Triple

T3988790
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Carnivàle E86936 entity
Predicate starring P1507 FINISHED
Object Michael J. Anderson
Michael J. Anderson is an American actor best known for his distinctive roles in surreal television series such as Twin Peaks and Carnivàle.
E404158 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: Michael J. Anderson | Statement: [Carnivàle, starring, Michael J. Anderson]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Michael J. Anderson
Context triple: [Carnivàle, starring, Michael J. Anderson]
  • A. Michael P. Anderson
    Michael P. Anderson was a United States Air Force officer and NASA astronaut who served as a mission specialist on the ill-fated Space Shuttle Columbia STS-107 mission.
  • B. Michael Phillip Anderson
    Michael Phillip Anderson was a United States Air Force officer and NASA astronaut who served as a mission specialist on the Space Shuttle Columbia and died in the 2003 Columbia disaster.
  • C. Robert Gardner
    Robert Gardner is an American documentary filmmaker and anthropologist best known for his influential ethnographic films such as "Dead Birds" and "Forest of Bliss."
  • D. John Boyd-Carpenter
    John Boyd-Carpenter was a British Conservative politician and government minister who held several senior posts in the mid-20th century, including key roles in economic and social policy.
  • E. Bob Gale
    Bob Gale is an American screenwriter, producer, and director best known for co-writing the "Back to the Future" film trilogy.
  • 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: Michael J. Anderson
Triple: [Carnivàle, starring, Michael J. Anderson]
Generated description
Michael J. Anderson is an American actor best known for his distinctive roles in surreal television series such as Twin Peaks and Carnivàle.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Michael J. Anderson
Target entity description: Michael J. Anderson is an American actor best known for his distinctive roles in surreal television series such as Twin Peaks and Carnivàle.
  • A. Michael P. Anderson
    Michael P. Anderson was a United States Air Force officer and NASA astronaut who served as a mission specialist on the ill-fated Space Shuttle Columbia STS-107 mission.
  • B. Michael Phillip Anderson
    Michael Phillip Anderson was a United States Air Force officer and NASA astronaut who served as a mission specialist on the Space Shuttle Columbia and died in the 2003 Columbia disaster.
  • C. Robert Gardner
    Robert Gardner is an American documentary filmmaker and anthropologist best known for his influential ethnographic films such as "Dead Birds" and "Forest of Bliss."
  • D. John Boyd-Carpenter
    John Boyd-Carpenter was a British Conservative politician and government minister who held several senior posts in the mid-20th century, including key roles in economic and social policy.
  • E. Bob Gale
    Bob Gale is an American screenwriter, producer, and director best known for co-writing the "Back to the Future" film trilogy.
  • 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_69aed93fd9d4819085d3b2137d2346cb completed March 9, 2026, 2:29 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69aefa007344819099515fda367f7016 completed March 9, 2026, 4:49 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69b5402f72e8819097ce951aac465dc8 completed March 14, 2026, 11:02 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69b54112e3788190800e295a745c4689 completed March 14, 2026, 11:05 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69b541808d548190987ad1538c647664 completed March 14, 2026, 11:07 a.m.
Created at: March 9, 2026, 3:33 p.m.