Triple

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Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject John Simm E65053 entity
Predicate playedCharacter P1507 FINISHED
Object Sam Tyler
Sam Tyler is the time-displaced Manchester detective protagonist of the British television series "Life on Mars."
E327673 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: Sam Tyler | Statement: [John Simm, playedCharacter, Sam Tyler]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Sam Tyler
Context triple: [John Simm, playedCharacter, Sam Tyler]
  • A. Jack Pearson
    Jack Pearson is an American guitarist and songwriter best known for his work in Southern rock and blues, including a notable late-1990s stint with The Allman Brothers Band.
  • B. Jack Pearson
    Jack Pearson is a central character in the television drama "This Is Us," known as the devoted patriarch of the Pearson family whose life and legacy deeply shape the series' emotional narrative.
  • C. Sam Wheat
    Sam Wheat is the murdered banker-turned-ghost portrayed by Patrick Swayze in the 1990 romantic fantasy film "Ghost," who tries to protect his girlfriend and solve his own death from the afterlife.
  • D. James Stacy
    James Stacy was an American film and television actor best known for his roles in 1960s and 1970s TV series, including the Western "Lancer."
  • E. Mark Eaton
    Mark Eaton was a dominant 7-foot-4 center for the Utah Jazz, renowned for his elite shot-blocking and rim protection during the 1980s.
  • 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: Sam Tyler
Triple: [John Simm, playedCharacter, Sam Tyler]
Generated description
Sam Tyler is the time-displaced Manchester detective protagonist of the British television series "Life on Mars."
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Sam Tyler
Target entity description: Sam Tyler is the time-displaced Manchester detective protagonist of the British television series "Life on Mars."
  • A. Jack Pearson
    Jack Pearson is an American guitarist and songwriter best known for his work in Southern rock and blues, including a notable late-1990s stint with The Allman Brothers Band.
  • B. Jack Pearson
    Jack Pearson is a central character in the television drama "This Is Us," known as the devoted patriarch of the Pearson family whose life and legacy deeply shape the series' emotional narrative.
  • C. Sam Wheat
    Sam Wheat is the murdered banker-turned-ghost portrayed by Patrick Swayze in the 1990 romantic fantasy film "Ghost," who tries to protect his girlfriend and solve his own death from the afterlife.
  • D. James Stacy
    James Stacy was an American film and television actor best known for his roles in 1960s and 1970s TV series, including the Western "Lancer."
  • E. Mark Eaton
    Mark Eaton was a dominant 7-foot-4 center for the Utah Jazz, renowned for his elite shot-blocking and rim protection during the 1980s.
  • 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_69ad857fcc088190b0c4d45a5cde6f61 completed March 8, 2026, 2:19 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69ada4e40bc48190b9b17c706a2450d5 completed March 8, 2026, 4:33 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69b2039d9d408190b01e45f0ced5ca3d completed March 12, 2026, 12:06 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69b20547c0008190ac2589f54111bad9 completed March 12, 2026, 12:13 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69b205bdf5c881908bc6ef7c3c30df65 completed March 12, 2026, 12:15 a.m.
Created at: March 8, 2026, 3:04 p.m.