Triple

T16622661
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Tom Cavanagh E403870 entity
Predicate birthName P65 FINISHED
Object Thomas Cavanagh
Thomas Cavanagh is a Canadian actor best known for his roles on television series such as "Ed" and "The Flash."
 E1225704 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: Thomas Cavanagh | Statement: [Tom Cavanagh, birthName, Thomas Cavanagh]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Thomas Cavanagh
Context triple: [Tom Cavanagh, birthName, Thomas Cavanagh]
  • A. Dan Cavanagh
    Dan Cavanagh is a musician best known as a former member of the American rock band Story of the Year.
  • B. Alex Tarrant
    Alex Tarrant is a New Zealand actor known for his roles in television dramas and action series, including a lead role on NCIS: Hawaiʻi.
  • C. Ed Guiney
    Ed Guiney is an Irish film producer and co-founder of Element Pictures, known for collaborating on acclaimed films such as "The Favourite," "Room," and "Poor Things."
  • D. Michael McHugh
    Michael McHugh is a former Justice of the High Court of Australia known for his influential contributions to Australian constitutional and common law jurisprudence.
  • E. Stuart Dunmeyer
    Stuart Dunmeyer is a wealthy, charming businessman who becomes the love interest of Miranda Hillard in the 1993 comedy film "Mrs. Doubtfire."
  • 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: Thomas Cavanagh
Triple: [Tom Cavanagh, birthName, Thomas Cavanagh]
Generated description
Thomas Cavanagh is a Canadian actor best known for his roles on television series such as "Ed" and "The Flash."
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Thomas Cavanagh
Target entity description: Thomas Cavanagh is a Canadian actor best known for his roles on television series such as "Ed" and "The Flash."
  • A. Dan Cavanagh
    Dan Cavanagh is a musician best known as a former member of the American rock band Story of the Year.
  • B. Alex Tarrant
    Alex Tarrant is a New Zealand actor known for his roles in television dramas and action series, including a lead role on NCIS: Hawaiʻi.
  • C. Ed Guiney
    Ed Guiney is an Irish film producer and co-founder of Element Pictures, known for collaborating on acclaimed films such as "The Favourite," "Room," and "Poor Things."
  • D. Michael McHugh
    Michael McHugh is a former Justice of the High Court of Australia known for his influential contributions to Australian constitutional and common law jurisprudence.
  • E. Stuart Dunmeyer
    Stuart Dunmeyer is a wealthy, charming businessman who becomes the love interest of Miranda Hillard in the 1993 comedy film "Mrs. Doubtfire."
  • 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_69d883897eb481909eaaa088ba9918d9 completed April 10, 2026, 4:58 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69e3754f4f508190a5b4b8511623fcd4 completed April 18, 2026, 12:13 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_6a0084b5afc081908d16f0b43fff20fc completed May 10, 2026, 1:14 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_6a0085ef144481908fb3baed5eccc1c0 completed May 10, 2026, 1:19 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_6a008667b56881909148e711f178c10d completed May 10, 2026, 1:21 p.m.
Created at: April 10, 2026, 5:17 a.m.