Triple

T2995335
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject The Shield E81051 entity
Predicate portrayedBy P1507 FINISHED
Object Brian J. White
Brian J. White is an American actor known for his roles in film and television, including crime dramas and action-oriented series.
 E315719 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: Brian J. White | Statement: [The Shield, portrayedBy, Brian J. White]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Brian J. White
Context triple: [The Shield, portrayedBy, Brian J. White]
  • A. Ian H. White
    Ian H. White is a British engineer and academic leader who serves as the Vice-Chancellor and President of the University of Bath.
  • B. Robert Whitman
    Robert Whitman is the husband of economist and former General Motors executive Marina von Neumann Whitman.
  • C. Jared C. Nicholson
    Jared C. Nicholson is an American politician and attorney who serves as the mayor of Lynn, Massachusetts.
  • D. Stephen M. Kellen
    Stephen M. Kellen was a prominent financier and philanthropist known for his leadership at Arnhold and S. Bleichroeder and his significant support of cultural and educational institutions.
  • E. Michael V. Drake
    Michael V. Drake is an American academic leader and physician who has served as president of both The Ohio State University and the University of California system.
  • 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: Brian J. White
Triple: [The Shield, portrayedBy, Brian J. White]
Generated description
Brian J. White is an American actor known for his roles in film and television, including crime dramas and action-oriented series.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Brian J. White
Target entity description: Brian J. White is an American actor known for his roles in film and television, including crime dramas and action-oriented series.
  • A. Ian H. White
    Ian H. White is a British engineer and academic leader who serves as the Vice-Chancellor and President of the University of Bath.
  • B. Michael T. Williamson
    Michael T. Williamson is an American actor best known for his role as Benjamin Buford "Bubba" Blue in the film Forrest Gump.
  • C. Robert Whitman
    Robert Whitman is the husband of economist and former General Motors executive Marina von Neumann Whitman.
  • D. Jared C. Nicholson
    Jared C. Nicholson is an American politician and attorney who serves as the mayor of Lynn, Massachusetts.
  • E. Stephen M. Kellen
    Stephen M. Kellen was a prominent financier and philanthropist known for his leadership at Arnhold and S. Bleichroeder and his significant support of cultural and educational institutions.
  • 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_69ad8b187fc8819085914d3c9ea3142d completed March 8, 2026, 2:43 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69ad99f2e5888190b3346012e2578dab completed March 8, 2026, 3:46 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69b10908cfe48190bf244d5a3dbc958b completed March 11, 2026, 6:17 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69b10ab5e3488190b2d8c98dd296cbe5 completed March 11, 2026, 6:24 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69b10b1664f081909b521ee8dd5954f9 completed March 11, 2026, 6:26 a.m.
Created at: March 8, 2026, 2:59 p.m.