Triple

T16909593
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Journeyman E410159 entity
Predicate characterPortrayed P1507 FINISHED
Object Brian Howe as Hugh Skillen
Brian Howe as Hugh Skillen is a supporting character in the science fiction television series "Journeyman," portrayed as a skeptical and often antagonistic journalist who complicates the protagonist's time-traveling life.
 E1240209 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: Brian Howe as Hugh Skillen | Statement: [Journeyman, characterPortrayed, Brian Howe as Hugh Skillen]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Brian Howe as Hugh Skillen
Context triple: [Journeyman, characterPortrayed, Brian Howe as Hugh Skillen]
  • A. Tom Henighan
    Tom Henighan is a researcher and co-author known for his work in large-scale language models and AI, including contributions to influential OpenAI publications.
  • B. John Hogan
    John Hogan was a 19th-century American politician who served as a U.S. Representative from Missouri.
  • C. John Hogan
    John Hogan is a musician known for being a member of the Celtic rock band O'Malley's March.
  • D. Hugo McDodd
    Hugo McDodd is one of the many children of Mayor Ned McDodd in the animated film "Horton Hears a Who!"
  • E. Jack Hodgson
    Jack Hodgson is a forensic scientist and key member of the investigative team in the British crime drama series "Silent Witness."
  • 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: Brian Howe as Hugh Skillen
Triple: [Journeyman, characterPortrayed, Brian Howe as Hugh Skillen]
Generated description
Brian Howe as Hugh Skillen is a supporting character in the science fiction television series "Journeyman," portrayed as a skeptical and often antagonistic journalist who complicates the protagonist's time-traveling life.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Brian Howe as Hugh Skillen
Target entity description: Brian Howe as Hugh Skillen is a supporting character in the science fiction television series "Journeyman," portrayed as a skeptical and often antagonistic journalist who complicates the protagonist's time-traveling life.
  • A. Tom Henighan
    Tom Henighan is a researcher and co-author known for his work in large-scale language models and AI, including contributions to influential OpenAI publications.
  • B. John Hogan
    John Hogan was a 19th-century American politician who served as a U.S. Representative from Missouri.
  • C. John Hogan
    John Hogan is a musician known for being a member of the Celtic rock band O'Malley's March.
  • D. Hugo McDodd
    Hugo McDodd is one of the many children of Mayor Ned McDodd in the animated film "Horton Hears a Who!"
  • E. Jack Hodgson
    Jack Hodgson is a forensic scientist and key member of the investigative team in the British crime drama series "Silent Witness."
  • 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_69d886c7b1e481908c3766dfa8c13458 completed April 10, 2026, 5:12 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69e3ca3bdc3081908a9b4f6e63405348 completed April 18, 2026, 6:15 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_6a00c7b98d5c8190b61de47b246549e3 completed May 10, 2026, 6 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_6a00c9cb23d08190b1757015f4374e85 completed May 10, 2026, 6:09 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_6a00ca99c7108190a4be2cb08b414888 completed May 10, 2026, 6:12 p.m.
Created at: April 10, 2026, 5:30 a.m.