Triple

T3011991
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject This Is Us E82242 entity
Predicate executiveProducer P7225 FINISHED
Object Donald Todd
Donald Todd is an American television writer and producer known for his work on series such as "This Is Us" and "Samantha Who?".
 E348310 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: Donald Todd | Statement: [This Is Us, executiveProducer, Donald Todd]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Donald Todd
Context triple: [This Is Us, executiveProducer, Donald Todd]
  • A. John Todd
    John Todd was a British mathematician known for his work in numerical analysis and for helping to establish the field of computational mathematics.
  • B. Jim Hutton
    Jim Hutton was an American actor best known for his lanky, affable screen presence in 1960s comedies and for playing the title role in the TV series "Ellery Queen."
  • C. Ron Dixon
    Ron Dixon is a former NFL wide receiver and kick returner best known for his explosive return touchdowns for the New York Giants during their run to Super Bowl XXXV.
  • D. John Bunn
    John Bunn was an American basketball coach and administrator known for his influential roles in college basketball and contributions to the sport’s development.
  • E. David Dodd
    David Dodd was an American economist, Columbia Business School professor, and influential co-author of the classic value investing text "Security Analysis."
  • 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: Donald Todd
Triple: [This Is Us, executiveProducer, Donald Todd]
Generated description
Donald Todd is an American television writer and producer known for his work on series such as "This Is Us" and "Samantha Who?".
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Donald Todd
Target entity description: Donald Todd is an American television writer and producer known for his work on series such as "This Is Us" and "Samantha Who?".
  • A. John Todd
    John Todd was a British mathematician known for his work in numerical analysis and for helping to establish the field of computational mathematics.
  • B. Jim Hutton
    Jim Hutton was an American actor best known for his lanky, affable screen presence in 1960s comedies and for playing the title role in the TV series "Ellery Queen."
  • C. Ron Dixon
    Ron Dixon is a former NFL wide receiver and kick returner best known for his explosive return touchdowns for the New York Giants during their run to Super Bowl XXXV.
  • D. John Bunn
    John Bunn was an American basketball coach and administrator known for his influential roles in college basketball and contributions to the sport’s development.
  • E. David Dodd
    David Dodd was an American economist, Columbia Business School professor, and influential co-author of the classic value investing text "Security Analysis."
  • 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_69ad8b1eb53481908c39bbcd1ec104b2 completed March 8, 2026, 2:43 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69ad9a66c334819082d1d320c48eca1b completed March 8, 2026, 3:48 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69b31a4b98288190b2f4f8360eaecfc6 completed March 12, 2026, 7:55 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69b31c33fc3c8190b5af3f38206736de completed March 12, 2026, 8:04 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69b31c9f48788190bdf4b4ce47e1e5b5 completed March 12, 2026, 8:05 p.m.
Created at: March 8, 2026, 3 p.m.