Triple

T4105045
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Mayberry R.F.D. E88428 entity
Predicate characterPortrayedBy P1507 FINISHED
Object Howard Sprague – Jack Dodson
Howard Sprague, portrayed by Jack Dodson, is the mild-mannered, bookish county clerk of Mayberry known for his fussy demeanor and close relationship with his mother in the Mayberry R.F.D. universe.
 E413202 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: Howard Sprague – Jack Dodson | Statement: [Mayberry R.F.D., characterPortrayedBy, Howard Sprague – Jack Dodson]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Howard Sprague – Jack Dodson
Context triple: [Mayberry R.F.D., characterPortrayedBy, Howard Sprague – Jack Dodson]
  • A. Donald Howard
    Donald Howard was a British politician best known for serving on the controversial Simon Commission that investigated constitutional reform in colonial India.
  • B. Neal Dodson
    Neal Dodson is an American film producer known for his work on acclaimed independent and genre films, frequently collaborating with director J.C. Chandor.
  • C. Homer Jack
    Homer Jack was an American Unitarian minister and prominent civil rights and peace activist who helped lead and organize key mid-20th-century social justice movements.
  • D. Frank Oliver Howard
    Frank Oliver Howard is the full name of Frank Howard, a notable American Major League Baseball slugger and outfielder/first baseman who played primarily in the 1960s and early 1970s.
  • E. Dick Howser
    Dick Howser was an American Major League Baseball manager and former infielder best known for leading the Kansas City Royals to their first World Series championship in 1985.
  • 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: Howard Sprague – Jack Dodson
Triple: [Mayberry R.F.D., characterPortrayedBy, Howard Sprague – Jack Dodson]
Generated description
Howard Sprague, portrayed by Jack Dodson, is the mild-mannered, bookish county clerk of Mayberry known for his fussy demeanor and close relationship with his mother in the Mayberry R.F.D. universe.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Howard Sprague – Jack Dodson
Target entity description: Howard Sprague, portrayed by Jack Dodson, is the mild-mannered, bookish county clerk of Mayberry known for his fussy demeanor and close relationship with his mother in the Mayberry R.F.D. universe.
  • A. Donald Howard
    Donald Howard was a British politician best known for serving on the controversial Simon Commission that investigated constitutional reform in colonial India.
  • B. Neal Dodson
    Neal Dodson is an American film producer known for his work on acclaimed independent and genre films, frequently collaborating with director J.C. Chandor.
  • C. Homer Jack
    Homer Jack was an American Unitarian minister and prominent civil rights and peace activist who helped lead and organize key mid-20th-century social justice movements.
  • D. Frank Oliver Howard
    Frank Oliver Howard is the full name of Frank Howard, a notable American Major League Baseball slugger and outfielder/first baseman who played primarily in the 1960s and early 1970s.
  • E. Dick Howser
    Dick Howser was an American Major League Baseball manager and former infielder best known for leading the Kansas City Royals to their first World Series championship in 1985.
  • 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_69aed9484fb881909146f4c772ad277c completed March 9, 2026, 2:29 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69aefd328a3c81908312d7b77f82660b completed March 9, 2026, 5:02 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69b56b7cdc088190a63f6c6d39ca4350 completed March 14, 2026, 2:06 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69b56c29c72081909e6ef890dde593dd completed March 14, 2026, 2:09 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69b56ca671d0819097760161832998b0 completed March 14, 2026, 2:11 p.m.
Created at: March 9, 2026, 3:40 p.m.