Triple

T15630841
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Dr. Jordan Cavanaugh E375805 entity
Predicate closeColleague P11349 FINISHED
Object Dr. Nigel Townsend
Dr. Nigel Townsend is a witty and eccentric forensic pathologist on the television series "Crossing Jordan," known for his sharp intellect and dark sense of humor.
E1168866 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. Nigel Townsend | Statement: [Dr. Jordan Cavanaugh, closeColleague, Dr. Nigel Townsend]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Dr. Nigel Townsend
Context triple: [Dr. Jordan Cavanaugh, closeColleague, Dr. Nigel Townsend]
  • A. Dr. Mark Clyne
    Dr. Mark Clyne is the central protagonist of the sci-fi action film "Spectral," a brilliant DARPA scientist who investigates mysterious ghost-like entities threatening soldiers in a war-torn city.
  • B. Dr. Trevor Grant
    Dr. Trevor Grant is a fictional scientist character portrayed by actor James Callis, known for his involvement in complex, high-stakes scientific scenarios.
  • C. Dr. Martin Ellingham
    Dr. Martin Ellingham is the socially awkward, blood-phobic surgeon-turned-GP who serves as the central character in the British television series "Doc Martin."
  • D. Dr. Tim Mason
    Dr. Tim Mason is a fictional scientist character from the 1942 horror film "Night Monster."
  • E. Dr. Robert Ledgard
    Dr. Robert Ledgard is a brilliant but disturbed plastic surgeon in Pedro Almodóvar’s film "The Skin I Live In," obsessed with creating a new kind of synthetic skin and driven by grief and revenge.
  • 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. Nigel Townsend
Triple: [Dr. Jordan Cavanaugh, closeColleague, Dr. Nigel Townsend]
Generated description
Dr. Nigel Townsend is a witty and eccentric forensic pathologist on the television series "Crossing Jordan," known for his sharp intellect and dark sense of humor.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Dr. Nigel Townsend
Target entity description: Dr. Nigel Townsend is a witty and eccentric forensic pathologist on the television series "Crossing Jordan," known for his sharp intellect and dark sense of humor.
  • A. Dr. Mark Clyne
    Dr. Mark Clyne is the central protagonist of the sci-fi action film "Spectral," a brilliant DARPA scientist who investigates mysterious ghost-like entities threatening soldiers in a war-torn city.
  • B. Dr. Trevor Grant
    Dr. Trevor Grant is a fictional scientist character portrayed by actor James Callis, known for his involvement in complex, high-stakes scientific scenarios.
  • C. Dr. Martin Ellingham
    Dr. Martin Ellingham is the socially awkward, blood-phobic surgeon-turned-GP who serves as the central character in the British television series "Doc Martin."
  • D. Dr. Tim Mason
    Dr. Tim Mason is a fictional scientist character from the 1942 horror film "Night Monster."
  • E. Dr. Robert Ledgard
    Dr. Robert Ledgard is a brilliant but disturbed plastic surgeon in Pedro Almodóvar’s film "The Skin I Live In," obsessed with creating a new kind of synthetic skin and driven by grief and revenge.
  • 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_69d85cd035a48190b73d5579ab73969a completed April 10, 2026, 2:13 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69e04eb536348190b93ed3c178d1ffb8 completed April 16, 2026, 2:51 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69ff5f44f0b881909ce36823e4314799 completed May 9, 2026, 4:22 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69ff636c481881909e76e1f0b5c8dbce completed May 9, 2026, 4:40 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69ff640112988190843c0739c8e1dc45 completed May 9, 2026, 4:42 p.m.
Created at: April 10, 2026, 4:14 a.m.