Triple

T3353728
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Ian McShane E70555 entity
Predicate characterPortrayed P1507 FINISHED
Object Al Swearengen
Al Swearengen is a ruthless yet charismatic saloon and brothel owner in the frontier town of Deadwood, best known as a central antihero in the TV series "Deadwood."
 E351732 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: Al Swearengen | Statement: [Ian McShane, characterPortrayed, Al Swearengen]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Al Swearengen
Context triple: [Ian McShane, characterPortrayed, Al Swearengen]
  • A. Kurt Johnstad
    Kurt Johnstad is an American screenwriter best known for writing the action films "300" and "Atomic Blonde."
  • B. Alan Osbiston
    Alan Osbiston was a British film editor known for his work on notable mid-20th-century films, including major war and drama productions.
  • C. Roger Bresnahan
    Roger Bresnahan was an innovative early 20th-century Major League Baseball catcher and Hall of Famer, known for pioneering the use of protective equipment such as shin guards.
  • D. Don Brautigam
    Don Brautigam was an American illustrator best known for his striking, realistic cover art for horror and thriller novels, including works by Stephen King.
  • E. Rich McKay
    Rich McKay is an American football executive best known for his long tenure in NFL leadership roles, including as a team executive and influential member of league committees.
  • 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: Al Swearengen
Triple: [Ian McShane, characterPortrayed, Al Swearengen]
Generated description
Al Swearengen is a ruthless yet charismatic saloon and brothel owner in the frontier town of Deadwood, best known as a central antihero in the TV series "Deadwood."
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Al Swearengen
Target entity description: Al Swearengen is a ruthless yet charismatic saloon and brothel owner in the frontier town of Deadwood, best known as a central antihero in the TV series "Deadwood."
  • A. Kurt Johnstad
    Kurt Johnstad is an American screenwriter best known for writing the action films "300" and "Atomic Blonde."
  • B. Alan Osbiston
    Alan Osbiston was a British film editor known for his work on notable mid-20th-century films, including major war and drama productions.
  • C. Roger Bresnahan
    Roger Bresnahan was an innovative early 20th-century Major League Baseball catcher and Hall of Famer, known for pioneering the use of protective equipment such as shin guards.
  • D. Don Brautigam
    Don Brautigam was an American illustrator best known for his striking, realistic cover art for horror and thriller novels, including works by Stephen King.
  • E. Rich McKay
    Rich McKay is an American football executive best known for his long tenure in NFL leadership roles, including as a team executive and influential member of league committees.
  • 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_69ad85a4ef7c8190a29e2bbd6fa454e4 completed March 8, 2026, 2:20 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69adb24036848190bac779d17dfdce3b completed March 8, 2026, 5:30 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69b325373a1c8190b26d883e2f0dd92b completed March 12, 2026, 8:42 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69b329016c7c819098b494ae5d712036 completed March 12, 2026, 8:58 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69b329aca800819091f287a2f00557a2 completed March 12, 2026, 9:01 p.m.
Created at: March 8, 2026, 3:13 p.m.