Triple

T3197288
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject St. Elsewhere E66963 entity
Predicate leadActor P1507 FINISHED
Object Ed Flanders
Ed Flanders was an American actor best known for his Emmy-winning portrayal of Dr. Donald Westphall on the acclaimed television drama "St. Elsewhere."
E336734 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: Ed Flanders | Statement: [St. Elsewhere, leadActor, Ed Flanders]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Ed Flanders
Context triple: [St. Elsewhere, leadActor, Ed Flanders]
  • A. Michael Klingensmith
    Michael Klingensmith is an American media executive best known for helping launch and lead major magazine brands, including playing a key role in the creation of Entertainment Weekly.
  • B. Dan Futterman
    Dan Futterman is an American actor and Academy Award–nominated screenwriter known for writing the film "Capote" and co-creating the TV series "In Treatment."
  • C. Michael Daves
    Michael Daves is an American bluegrass and roots musician known for his high-energy vocal style and collaborations with prominent artists such as mandolinist Chris Thile.
  • D. Randall Davidson
    Randall Davidson was the Archbishop of Canterbury who played a leading ecclesiastical role in early 20th-century Britain, including presiding over major royal ceremonies.
  • E. Dan Dierdorf
    Dan Dierdorf is a Hall of Fame American football offensive lineman and longtime broadcaster best known for his standout career with the NFL’s St. Louis Cardinals.
  • 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: Ed Flanders
Triple: [St. Elsewhere, leadActor, Ed Flanders]
Generated description
Ed Flanders was an American actor best known for his Emmy-winning portrayal of Dr. Donald Westphall on the acclaimed television drama "St. Elsewhere."
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Ed Flanders
Target entity description: Ed Flanders was an American actor best known for his Emmy-winning portrayal of Dr. Donald Westphall on the acclaimed television drama "St. Elsewhere."
  • A. Michael Klingensmith
    Michael Klingensmith is an American media executive best known for helping launch and lead major magazine brands, including playing a key role in the creation of Entertainment Weekly.
  • B. Dan Futterman
    Dan Futterman is an American actor and Academy Award–nominated screenwriter known for writing the film "Capote" and co-creating the TV series "In Treatment."
  • C. Michael Daves
    Michael Daves is an American bluegrass and roots musician known for his high-energy vocal style and collaborations with prominent artists such as mandolinist Chris Thile.
  • D. Randall Davidson
    Randall Davidson was the Archbishop of Canterbury who played a leading ecclesiastical role in early 20th-century Britain, including presiding over major royal ceremonies.
  • E. Dan Dierdorf
    Dan Dierdorf is a Hall of Fame American football offensive lineman and longtime broadcaster best known for his standout career with the NFL’s St. Louis Cardinals.
  • 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_69ad8588ba18819086a10951c32ecb80 completed March 8, 2026, 2:19 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69ada7192994819084817307065a25e2 completed March 8, 2026, 4:43 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69b24bb7cd488190ae95c140d9cda296 completed March 12, 2026, 5:14 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69b24d39e77c8190818f71a3298852d7 completed March 12, 2026, 5:20 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69b25178f3c08190be78bdbd0cdfc5f3 completed March 12, 2026, 5:39 a.m.
Created at: March 8, 2026, 3:07 p.m.