Triple

T1737398
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject NCIS E37949 entity
Predicate mainCharacter P1183 FINISHED
Object Donald "Ducky" Mallard
Donald "Ducky" Mallard is the eccentric, erudite medical examiner on the TV series NCIS, known for his detailed autopsies, storytelling, and close mentorship of the team.
E193345 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: Donald "Ducky" Mallard | Statement: [NCIS, mainCharacter, Donald "Ducky" Mallard]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Donald "Ducky" Mallard
Context triple: [NCIS, mainCharacter, Donald "Ducky" Mallard]
  • A. Harry Dreyfuss
    Harry Dreyfuss is an American writer and actor known for his essays, political commentary, and for speaking publicly about his experiences with harassment in the entertainment industry.
  • B. Dickie Greenleaf
    Dickie Greenleaf is a wealthy, charismatic American playboy whose carefree lifestyle in Italy becomes the obsession of Tom Ripley in Patricia Highsmith’s novel "The Talented Mr. Ripley" and its film adaptations.
  • C. Rabbit Maranville
    Rabbit Maranville was a Hall of Fame Major League Baseball shortstop renowned for his defensive brilliance, durability, and colorful personality during the early 20th century.
  • D. Donald Duck
    Donald Duck is a classic Disney cartoon character, known for his sailor outfit, short temper, and distinctive semi-intelligible voice.
  • E. Ralph Carter
    Ralph Carter is an American actor and singer best known for playing Michael Evans, the youngest son, on the 1970s sitcom "Good Times."
  • 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: Donald "Ducky" Mallard
Triple: [NCIS, mainCharacter, Donald "Ducky" Mallard]
Generated description
Donald "Ducky" Mallard is the eccentric, erudite medical examiner on the TV series NCIS, known for his detailed autopsies, storytelling, and close mentorship of the team.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Donald "Ducky" Mallard
Target entity description: Donald "Ducky" Mallard is the eccentric, erudite medical examiner on the TV series NCIS, known for his detailed autopsies, storytelling, and close mentorship of the team.
  • A. Harry Dreyfuss
    Harry Dreyfuss is an American writer and actor known for his essays, political commentary, and for speaking publicly about his experiences with harassment in the entertainment industry.
  • B. Dickie Greenleaf
    Dickie Greenleaf is a wealthy, charismatic American playboy whose carefree lifestyle in Italy becomes the obsession of Tom Ripley in Patricia Highsmith’s novel "The Talented Mr. Ripley" and its film adaptations.
  • C. Rabbit Maranville
    Rabbit Maranville was a Hall of Fame Major League Baseball shortstop renowned for his defensive brilliance, durability, and colorful personality during the early 20th century.
  • D. Donald Duck
    Donald Duck is a classic Disney cartoon character, known for his sailor outfit, short temper, and distinctive semi-intelligible voice.
  • E. Ralph Carter
    Ralph Carter is an American actor and singer best known for playing Michael Evans, the youngest son, on the 1970s sitcom "Good Times."
  • 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_69a8861cc6ac8190ac0b2e31ccf62851 completed March 4, 2026, 7:21 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69aa63a47cd481909c211e4da7f5dfe9 completed March 6, 2026, 5:18 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69ad8b03303c8190a301dca327bf9f47 completed March 8, 2026, 2:43 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69ad957e9a6c81909d52bf2def797526 completed March 8, 2026, 3:27 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69ad97b6c03881909f278594e800c0f5 completed March 8, 2026, 3:37 p.m.
Created at: March 4, 2026, 7:30 p.m.