Triple

T14767491
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject The Equalizer (1985 TV series) E347034 entity
Predicate starring P1507 FINISHED
Object Robert Lansing
Robert Lansing was an American character actor known for his authoritative presence in film and television, including prominent roles in series such as "The Equalizer."
 E1119154 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: Robert Lansing | Statement: [The Equalizer (1985 TV series), starring, Robert Lansing]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Robert Lansing
Context triple: [The Equalizer (1985 TV series), starring, Robert Lansing]
  • A. Robert Lansing
    Robert Lansing was an American lawyer and diplomat who served as U.S. Secretary of State under President Woodrow Wilson during World War I.
  • B. Louis Nye
    Louis Nye was an American comedian and character actor best known for his witty television appearances and recurring roles during the early years of late-night TV.
  • C. Alden B. Dow
    Alden B. Dow was a prominent 20th-century American architect known for his innovative modernist designs and his association with the organic architecture movement.
  • D. Elihu Root
    Elihu Root was an American lawyer, statesman, and Nobel Peace Prize–winning former U.S. Secretary of State and War known for his influential role in shaping early 20th-century American foreign policy.
  • E. Francis Lathrop
    Francis Lathrop was an American artist and illustrator of the late 19th century, known for his stained glass, mural work, and book illustrations.
  • 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: Robert Lansing
Triple: [The Equalizer (1985 TV series), starring, Robert Lansing]
Generated description
Robert Lansing was an American character actor known for his authoritative presence in film and television, including prominent roles in series such as "The Equalizer."
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Robert Lansing
Target entity description: Robert Lansing was an American character actor known for his authoritative presence in film and television, including prominent roles in series such as "The Equalizer."
  • A. Robert Lansing
    Robert Lansing was an American lawyer and diplomat who served as U.S. Secretary of State under President Woodrow Wilson during World War I.
  • B. Louis Nye
    Louis Nye was an American comedian and character actor best known for his witty television appearances and recurring roles during the early years of late-night TV.
  • C. Alden B. Dow
    Alden B. Dow was a prominent 20th-century American architect known for his innovative modernist designs and his association with the organic architecture movement.
  • D. Elihu Root
    Elihu Root was an American lawyer, statesman, and Nobel Peace Prize–winning former U.S. Secretary of State and War known for his influential role in shaping early 20th-century American foreign policy.
  • E. Francis Lathrop
    Francis Lathrop was an American artist and illustrator of the late 19th century, known for his stained glass, mural work, and book illustrations.
  • 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_69d822e8896c819091169882f9b20486 completed April 9, 2026, 10:06 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69dec81236f081908063bb4350b7b985 completed April 14, 2026, 11:04 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69fe0cf68d94819093567bc630f67b60 completed May 8, 2026, 4:19 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69fe1b0056988190b14560470428d895 completed May 8, 2026, 5:18 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69fe1b97e8148190b23a555b9f2c7f1f completed May 8, 2026, 5:21 p.m.
Created at: April 10, 2026, 1:30 a.m.