Triple

T3878975
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Bryan Cranston E92573 entity
Predicate characterPortrayed P1507 FINISHED
Object Hal (Malcolm in the Middle)
Hal is the well-meaning, eccentric, and often childlike father of the central family in the sitcom "Malcolm in the Middle."
 E395646 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: Hal (Malcolm in the Middle) | Statement: [Bryan Cranston, characterPortrayed, Hal (Malcolm in the Middle)]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Hal (Malcolm in the Middle)
Context triple: [Bryan Cranston, characterPortrayed, Hal (Malcolm in the Middle)]
  • A. Peter Griffin
    Peter Griffin is the bumbling, often clueless patriarch of the Griffin family and main character of the animated television series "Family Guy."
  • B. Alex P. Keaton
    Alex P. Keaton is a fictional, politically conservative and business-obsessed teenager from the 1980s sitcom "Family Ties," known for clashing humorously with his liberal parents.
  • C. Stewie Griffin
    Stewie Griffin is a diabolically intelligent, British-accented infant from the animated TV series "Family Guy," known for his advanced vocabulary, world-domination schemes, and dark humor.
  • D. Meg Griffin
    Meg Griffin is the often-mocked teenage daughter of the Griffin family in the animated television series "Family Guy," known for being a frequent target of ridicule and neglect.
  • E. Bill Sampson
    Bill Sampson is a successful theater director and the devoted younger lover of aging Broadway star Margo Channing in the classic film "All About Eve."
  • 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: Hal (Malcolm in the Middle)
Triple: [Bryan Cranston, characterPortrayed, Hal (Malcolm in the Middle)]
Generated description
Hal is the well-meaning, eccentric, and often childlike father of the central family in the sitcom "Malcolm in the Middle."
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Hal (Malcolm in the Middle)
Target entity description: Hal is the well-meaning, eccentric, and often childlike father of the central family in the sitcom "Malcolm in the Middle."
  • A. Peter Griffin
    Peter Griffin is the bumbling, often clueless patriarch of the Griffin family and main character of the animated television series "Family Guy."
  • B. Alex P. Keaton
    Alex P. Keaton is a fictional, politically conservative and business-obsessed teenager from the 1980s sitcom "Family Ties," known for clashing humorously with his liberal parents.
  • C. Stewie Griffin
    Stewie Griffin is a diabolically intelligent, British-accented infant from the animated TV series "Family Guy," known for his advanced vocabulary, world-domination schemes, and dark humor.
  • D. Meg Griffin
    Meg Griffin is the often-mocked teenage daughter of the Griffin family in the animated television series "Family Guy," known for being a frequent target of ridicule and neglect.
  • E. Bill Sampson
    Bill Sampson is a successful theater director and the devoted younger lover of aging Broadway star Margo Channing in the classic film "All About Eve."
  • 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_69aed967448c819086c4b358d37b25aa completed March 9, 2026, 2:29 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69aeec7438808190b6c90fcb3000ebe9 completed March 9, 2026, 3:51 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69b51253da2081908689f06975fb4db1 completed March 14, 2026, 7:46 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69b5132715888190bc5ba6182965e813 completed March 14, 2026, 7:49 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69b513b11dcc8190a2c2e3f27b4cf25e completed March 14, 2026, 7:52 a.m.
Created at: March 9, 2026, 3:20 p.m.