Triple
T17255759
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Eric Forrester |
E418875
|
entity |
| Predicate | portrayedBy |
P1507
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
John McCook
John McCook is an American actor best known for his long-running role as Eric Forrester on the soap opera "The Bold and the Beautiful."
|
E1258985
|
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: John McCook | Statement: [Eric Forrester, portrayedBy, John McCook]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: John McCook Context triple: [Eric Forrester, portrayedBy, John McCook]
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A.
Donald Cook
Donald Cook was an American stage and film actor active in the early to mid-20th century, known for his roles in both Broadway productions and Hollywood movies.
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B.
Otis McCulloch
Otis McCulloch is the child of Canadian comedian, writer, and "The Kids in the Hall" member Bruce McCulloch.
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C.
Ben McKee
Ben McKee is an American bassist best known as a founding member of the Grammy-winning rock band Imagine Dragons.
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D.
John McFee
John McFee is an American guitarist, multi-instrumentalist, and songwriter best known for his long-running role in the rock band The Doobie Brothers.
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E.
John McKee
John McKee is a New Zealand rugby union coach best known for leading the Fiji national team, including during the 2015 Rugby World Cup.
- 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: John McCook Triple: [Eric Forrester, portrayedBy, John McCook]
Generated description
John McCook is an American actor best known for his long-running role as Eric Forrester on the soap opera "The Bold and the Beautiful."
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: John McCook Target entity description: John McCook is an American actor best known for his long-running role as Eric Forrester on the soap opera "The Bold and the Beautiful."
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A.
Donald Cook
Donald Cook was an American stage and film actor active in the early to mid-20th century, known for his roles in both Broadway productions and Hollywood movies.
-
B.
Otis McCulloch
Otis McCulloch is the child of Canadian comedian, writer, and "The Kids in the Hall" member Bruce McCulloch.
-
C.
Ben McKee
Ben McKee is an American bassist best known as a founding member of the Grammy-winning rock band Imagine Dragons.
-
D.
John McFee
John McFee is an American guitarist, multi-instrumentalist, and songwriter best known for his long-running role in the rock band The Doobie Brothers.
-
E.
John McKee
John McKee is a New Zealand rugby union coach best known for leading the Fiji national team, including during the 2015 Rugby World Cup.
- 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_69d886d9ab108190b70edd8d17aa1204 |
completed | April 10, 2026, 5:12 a.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69e42e6c362c819088965c6e05f33faf |
completed | April 19, 2026, 1:22 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_6a0170fd7f7c81908f417fa758e861a2 |
completed | May 11, 2026, 6:02 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_6a01722af058819099ed80edbd2f5d0a |
completed | May 11, 2026, 6:07 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_6a0172cfe09081908bb64fc39bd2f46d |
completed | May 11, 2026, 6:10 a.m. |
Created at: April 10, 2026, 5:39 a.m.