Triple

T4371541
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject John Larroquette E98907 entity
Predicate characterPortrayed P1507 FINISHED
Object Carl Sack
Carl Sack is a fictional attorney character portrayed by John Larroquette on the legal dramedy series "Boston Legal."
E436821 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: Carl Sack | Statement: [John Larroquette, characterPortrayed, Carl Sack]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Carl Sack
Context triple: [John Larroquette, characterPortrayed, Carl Sack]
  • A. William Sachse
    William Sachse was a 19th-century Texas pioneer and landowner after whom the city of Sachse, Texas, is named.
  • B. Stan Salfas
    Stan Salfas is a film editor known for his work on major feature films, including the science fiction sequel "Dawn of the Planet of the Apes."
  • C. Carl Kress
    Carl Kress was an American film editor best known for his Academy Award-winning work on major Hollywood productions, including the disaster film "The Towering Inferno."
  • D. Carl Erickson
    Carl Erickson was an American screenwriter active in early 20th-century Hollywood, known for his work on several studio films during the 1930s.
  • E. Robert Sauer
    Robert Sauer was a German mathematician known for his contributions to geometry and for his academic leadership in the mid-20th century.
  • 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: Carl Sack
Triple: [John Larroquette, characterPortrayed, Carl Sack]
Generated description
Carl Sack is a fictional attorney character portrayed by John Larroquette on the legal dramedy series "Boston Legal."
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Carl Sack
Target entity description: Carl Sack is a fictional attorney character portrayed by John Larroquette on the legal dramedy series "Boston Legal."
  • A. William Sachse
    William Sachse was a 19th-century Texas pioneer and landowner after whom the city of Sachse, Texas, is named.
  • B. Stan Salfas
    Stan Salfas is a film editor known for his work on major feature films, including the science fiction sequel "Dawn of the Planet of the Apes."
  • C. Carl Kress
    Carl Kress was an American film editor best known for his Academy Award-winning work on major Hollywood productions, including the disaster film "The Towering Inferno."
  • D. Carl Erickson
    Carl Erickson was an American screenwriter active in early 20th-century Hollywood, known for his work on several studio films during the 1930s.
  • E. Robert Sauer
    Robert Sauer was a German mathematician known for his contributions to geometry and for his academic leadership in the mid-20th century.
  • 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_69b3454db3708190aeafd814413c4c3d completed March 12, 2026, 10:59 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69b3521dffbc8190b9300a7f4f64bdc0 completed March 12, 2026, 11:54 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69b5f5d4612c8190ac5163d50299f8ab completed March 14, 2026, 11:57 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69b5f674c94c81908327336dd4380d2e completed March 14, 2026, 11:59 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69b5f719d008819090a35e3597a0089f completed March 15, 2026, 12:02 a.m.
Created at: March 12, 2026, 11:17 p.m.