Triple
T3819490
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Laverne & Shirley |
E84337
|
entity |
| Predicate | portrayedBy |
P1507
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Phil Foster
Phil Foster was an American actor and comedian best known for playing Laverne’s father, Frank DeFazio, on the sitcom "Laverne & Shirley."
|
E416977
|
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: Phil Foster | Statement: [Laverne & Shirley, portrayedBy, Phil Foster]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Phil Foster Context triple: [Laverne & Shirley, portrayedBy, Phil Foster]
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A.
Jeff Foster
Jeff Foster is an entrepreneur best known for founding the global athletic footwear and apparel brand Reebok.
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B.
James Foster
James Foster is an economist known for his influential work on poverty measurement and social welfare, including co-developing the widely used Foster-Greer-Thorbecke (FGT) poverty indices.
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C.
Matt Firor
Matt Firor is a video game developer and executive best known for leading the creation of large-scale online role-playing games, including directing The Elder Scrolls Online.
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D.
Ray Foster
Ray Foster is a fictional record executive character in the 2018 Queen biographical film "Bohemian Rhapsody," loosely inspired by real-life EMI executive Roy Featherstone.
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E.
Michael Potts
Michael Potts is an American actor known for his work in film, television, and theater, including notable roles in projects like "The Wire," "True Detective," and various Broadway productions.
- 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: Phil Foster Triple: [Laverne & Shirley, portrayedBy, Phil Foster]
Generated description
Phil Foster was an American actor and comedian best known for playing Laverne’s father, Frank DeFazio, on the sitcom "Laverne & Shirley."
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Phil Foster Target entity description: Phil Foster was an American actor and comedian best known for playing Laverne’s father, Frank DeFazio, on the sitcom "Laverne & Shirley."
-
A.
Jeff Foster
Jeff Foster is an entrepreneur best known for founding the global athletic footwear and apparel brand Reebok.
-
B.
James Foster
James Foster is an economist known for his influential work on poverty measurement and social welfare, including co-developing the widely used Foster-Greer-Thorbecke (FGT) poverty indices.
-
C.
Matt Firor
Matt Firor is a video game developer and executive best known for leading the creation of large-scale online role-playing games, including directing The Elder Scrolls Online.
-
D.
Ray Foster
Ray Foster is a fictional record executive character in the 2018 Queen biographical film "Bohemian Rhapsody," loosely inspired by real-life EMI executive Roy Featherstone.
-
E.
Michael Potts
Michael Potts is an American actor known for his work in film, television, and theater, including notable roles in projects like "The Wire," "True Detective," and various Broadway productions.
- 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_69aed931f5908190be2c07af66d4df25 |
completed | March 9, 2026, 2:29 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69aeea601d408190b09dc486e77488d4 |
completed | March 9, 2026, 3:42 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69b57f0c294881908a69addadb7b2d98 |
completed | March 14, 2026, 3:30 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69b5800a12e48190b184373464930b1e |
completed | March 14, 2026, 3:34 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69b580af3eb88190a89d5827e32293c1 |
completed | March 14, 2026, 3:37 p.m. |
Created at: March 9, 2026, 3:17 p.m.