Triple
T16197805
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Boston Public |
E393112
|
entity |
| Predicate | mainCharacter |
P1183
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Steven Harper
Steven Harper is the tough but principled high school principal at the center of the television drama "Boston Public."
|
E1198772
|
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: Steven Harper | Statement: [Boston Public, mainCharacter, Steven Harper]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Steven Harper Context triple: [Boston Public, mainCharacter, Steven Harper]
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A.
Stephen Harper
Stephen Harper is a Canadian politician who served as the 22nd prime minister of Canada from 2006 to 2015 and leader of the Conservative Party.
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B.
Peter MacKay
Peter MacKay is a Canadian lawyer and former politician who served as a senior cabinet minister and last leader of the Progressive Conservative Party before its merger into the modern Conservative Party of Canada.
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C.
Andrew Scheer
Andrew Scheer is a Canadian politician who served as leader of the Conservative Party of Canada and Leader of the Official Opposition from 2017 to 2020.
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D.
Jim Flaherty
Jim Flaherty was a Canadian politician who served as federal Minister of Finance and played a key role in steering Canada’s economy through the late-2000s global financial crisis.
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E.
Paul Martin
Paul Martin is a Canadian politician who served as the 21st prime minister of Canada and was previously a long-time Liberal finance minister known for deficit reduction.
- 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: Steven Harper Triple: [Boston Public, mainCharacter, Steven Harper]
Generated description
Steven Harper is the tough but principled high school principal at the center of the television drama "Boston Public."
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Steven Harper Target entity description: Steven Harper is the tough but principled high school principal at the center of the television drama "Boston Public."
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A.
Stephen Harper
Stephen Harper is a Canadian politician who served as the 22nd prime minister of Canada from 2006 to 2015 and leader of the Conservative Party.
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B.
Peter MacKay
Peter MacKay is a Canadian lawyer and former politician who served as a senior cabinet minister and last leader of the Progressive Conservative Party before its merger into the modern Conservative Party of Canada.
-
C.
Andrew Scheer
Andrew Scheer is a Canadian politician who served as leader of the Conservative Party of Canada and Leader of the Official Opposition from 2017 to 2020.
-
D.
Jim Flaherty
Jim Flaherty was a Canadian politician who served as federal Minister of Finance and played a key role in steering Canada’s economy through the late-2000s global financial crisis.
-
E.
Paul Martin
Paul Martin is a Canadian politician who served as the 21st prime minister of Canada and was previously a long-time Liberal finance minister known for deficit reduction.
- 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_69d87f1e49ac8190a311b54d32990576 |
completed | April 10, 2026, 4:39 a.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69e222dc6b1c8190a3d8a6451ed8b95a |
completed | April 17, 2026, 12:09 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69ffff0f352081908324783743e47029 |
completed | May 10, 2026, 3:44 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_6a00003d347481908285b2253fd20ac1 |
completed | May 10, 2026, 3:49 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_6a0000adc1b08190abbafcabb4ebc079 |
completed | May 10, 2026, 3:51 a.m. |
Created at: April 10, 2026, 5:02 a.m.