Triple

T4006794
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject John Randolph E89543 entity
Predicate notableRole P22 FINISHED
Object Frank Costanza (originally cast) in Seinfeld
Frank Costanza (originally cast) in Seinfeld is the initial portrayal of George Costanza’s eccentric father, played by John Randolph before the role was famously recast with Jerry Stiller.
E406511 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: Frank Costanza (originally cast) in Seinfeld | Statement: [John Randolph, notableRole, Frank Costanza (originally cast) in Seinfeld]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Frank Costanza (originally cast) in Seinfeld
Context triple: [John Randolph, notableRole, Frank Costanza (originally cast) in Seinfeld]
  • A. Jerry Before Seinfeld
    Jerry Before Seinfeld is a stand-up comedy special in which Jerry Seinfeld revisits his early career, performing classic material and reflecting on his beginnings in comedy.
  • B. Newman (Seinfeld character)
    Newman is a scheming, melodramatic postal worker and Jerry Seinfeld’s comically antagonistic neighbor on the sitcom "Seinfeld."
  • C. Lt. Joe Bookman in Seinfeld
    Lt. Joe Bookman in Seinfeld is the stern, hard-boiled library investigator who comically treats Jerry’s decades-overdue book like a serious criminal case.
  • D. Seinfeld
    Seinfeld is a landmark American sitcom created by Larry David and Jerry Seinfeld that humorously explores the minutiae of everyday life through the misadventures of a stand-up comedian and his eccentric friends in New York City.
  • E. Jerry Seinfeld
    Jerry Seinfeld is an American stand-up comedian, actor, writer, and producer best known for co-creating and starring in the influential sitcom "Seinfeld."
  • 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: Frank Costanza (originally cast) in Seinfeld
Triple: [John Randolph, notableRole, Frank Costanza (originally cast) in Seinfeld]
Generated description
Frank Costanza (originally cast) in Seinfeld is the initial portrayal of George Costanza’s eccentric father, played by John Randolph before the role was famously recast with Jerry Stiller.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Frank Costanza (originally cast) in Seinfeld
Target entity description: Frank Costanza (originally cast) in Seinfeld is the initial portrayal of George Costanza’s eccentric father, played by John Randolph before the role was famously recast with Jerry Stiller.
  • A. Jerry Before Seinfeld
    Jerry Before Seinfeld is a stand-up comedy special in which Jerry Seinfeld revisits his early career, performing classic material and reflecting on his beginnings in comedy.
  • B. Newman (Seinfeld character)
    Newman is a scheming, melodramatic postal worker and Jerry Seinfeld’s comically antagonistic neighbor on the sitcom "Seinfeld."
  • C. Lt. Joe Bookman in Seinfeld
    Lt. Joe Bookman in Seinfeld is the stern, hard-boiled library investigator who comically treats Jerry’s decades-overdue book like a serious criminal case.
  • D. Seinfeld
    Seinfeld is a landmark American sitcom created by Larry David and Jerry Seinfeld that humorously explores the minutiae of everyday life through the misadventures of a stand-up comedian and his eccentric friends in New York City.
  • E. Jerry Seinfeld
    Jerry Seinfeld is an American stand-up comedian, actor, writer, and producer best known for co-creating and starring in the influential sitcom "Seinfeld."
  • 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_69aed9585e788190bec2d39deba3750f completed March 9, 2026, 2:29 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69aefa62d0e081909aaed2978a840734 completed March 9, 2026, 4:50 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69b54c67eddc819097eff878c860f3d5 completed March 14, 2026, 11:54 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69b54d1898d48190b717a17ad366918d completed March 14, 2026, 11:57 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69b54de8dc708190b83978b15aed2e13 completed March 14, 2026, noon
Created at: March 9, 2026, 3:34 p.m.