Triple

T1737399
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject NCIS E37949 entity
Predicate portrayedBy P1507 FINISHED
Object David McCallum
David McCallum was a Scottish actor best known for his roles as medical examiner Dr. Donald "Ducky" Mallard on NCIS and secret agent Illya Kuryakin on the 1960s television series The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
E219564 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: David McCallum | Statement: [NCIS, portrayedBy, David McCallum]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: David McCallum
Context triple: [NCIS, portrayedBy, David McCallum]
  • A. Clive Merrison
    Clive Merrison is a Welsh actor known for his extensive work in British film, television, and radio, including his acclaimed portrayal of Sherlock Holmes for BBC Radio.
  • B. Richard Chamberlain
    Richard Chamberlain is an American actor and singer best known for his leading roles in 1960s television dramas and 1980s miniseries such as "Dr. Kildare," "Shōgun," and "The Thorn Birds."
  • C. Hugh Fraser
    Hugh Fraser was a British Conservative politician and long-serving Member of Parliament who held several ministerial posts in the mid-20th century.
  • D. Michael Gough
    Michael Gough was an English character actor best known for his role as Alfred Pennyworth in the Batman films of the late 1980s and 1990s and for frequent collaborations with director Tim Burton.
  • E. Richard Harris
    Richard Harris was an acclaimed Irish actor known for his powerful screen presence in films such as "This Sporting Life," "Camelot," and as Albus Dumbledore in the first two "Harry Potter" movies.
  • 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: David McCallum
Triple: [NCIS, portrayedBy, David McCallum]
Generated description
David McCallum was a Scottish actor best known for his roles as medical examiner Dr. Donald "Ducky" Mallard on NCIS and secret agent Illya Kuryakin on the 1960s television series The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: David McCallum
Target entity description: David McCallum was a Scottish actor best known for his roles as medical examiner Dr. Donald "Ducky" Mallard on NCIS and secret agent Illya Kuryakin on the 1960s television series The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
  • A. Clive Merrison
    Clive Merrison is a Welsh actor known for his extensive work in British film, television, and radio, including his acclaimed portrayal of Sherlock Holmes for BBC Radio.
  • B. Richard Chamberlain
    Richard Chamberlain is an American actor and singer best known for his leading roles in 1960s television dramas and 1980s miniseries such as "Dr. Kildare," "Shōgun," and "The Thorn Birds."
  • C. Hugh Fraser
    Hugh Fraser was a British Conservative politician and long-serving Member of Parliament who held several ministerial posts in the mid-20th century.
  • D. Michael Gough
    Michael Gough was an English character actor best known for his role as Alfred Pennyworth in the Batman films of the late 1980s and 1990s and for frequent collaborations with director Tim Burton.
  • E. Richard Harris
    Richard Harris was an acclaimed Irish actor known for his powerful screen presence in films such as "This Sporting Life," "Camelot," and as Albus Dumbledore in the first two "Harry Potter" movies.
  • 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_69adfb96d12481908f8d7d5c9f1f103f completed March 8, 2026, 10:43 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69adfc3d37e4819082673b84eb5a19f2 completed March 8, 2026, 10:46 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69adfd7ef5588190ab85f3981466d1e0 completed March 8, 2026, 10:51 p.m.
Created at: March 4, 2026, 7:30 p.m.