Triple
T3988794
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Carnivàle |
E86936
|
entity |
| Predicate | starring |
P1507
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Tim DeKay
Tim DeKay is an American actor best known for his television roles in series such as White Collar and Carnivàle.
|
E438716
|
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: Tim DeKay | Statement: [Carnivàle, starring, Tim DeKay]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Tim DeKay Context triple: [Carnivàle, starring, Tim DeKay]
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A.
Brant Daugherty
Brant Daugherty is an American actor known for his roles in television series like "Pretty Little Liars" and films including the "Fifty Shades" franchise.
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B.
Mark DeBarge
Mark DeBarge is an American R&B singer and musician best known as a member of the family group DeBarge, popular in the 1980s.
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C.
Brian VanDeMark
Brian VanDeMark is an American historian and author known for his work on U.S. foreign policy and the Vietnam War, including coauthoring influential studies of that conflict.
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D.
Justin Deas
Justin Deas is an American actor best known for his multiple Daytime Emmy-winning roles on soap operas such as Guiding Light, As the World Turns, and Santa Barbara.
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E.
Greg Corbin
Greg Corbin is a character from the animated television series "American Dad!", known as Stan Smith’s liberal, openly gay neighbor and local news anchor.
- 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: Tim DeKay Triple: [Carnivàle, starring, Tim DeKay]
Generated description
Tim DeKay is an American actor best known for his television roles in series such as White Collar and Carnivàle.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Tim DeKay Target entity description: Tim DeKay is an American actor best known for his television roles in series such as White Collar and Carnivàle.
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A.
Brant Daugherty
Brant Daugherty is an American actor known for his roles in television series like "Pretty Little Liars" and films including the "Fifty Shades" franchise.
-
B.
Mark DeBarge
Mark DeBarge is an American R&B singer and musician best known as a member of the family group DeBarge, popular in the 1980s.
-
C.
Brian VanDeMark
Brian VanDeMark is an American historian and author known for his work on U.S. foreign policy and the Vietnam War, including coauthoring influential studies of that conflict.
-
D.
Justin Deas
Justin Deas is an American actor best known for his multiple Daytime Emmy-winning roles on soap operas such as Guiding Light, As the World Turns, and Santa Barbara.
-
E.
Greg Corbin
Greg Corbin is a character from the animated television series "American Dad!", known as Stan Smith’s liberal, openly gay neighbor and local news anchor.
- 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_69b5f59af660819083785bda45935ae4 |
completed | March 14, 2026, 11:56 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69b5f76c8ea08190a6f6c81f0c3dcea7 |
completed | March 15, 2026, 12:03 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69b5f7e313f48190afb83123e3b24926 |
completed | March 15, 2026, 12:05 a.m. |
Created at: March 9, 2026, 3:33 p.m.