Triple

T14053740
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject The Rifleman E338157 entity
Predicate characterPortrayedBy P1507 FINISHED
Object Mark McCain – Johnny Crawford
Mark McCain, portrayed by Johnny Crawford, is the young son of rancher Lucas McCain and a central character in the classic American Western television series "The Rifleman."
 E1078877 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: Mark McCain – Johnny Crawford | Statement: [The Rifleman, characterPortrayedBy, Mark McCain – Johnny Crawford]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Mark McCain – Johnny Crawford
Context triple: [The Rifleman, characterPortrayedBy, Mark McCain – Johnny Crawford]
  • A. Vince McCain
    Vince McCain is a ruthless, profit-obsessed executive and the main antagonist in the British-American comedy film "Fierce Creatures."
  • B. Wendell McCain
    Wendell McCain is known as a son of civil rights activist Franklin McCain, one of the Greensboro Four who helped spark the sit-in movement.
  • C. Bob McFadden
    Bob McFadden was an American voice actor and impressionist known for his work in animated television specials and cartoons from the 1960s through the 1980s.
  • D. Mickey McConnell
    Mickey McConnell is a former American point guard best known for his standout collegiate career at Saint Mary's College, where he became one of the program's leading playmakers and shooters.
  • E. Chet McCracken
    Chet McCracken is an American drummer and percussionist best known for his work with the rock band The Doobie Brothers during the late 1970s and early 1980s.
  • 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: Mark McCain – Johnny Crawford
Triple: [The Rifleman, characterPortrayedBy, Mark McCain – Johnny Crawford]
Generated description
Mark McCain, portrayed by Johnny Crawford, is the young son of rancher Lucas McCain and a central character in the classic American Western television series "The Rifleman."
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Mark McCain – Johnny Crawford
Target entity description: Mark McCain, portrayed by Johnny Crawford, is the young son of rancher Lucas McCain and a central character in the classic American Western television series "The Rifleman."
  • A. Vince McCain
    Vince McCain is a ruthless, profit-obsessed executive and the main antagonist in the British-American comedy film "Fierce Creatures."
  • B. Wendell McCain
    Wendell McCain is known as a son of civil rights activist Franklin McCain, one of the Greensboro Four who helped spark the sit-in movement.
  • C. Bob McFadden
    Bob McFadden was an American voice actor and impressionist known for his work in animated television specials and cartoons from the 1960s through the 1980s.
  • D. Mickey McConnell
    Mickey McConnell is a former American point guard best known for his standout collegiate career at Saint Mary's College, where he became one of the program's leading playmakers and shooters.
  • E. Chet McCracken
    Chet McCracken is an American drummer and percussionist best known for his work with the rock band The Doobie Brothers during the late 1970s and early 1980s.
  • 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_69d81c67ba6c819091935650dfb3b895 completed April 9, 2026, 9:38 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69de3c8bc54c8190a12f0fc056568538 completed April 14, 2026, 1:09 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69fcb65e63b48190bd5bd4a36cd15396 completed May 7, 2026, 3:57 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69fcc76f99808190945fd3621fc183ff completed May 7, 2026, 5:10 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69fcc807cdc48190a3b9dd940d17dc83 completed May 7, 2026, 5:12 p.m.
Created at: April 9, 2026, 10:20 p.m.