Triple

T13997769
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Boston Legal E336744 entity
Predicate actorInRole P42172 FINISHED
Object William Shatner as Denny Crane
William Shatner as Denny Crane refers to Shatner’s Emmy-winning portrayal of the eccentric, egotistical, and aging superstar attorney on the legal dramedy series "Boston Legal."
 E1074708 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: William Shatner as Denny Crane | Statement: [Boston Legal, actorInRole, William Shatner as Denny Crane]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: William Shatner as Denny Crane
Context triple: [Boston Legal, actorInRole, William Shatner as Denny Crane]
  • A. Richard Dreyfuss as Dr. Leo Marvin
    Richard Dreyfuss as Dr. Leo Marvin is the uptight, egotistical psychiatrist whose professional life unravels when his needy patient Bob becomes entangled with his family in the comedy film "What About Bob?".
  • B. Lloyd Bridges as Steve McCroskey
    Lloyd Bridges as Steve McCroskey is the harried, increasingly frazzled air traffic control supervisor whose escalating declarations about what he’s “picked the wrong week” to quit provide one of the running gags in the disaster-movie spoof Airplane!.
  • C. Bruce Davison as Lt. Garnett DeBuin
    Bruce Davison as Lt. Garnett DeBuin is a young, idealistic U.S. Army officer whose moral conflict and evolving perspective on violence and Native American warfare form a central thread of the Western film "Ulzana's Raid."
  • D. John Lithgow as Jack Brady
    John Lithgow as Jack Brady refers to the veteran American actor’s supporting role as the protagonist’s father in the romantic comedy film "Leap Year."
  • E. Peter Falk as Mendy Ripstein
    Peter Falk as Mendy Ripstein refers to the veteran American actor’s portrayal of a tough, streetwise figure in the boxing drama film "Undisputed."
  • 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: William Shatner as Denny Crane
Triple: [Boston Legal, actorInRole, William Shatner as Denny Crane]
Generated description
William Shatner as Denny Crane refers to Shatner’s Emmy-winning portrayal of the eccentric, egotistical, and aging superstar attorney on the legal dramedy series "Boston Legal."
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: William Shatner as Denny Crane
Target entity description: William Shatner as Denny Crane refers to Shatner’s Emmy-winning portrayal of the eccentric, egotistical, and aging superstar attorney on the legal dramedy series "Boston Legal."
  • A. Richard Dreyfuss as Dr. Leo Marvin
    Richard Dreyfuss as Dr. Leo Marvin is the uptight, egotistical psychiatrist whose professional life unravels when his needy patient Bob becomes entangled with his family in the comedy film "What About Bob?".
  • B. Lloyd Bridges as Steve McCroskey
    Lloyd Bridges as Steve McCroskey is the harried, increasingly frazzled air traffic control supervisor whose escalating declarations about what he’s “picked the wrong week” to quit provide one of the running gags in the disaster-movie spoof Airplane!.
  • C. Bruce Davison as Lt. Garnett DeBuin
    Bruce Davison as Lt. Garnett DeBuin is a young, idealistic U.S. Army officer whose moral conflict and evolving perspective on violence and Native American warfare form a central thread of the Western film "Ulzana's Raid."
  • D. John Lithgow as Jack Brady
    John Lithgow as Jack Brady refers to the veteran American actor’s supporting role as the protagonist’s father in the romantic comedy film "Leap Year."
  • E. Peter Falk as Mendy Ripstein
    Peter Falk as Mendy Ripstein refers to the veteran American actor’s portrayal of a tough, streetwise figure in the boxing drama film "Undisputed."
  • 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_69fbac9f1f6c8190af7ddac920661bd5 completed May 6, 2026, 9:03 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69fbae3d04f081908c8d28148b4f1de0 completed May 6, 2026, 9:10 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69fbaf41636c8190bf44bd238bd9d9a4 completed May 6, 2026, 9:14 p.m.
Created at: April 9, 2026, 10:19 p.m.