08 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69fbb01071408190a85e5e9be0150593 |
completed | May 6, 2026, 9:18 p.m. |
Created at: April 9, 2026, 10:19 p.m.