Triple

T2758200
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Stephen Tobolowsky E61156 entity
Predicate familyName P18 FINISHED
Object Tobolowsky
Tobolowsky is the surname of American character actor and storyteller Stephen Tobolowsky, known for his prolific work in film and television.
E296002 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: Tobolowsky | Statement: [Stephen Tobolowsky, familyName, Tobolowsky]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Tobolowsky
Context triple: [Stephen Tobolowsky, familyName, Tobolowsky]
  • A. Melvin
    Melvin is the full given name of legendary American voice actor and comedian Mel Blanc, famed for voicing many iconic Looney Tunes characters.
  • B. Gruer
    Gruer is a character in Isaac Asimov's science fiction novel "The Naked Sun," involved in the investigation central to the story's plot.
  • C. Michael Maltese
    Michael Maltese was an American animation writer and storyman best known for his influential work on classic Warner Bros. cartoons, including many iconic Looney Tunes characters and shorts.
  • D. Bohny
    Bohny is the birth surname of American silent-film star Billie Dove, who was born Lillian Bohny.
  • E. Elwood Mead
    Elwood Mead was an American engineer and public official who served as U.S. Commissioner of Reclamation and oversaw major Western water projects, including the development associated with Hoover Dam.
  • 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: Tobolowsky
Triple: [Stephen Tobolowsky, familyName, Tobolowsky]
Generated description
Tobolowsky is the surname of American character actor and storyteller Stephen Tobolowsky, known for his prolific work in film and television.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Tobolowsky
Target entity description: Tobolowsky is the surname of American character actor and storyteller Stephen Tobolowsky, known for his prolific work in film and television.
  • A. Melvin
    Melvin is the full given name of legendary American voice actor and comedian Mel Blanc, famed for voicing many iconic Looney Tunes characters.
  • B. Gruer
    Gruer is a character in Isaac Asimov's science fiction novel "The Naked Sun," involved in the investigation central to the story's plot.
  • C. Michael Maltese
    Michael Maltese was an American animation writer and storyman best known for his influential work on classic Warner Bros. cartoons, including many iconic Looney Tunes characters and shorts.
  • D. Bohny
    Bohny is the birth surname of American silent-film star Billie Dove, who was born Lillian Bohny.
  • E. Elwood Mead
    Elwood Mead was an American engineer and public official who served as U.S. Commissioner of Reclamation and oversaw major Western water projects, including the development associated with Hoover Dam.
  • 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_69ab4b7a85bc819094a349b84beb1f2c completed March 6, 2026, 9:47 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69abdb8ba4688190b401b6eb5b734ac6 completed March 7, 2026, 8:02 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69afbbe2d9cc81909b041635ae793bc3 completed March 10, 2026, 6:36 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69afbcc1dd988190826ab05e55adf1ee completed March 10, 2026, 6:40 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69afbd452e1c8190a3ee9eaf642e80a0 completed March 10, 2026, 6:42 a.m.
Created at: March 6, 2026, 9:57 p.m.