Triple

T3342074
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Ally McBeal E70280 entity
Predicate character P662 FINISHED
Object Elaine Vassal
Elaine Vassal is a flamboyant, gossip-loving secretary known for her quirky inventions and sharp wit on the television series "Ally McBeal."
 E551379 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: Elaine Vassal | Statement: [Ally McBeal, character, Elaine Vassal]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Elaine Vassal
Context triple: [Ally McBeal, character, Elaine Vassal]
  • A. Elaine Orr
    Elaine Orr was the first wife of American poet E. E. Cummings, known primarily for her connection to his personal life and early career.
  • B. Ellen Pierson
    Ellen Pierson is a real estate professional best known for her brief marriage to the late attorney Robert Kardashian, father of the Kardashian family.
  • C. Beverly Van Zile
    Beverly Van Zile is best known as the second wife of Apollo 11 astronaut Buzz Aldrin.
  • D. Carole Eastman
    Carole Eastman was an American screenwriter best known for her incisive character-driven work in 1970s New Hollywood cinema, including the film "Five Easy Pieces."
  • E. Vicki Sirotta
    Vicki Sirotta is a film producer best known for her work on the horror-thriller movie "The Prophecy."
  • 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: Elaine Vassal
Triple: [Ally McBeal, character, Elaine Vassal]
Generated description
Elaine Vassal is a flamboyant, gossip-loving secretary known for her quirky inventions and sharp wit on the television series "Ally McBeal."
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Elaine Vassal
Target entity description: Elaine Vassal is a flamboyant, gossip-loving secretary known for her quirky inventions and sharp wit on the television series "Ally McBeal."
  • A. Elaine Orr
    Elaine Orr was the first wife of American poet E. E. Cummings, known primarily for her connection to his personal life and early career.
  • B. Ellen Pierson
    Ellen Pierson is a real estate professional best known for her brief marriage to the late attorney Robert Kardashian, father of the Kardashian family.
  • C. Beverly Van Zile
    Beverly Van Zile is best known as the second wife of Apollo 11 astronaut Buzz Aldrin.
  • D. Carole Eastman
    Carole Eastman was an American screenwriter best known for her incisive character-driven work in 1970s New Hollywood cinema, including the film "Five Easy Pieces."
  • E. Vicki Sirotta
    Vicki Sirotta is a film producer best known for her work on the horror-thriller movie "The Prophecy."
  • 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_69ad85a405e48190b6e68de7cf9f319e completed March 8, 2026, 2:20 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69adb1ee711481909c0d921f1b5b8562 completed March 8, 2026, 5:29 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69c0a127b0e48190880ee84f45bed359 completed March 23, 2026, 2:10 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69c0a1faf7d48190ad2d5f43ef37da82 completed March 23, 2026, 2:14 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69c0a2e17cd88190a54f5166fe5c654a completed March 23, 2026, 2:18 a.m.
Created at: March 8, 2026, 3:12 p.m.