Triple

T17031308
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Howard Sprague E413202 entity
Predicate portrayedBy P1507 FINISHED
Object Jack Dodson
Jack Dodson was an American character actor best known for his role as the mild-mannered county clerk Howard Sprague on "The Andy Griffith Show" and its spin-off "Mayberry R.F.D."
E1253502 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: Jack Dodson | Statement: [Howard Sprague, portrayedBy, Jack Dodson]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Jack Dodson
Context triple: [Howard Sprague, portrayedBy, Jack Dodson]
  • A. Neal Dodson
    Neal Dodson is an American film producer known for his work on acclaimed independent and genre films, frequently collaborating with director J.C. Chandor.
  • B. Dan Dodson
    Dan Dodson is an individual whose specific public role or notability is unclear from the given information.
  • C. Jack Denison
    Jack Denison was an American nightclub owner and restaurateur best known as the second husband of actress and singer Dorothy Dandridge.
  • D. Mark Dodson
    Mark Dodson is an American voice actor best known for voicing Salacious B. Crumb and other characters in the Star Wars franchise, as well as roles in films like Gremlins.
  • E. Michael Dodson
    Michael Dodson is a British mathematician known for his contributions to number theory and Diophantine approximation.
  • 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: Jack Dodson
Triple: [Howard Sprague, portrayedBy, Jack Dodson]
Generated description
Jack Dodson was an American character actor best known for his role as the mild-mannered county clerk Howard Sprague on "The Andy Griffith Show" and its spin-off "Mayberry R.F.D."
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Jack Dodson
Target entity description: Jack Dodson was an American character actor best known for his role as the mild-mannered county clerk Howard Sprague on "The Andy Griffith Show" and its spin-off "Mayberry R.F.D."
  • A. Neal Dodson
    Neal Dodson is an American film producer known for his work on acclaimed independent and genre films, frequently collaborating with director J.C. Chandor.
  • B. Dan Dodson
    Dan Dodson is an individual whose specific public role or notability is unclear from the given information.
  • C. Jack Denison
    Jack Denison was an American nightclub owner and restaurateur best known as the second husband of actress and singer Dorothy Dandridge.
  • D. Mark Dodson
    Mark Dodson is an American voice actor best known for voicing Salacious B. Crumb and other characters in the Star Wars franchise, as well as roles in films like Gremlins.
  • E. Michael Dodson
    Michael Dodson is a British mathematician known for his contributions to number theory and Diophantine approximation.
  • 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_69d886cd18288190b006abab23f811b7 completed April 10, 2026, 5:12 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69e3d5d9e7d481909d3d5bd241bd68f1 completed April 18, 2026, 7:04 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_6a0148222034819089474594ee351b05 completed May 11, 2026, 3:08 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_6a0148a0a9e48190ab588c0e33784048 completed May 11, 2026, 3:10 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_6a0149262a0c8190b52842181bea6d59 completed May 11, 2026, 3:12 a.m.
Created at: April 10, 2026, 5:33 a.m.