Triple

T17015316
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Under the Rainbow E412805 entity
Predicate starring P1507 FINISHED
Object Joseph Maher
Joseph Maher was an Irish-born character actor known for his work in American film, television, and theater, often portraying refined, eccentric, or comedic supporting roles.
 E1246700 NE FINISHED

Named-entity recognition

Before disambiguation, gpt-5-mini classified whether the object phrase is a named entity — the step behind the object's NE type shown above.

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: Joseph Maher | Statement: [Under the Rainbow, starring, Joseph Maher]

Disambiguation candidates (2 decisions)

The exact options the model was shown at each disambiguation step, with the option it chose highlighted — the evidence behind this triple's disambiguated ids.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Joseph Maher
Context triple: [Under the Rainbow, starring, Joseph Maher]
  • A. Sean Mahon
    Sean Mahon is an Irish actor known for his work in film, television, and theatre, including a role in the acclaimed drama "Philomena."
  • B. Ed McLaughlin
    Ed McLaughlin is an American college athletics administrator best known as the athletic director at Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU).
  • C. Hugh McDermott
    Hugh McDermott was a Scottish actor known for his supporting roles in British films of the 1930s and 1940s.
  • D. John McCloskey
    John McCloskey was a 19th-century American Catholic prelate who became the first U.S. cardinal and a prominent Archbishop of New York.
  • E. Joe Mullaney
    Joe Mullaney was a prominent American basketball coach known for his successful stints in college basketball and the ABA, including leading the Kentucky Colonels.
  • F. None of above. chosen
  • G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Joseph Maher
Target entity description: Joseph Maher was an Irish-born character actor known for his work in American film, television, and theater, often portraying refined, eccentric, or comedic supporting roles.
  • A. Sean Mahon
    Sean Mahon is an Irish actor known for his work in film, television, and theatre, including a role in the acclaimed drama "Philomena."
  • B. Ed McLaughlin
    Ed McLaughlin is an American college athletics administrator best known as the athletic director at Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU).
  • C. Hugh McDermott
    Hugh McDermott was a Scottish actor known for his supporting roles in British films of the 1930s and 1940s.
  • D. John McCloskey
    John McCloskey was a 19th-century American Catholic prelate who became the first U.S. cardinal and a prominent Archbishop of New York.
  • E. Joe Mullaney
    Joe Mullaney was a prominent American basketball coach known for his successful stints in college basketball and the ABA, including leading the Kentucky Colonels.
  • F. None of above. chosen

How the object was described

The object's one-sentence description was generated by prompting gpt-5.1 with the object name and this triple as context.

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: Joseph Maher
Triple: [Under the Rainbow, starring, Joseph Maher]
Generated description
Joseph Maher was an Irish-born character actor known for his work in American film, television, and theater, often portraying refined, eccentric, or comedic supporting roles.

Provenance (5 batches)

Stage Batch ID Job type Status
creating batch_69d886cc4170819093deddc7b8b4b6a7 elicitation completed
NER batch_69e3d47f198c8190b0473f638101f606 ner completed
NED1 batch_6a011b4ba2a88190a49d355836ff1dcf ned_source_triple completed
NED2 batch_6a011dd998888190a60d3880fd5c20c2 ned_description completed
NEDg batch_6a011d5d720c8190ba6f7146a8a5f7f4 nedg completed
Created at: April 10, 2026, 5:33 a.m.