Triple

T3115559
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject John Simm E65053 entity
Predicate playedCharacter P1507 FINISHED
Object Cal McCaffrey
Cal McCaffrey is a fictional investigative journalist and central character in the British political thriller series "State of Play."
E327674 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: Cal McCaffrey | Statement: [John Simm, playedCharacter, Cal McCaffrey]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Cal McCaffrey
Context triple: [John Simm, playedCharacter, Cal McCaffrey]
  • A. Mo McRae
    Mo McRae is an American actor and producer known for his work in film and television, often appearing in crime dramas and action thrillers.
  • B. Byron Metcalf
    Byron Metcalf is an American musician and producer known for his work in shamanic and ambient percussion-based music.
  • C. Day O’Connor
    Day O’Connor is the family name of Sandra Day O’Connor, the first woman to serve as a Justice on the United States Supreme Court.
  • D. Glen Graham
    Glen Graham is an American rock drummer best known as the percussionist for the alternative rock band Blind Melon.
  • E. Dorrell McGowan
    Dorrell McGowan was an American screenwriter known for his work on early Western films, including projects with prominent cowboy stars.
  • 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: Cal McCaffrey
Triple: [John Simm, playedCharacter, Cal McCaffrey]
Generated description
Cal McCaffrey is a fictional investigative journalist and central character in the British political thriller series "State of Play."
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Cal McCaffrey
Target entity description: Cal McCaffrey is a fictional investigative journalist and central character in the British political thriller series "State of Play."
  • A. Mo McRae
    Mo McRae is an American actor and producer known for his work in film and television, often appearing in crime dramas and action thrillers.
  • B. Byron Metcalf
    Byron Metcalf is an American musician and producer known for his work in shamanic and ambient percussion-based music.
  • C. Day O’Connor
    Day O’Connor is the family name of Sandra Day O’Connor, the first woman to serve as a Justice on the United States Supreme Court.
  • D. Glen Graham
    Glen Graham is an American rock drummer best known as the percussionist for the alternative rock band Blind Melon.
  • E. Dorrell McGowan
    Dorrell McGowan was an American screenwriter known for his work on early Western films, including projects with prominent cowboy stars.
  • 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.