Triple
T2995389
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Ballers |
E81052
|
entity |
| Predicate | castMember |
P1668
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Donovan W. Carter
Donovan W. Carter is an American actor best known for playing NFL defensive tackle Vernon Littlefield on the HBO comedy-drama series "Ballers."
|
E383198
|
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: Donovan W. Carter | Statement: [Ballers, castMember, Donovan W. Carter]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Donovan W. Carter Context triple: [Ballers, castMember, Donovan W. Carter]
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A.
Carey W. Hayes
Carey W. Hayes is an American screenwriter best known for co-writing popular horror films, including the hit supernatural franchise "The Conjuring."
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B.
Gregory Powell
Gregory Powell is a recurring human roboticist in Isaac Asimov’s Robot stories, known for troubleshooting complex problems involving positronic robots alongside his partner Mike Donovan.
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C.
Samuel J. Crawford
Samuel J. Crawford was the third governor of Kansas, a Civil War officer, and a prominent 19th-century political figure in the state.
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D.
Donn Cambern
Donn Cambern was an American film editor known for his work on numerous prominent Hollywood films, including the adventure comedy "Romancing the Stone."
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E.
Christopher Weaver
Christopher Weaver is an American entrepreneur and video game industry pioneer best known as the founder of ZeniMax Media, the parent company of Bethesda Softworks.
- 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: Donovan W. Carter Triple: [Ballers, castMember, Donovan W. Carter]
Generated description
Donovan W. Carter is an American actor best known for playing NFL defensive tackle Vernon Littlefield on the HBO comedy-drama series "Ballers."
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Donovan W. Carter Target entity description: Donovan W. Carter is an American actor best known for playing NFL defensive tackle Vernon Littlefield on the HBO comedy-drama series "Ballers."
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A.
Carey W. Hayes
Carey W. Hayes is an American screenwriter best known for co-writing popular horror films, including the hit supernatural franchise "The Conjuring."
-
B.
Gregory Powell
Gregory Powell is a recurring human roboticist in Isaac Asimov’s Robot stories, known for troubleshooting complex problems involving positronic robots alongside his partner Mike Donovan.
-
C.
Samuel J. Crawford
Samuel J. Crawford was the third governor of Kansas, a Civil War officer, and a prominent 19th-century political figure in the state.
-
D.
Donn Cambern
Donn Cambern was an American film editor known for his work on numerous prominent Hollywood films, including the adventure comedy "Romancing the Stone."
-
E.
Christopher Weaver
Christopher Weaver is an American entrepreneur and game developer best known as the founder of the video game company Bethesda Softworks.
- 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_69b4dae657ec81909e8a99e4ccd95bfc |
completed | March 14, 2026, 3:49 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69b4db5f1c0881909a9696a727fac5d4 |
completed | March 14, 2026, 3:51 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69b4dc1f3cc48190b1b53bc88a0c3577 |
completed | March 14, 2026, 3:55 a.m. |
Created at: March 8, 2026, 2:59 p.m.