Triple

T4683071
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Mr. McFeely E103849 entity
Predicate portrayedBy P1507 FINISHED
Object David Newell (actor)
David Newell is an American actor best known for playing the speedy deliveryman Mr. McFeely on the children's television series "Mister Rogers' Neighborhood."
 E460457 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: David Newell (actor) | Statement: [Mr. McFeely, portrayedBy, David Newell (actor)]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: David Newell (actor)
Context triple: [Mr. McFeely, portrayedBy, David Newell (actor)]
  • A. Bill Pullman
    Bill Pullman is an American actor known for his versatile film and television roles, including prominent performances in movies like "Independence Day" and various dramatic and genre TV series.
  • B. Alan Ruck
    Alan Ruck is an American actor best known for his roles as Cameron Frye in "Ferris Bueller's Day Off" and Connor Roy in the television series "Succession."
  • C. Jeff Nelson
    Jeff Nelson is a Major League Baseball umpire who has served in numerous postseason games, including as a crew chief in the World Series.
  • D. Ed Begley Jr.
    Ed Begley Jr. is an American actor known for his prolific film and television career and his prominent environmental activism.
  • E. Nicholas Grodin
    Nicholas Grodin is the son of the late American actor and comedian Charles Grodin.
  • 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: David Newell (actor)
Triple: [Mr. McFeely, portrayedBy, David Newell (actor)]
Generated description
David Newell is an American actor best known for playing the speedy deliveryman Mr. McFeely on the children's television series "Mister Rogers' Neighborhood."
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: David Newell (actor)
Target entity description: David Newell is an American actor best known for playing the speedy deliveryman Mr. McFeely on the children's television series "Mister Rogers' Neighborhood."
  • A. Bill Pullman
    Bill Pullman is an American actor known for his versatile film and television roles, including prominent performances in movies like "Independence Day" and various dramatic and genre TV series.
  • B. Alan Ruck
    Alan Ruck is an American actor best known for his roles as Cameron Frye in "Ferris Bueller's Day Off" and Connor Roy in the television series "Succession."
  • C. Jeff Nelson
    Jeff Nelson is a Major League Baseball umpire who has served in numerous postseason games, including as a crew chief in the World Series.
  • D. Ed Begley Jr.
    Ed Begley Jr. is an American actor known for his prolific film and television career and his prominent environmental activism.
  • E. Nicholas Grodin
    Nicholas Grodin is the son of the late American actor and comedian Charles Grodin.
  • 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_69bd43debbf08190b4bc372e286ec234 completed March 20, 2026, 12:55 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69bd638130a08190876c5829c0488758 completed March 20, 2026, 3:10 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69be03b07664819097d959fde1b0585b completed March 21, 2026, 2:34 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69be04dc48b08190947cde715f87a4d0 completed March 21, 2026, 2:39 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69be05742e248190bb0e846189dfcfb5 completed March 21, 2026, 2:41 a.m.
Created at: March 20, 2026, 1:16 p.m.