Triple
T14455283
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Waiting for Guffman |
E358442
|
entity |
| Predicate | hasCastMember |
P2308
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Michael Hitchcock |
E821552
|
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: Michael Hitchcock | Statement: [Waiting for Guffman, hasCastMember, Michael Hitchcock]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Michael Hitchcock Context triple: [Waiting for Guffman, hasCastMember, Michael Hitchcock]
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A.
Michael Hitchcock
chosen
Michael Hitchcock is an American actor, comedian, and writer known for his work in Christopher Guest’s mockumentaries and on television series such as Glee.
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B.
Michael Hitchcock
Michael Hitchcock is a bumbling, often inappropriate but oddly endearing detective in the comedy series "Brooklyn Nine-Nine," known for his close partnership with Scully and his general incompetence.
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C.
George Hitchcock
George Hitchcock was an American painter of luminous landscapes and genre scenes, particularly known for his depictions of Dutch flower fields and his role in late 19th-century international art circles.
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D.
Michael Gillane
Michael Gillane is a central young male character in the Irish nationalist play "Cathleen ni Houlihan," whose impending marriage and choices symbolize the tension between personal happiness and patriotic sacrifice.
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E.
Michael Aldrich
Michael Aldrich was a British inventor and entrepreneur best known for pioneering online shopping and developing one of the first systems to connect consumers to businesses via a domestic television and telephone line.
- 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_69d82794dfa081909b9134ad2e32244b |
completed | April 9, 2026, 10:26 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69de91a8bf088190abf5fd4f646b8c62 |
completed | April 14, 2026, 7:12 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69fd7a39d55c8190bbc7b76fab6b8b39 |
completed | May 8, 2026, 5:52 a.m. |
Created at: April 10, 2026, 1:19 a.m.