Triple

T3445620
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Matthew Fox E72668 entity
Predicate notableWork P4 FINISHED
Object Alex Cross
Alex Cross is a fictional Washington, D.C. detective and psychologist who stars as the protagonist in James Patterson’s popular crime thriller novel series and its film adaptations.
E359988 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: Alex Cross | Statement: [Matthew Fox, notableWork, Alex Cross]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Alex Cross
Context triple: [Matthew Fox, notableWork, Alex Cross]
  • A. Maxim Knight
    Maxim Knight is an American actor best known for his role as Matt Mason on the science fiction television series "Falling Skies."
  • B. Larry Cross
    Larry Cross is an actor known for his role in the film "Embassy."
  • C. Jake Hooker
    Jake Hooker was an American musician and songwriter best known as the guitarist and co-writer of the hit song "I Love Rock 'n' Roll."
  • D. Sam Grant
    Sam Grant is a nickname for Ulysses S. Grant, the 18th president of the United States and commanding Union general during the American Civil War.
  • E. Anderson Falco
    Anderson Falco is the adopted son of American actress Edie Falco, known for her roles in "The Sopranos" and "Nurse Jackie."
  • 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: Alex Cross
Triple: [Matthew Fox, notableWork, Alex Cross]
Generated description
Alex Cross is a fictional Washington, D.C. detective and psychologist who stars as the protagonist in James Patterson’s popular crime thriller novel series and its film adaptations.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Alex Cross
Target entity description: Alex Cross is a fictional Washington, D.C. detective and psychologist who stars as the protagonist in James Patterson’s popular crime thriller novel series and its film adaptations.
  • A. Maxim Knight
    Maxim Knight is an American actor best known for his role as Matt Mason on the science fiction television series "Falling Skies."
  • B. Larry Cross
    Larry Cross is an actor known for his role in the film "Embassy."
  • C. Jake Hooker
    Jake Hooker was an American musician and songwriter best known as the guitarist and co-writer of the hit song "I Love Rock 'n' Roll."
  • D. Sam Grant
    Sam Grant is a nickname for Ulysses S. Grant, the 18th president of the United States and commanding Union general during the American Civil War.
  • E. Anderson Falco
    Anderson Falco is the adopted son of American actress Edie Falco, known for her roles in "The Sopranos" and "Nurse Jackie."
  • 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_69ad85b05c848190b7a28ceec2bd7b74 completed March 8, 2026, 2:20 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69adba2cc3048190ab1385699387df8d completed March 8, 2026, 6:04 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69b360deda448190a63a39688be2dbfb completed March 13, 2026, 12:57 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69b3618726b08190905a2c93335eede2 completed March 13, 2026, 12:59 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69b362586a008190b0d54e5cb38845e3 completed March 13, 2026, 1:03 a.m.
Created at: March 8, 2026, 3:16 p.m.