Triple

T2308222
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Midnight Cowboy E51890 entity
Predicate starring P1507 FINISHED
Object John McGiver
John McGiver was an American character actor known for his distinctive, pompous demeanor and precise diction in numerous films and television shows of the 1950s and 1960s.
 E252841 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 McGiver | Statement: [Midnight Cowboy, starring, John McGiver]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: John McGiver
Context triple: [Midnight Cowboy, starring, John McGiver]
  • A. Ted Tally
    Ted Tally is an American screenwriter and playwright best known for his Academy Award–winning adaptation of "The Silence of the Lambs."
  • B. Les Baxter
    Les Baxter was an American composer and arranger best known for pioneering the exotica genre and creating lush, atmospheric orchestral pop recordings in the mid-20th century.
  • C. Richard Mulligan
    Richard Mulligan was an American actor best known for his comedic television roles, particularly in the sitcoms "Soap" and "Empty Nest."
  • D. John Norville
    John Norville is a screenwriter best known for co-writing the story for Disney's adventure film "Jungle Cruise."
  • E. Crispin Glover
    Crispin Glover is an American actor, filmmaker, and author best known for his eccentric screen presence and memorable roles in films such as "Back to the Future" and "River's Edge."
  • 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 McGiver
Triple: [Midnight Cowboy, starring, John McGiver]
Generated description
John McGiver was an American character actor known for his distinctive, pompous demeanor and precise diction in numerous films and television shows of the 1950s and 1960s.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: John McGiver
Target entity description: John McGiver was an American character actor known for his distinctive, pompous demeanor and precise diction in numerous films and television shows of the 1950s and 1960s.
  • A. Ted Tally
    Ted Tally is an American screenwriter and playwright best known for his Academy Award–winning adaptation of "The Silence of the Lambs."
  • B. Les Baxter
    Les Baxter was an American composer and arranger best known for pioneering the exotica genre and creating lush, atmospheric orchestral pop recordings in the mid-20th century.
  • C. Richard Mulligan
    Richard Mulligan was an American actor best known for his comedic television roles, particularly in the sitcoms "Soap" and "Empty Nest."
  • D. John Norville
    John Norville is a screenwriter best known for co-writing the story for Disney's adventure film "Jungle Cruise."
  • E. Crispin Glover
    Crispin Glover is an American actor, filmmaker, and author best known for his eccentric screen presence and memorable roles in films such as "Back to the Future" and "River's Edge."
  • 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_69a88b0bb30c81908ded03b006d29387 completed March 4, 2026, 7:42 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69abc605cf808190a326e6c78e3f9166 completed March 7, 2026, 6:30 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69ae7f379bbc8190b085b82e2e16401e completed March 9, 2026, 8:05 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69ae8005a5688190b3ef308b55d377e7 completed March 9, 2026, 8:08 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69ae80c51b548190b44d6484b7644b1c completed March 9, 2026, 8:11 a.m.
Created at: March 4, 2026, 7:49 p.m.