Triple

T2120279
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Soldier in the Rain E43903 entity
Predicate hasCastMember P2308 FINISHED
Object Tom Poston
Tom Poston was an American actor and comedian best known for his work in television sitcoms such as "Newhart" and his frequent appearances on game shows and variety programs.
E241882 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: Tom Poston | Statement: [Soldier in the Rain, hasCastMember, Tom Poston]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Tom Poston
Context triple: [Soldier in the Rain, hasCastMember, Tom Poston]
  • A. Ray Cusick
    Ray Cusick was a British designer best known for creating the iconic look of the Daleks in the long-running science fiction television series Doctor Who.
  • B. Milton Van Dyke
    Milton Van Dyke was an influential American fluid dynamicist and author known for his classic works on aerodynamics and fluid mechanics, including the widely used reference "An Album of Fluid Motion."
  • C. Cliff Hagan
    Cliff Hagan is an American Hall of Fame basketball player best known for his scoring prowess with the St. Louis Hawks and later as a player-coach in the ABA.
  • D. Perry Hamer
    Perry Hamer was the husband of prominent civil rights activist Fannie Lou Hamer and a supportive partner in her work for racial and social justice in Mississippi.
  • E. Ralph Miller
    Ralph Miller was a highly respected American college basketball coach best known for transforming Oregon State University into a national contender during his long tenure.
  • 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: Tom Poston
Triple: [Soldier in the Rain, hasCastMember, Tom Poston]
Generated description
Tom Poston was an American actor and comedian best known for his work in television sitcoms such as "Newhart" and his frequent appearances on game shows and variety programs.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Tom Poston
Target entity description: Tom Poston was an American actor and comedian best known for his work in television sitcoms such as "Newhart" and his frequent appearances on game shows and variety programs.
  • A. Ray Cusick
    Ray Cusick was a British designer best known for creating the iconic look of the Daleks in the long-running science fiction television series Doctor Who.
  • B. Milton Van Dyke
    Milton Van Dyke was an influential American fluid dynamicist and author known for his classic works on aerodynamics and fluid mechanics, including the widely used reference "An Album of Fluid Motion."
  • C. Cliff Hagan
    Cliff Hagan is an American Hall of Fame basketball player best known for his scoring prowess with the St. Louis Hawks and later as a player-coach in the ABA.
  • D. Perry Hamer
    Perry Hamer was the husband of prominent civil rights activist Fannie Lou Hamer and a supportive partner in her work for racial and social justice in Mississippi.
  • E. Ralph Miller
    Ralph Miller was a highly respected American college basketball coach best known for transforming Oregon State University into a national contender during his long tenure.
  • 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_69a88717cfe48190b7ecdd68c824848a completed March 4, 2026, 7:25 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69abbb3404348190bc843022fbd2b4d0 completed March 7, 2026, 5:44 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69ae5d8e61d48190af0becdc5a040cd9 completed March 9, 2026, 5:41 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69ae5e48eefc8190b459278860bb3217 completed March 9, 2026, 5:44 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69ae5ec233788190a52dc1a135f7dfb9 completed March 9, 2026, 5:46 a.m.
Created at: March 4, 2026, 7:44 p.m.