Triple

T5271419
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Zachary Quinto E119265 entity
Predicate characterPortrayed P1507 FINISHED
Object Sylar
Sylar is the primary superpowered serial killer antagonist in the television series "Heroes," known for his ability to understand and steal others' abilities.
E508790 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: Sylar | Statement: [Zachary Quinto, characterPortrayed, Sylar]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Sylar
Context triple: [Zachary Quinto, characterPortrayed, Sylar]
  • A. Maxim Knight
    Maxim Knight is an American actor best known for his role as Matt Mason on the science fiction television series "Falling Skies."
  • B. Evan Londo
    Evan Londo is a child actor best known for playing Abel Teller on the television series "Sons of Anarchy."
  • C. Daniel Grayson
    Daniel Grayson is a central character in the TV drama "Revenge," known as the wealthy and conflicted heir of the powerful Grayson family.
  • D. Kilgrave
    Kilgrave is a Marvel Comics supervillain and primary antagonist in the Jessica Jones series, known for his terrifying ability to control minds.
  • E. Dorian Sagan
    Dorian Sagan is an American science writer and essayist known for his works on evolution, complexity, and the philosophy of science, often co-authored with his mother, biologist Lynn Margulis.
  • 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: Sylar
Triple: [Zachary Quinto, characterPortrayed, Sylar]
Generated description
Sylar is the primary superpowered serial killer antagonist in the television series "Heroes," known for his ability to understand and steal others' abilities.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Sylar
Target entity description: Sylar is the primary superpowered serial killer antagonist in the television series "Heroes," known for his ability to understand and steal others' abilities.
  • A. Maxim Knight
    Maxim Knight is an American actor best known for his role as Matt Mason on the science fiction television series "Falling Skies."
  • B. Evan Londo
    Evan Londo is a child actor best known for playing Abel Teller on the television series "Sons of Anarchy."
  • C. Daniel Grayson
    Daniel Grayson is a central character in the TV drama "Revenge," known as the wealthy and conflicted heir of the powerful Grayson family.
  • D. Kilgrave
    Kilgrave is a Marvel Comics supervillain and primary antagonist in the Jessica Jones series, known for his terrifying ability to control minds.
  • E. Dorian Sagan
    Dorian Sagan is an American science writer and essayist known for his works on evolution, complexity, and the philosophy of science, often co-authored with his mother, biologist Lynn Margulis.
  • 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_69bd446c38e081908cdaf113bdf86790 completed March 20, 2026, 12:58 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69bd7c1fa01081909d589686289b624b completed March 20, 2026, 4:56 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69bf06cb5f788190b9ee79ca15da9d58 completed March 21, 2026, 8:59 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69bf08e009788190ae74e25f35ccf100 completed March 21, 2026, 9:08 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69bf0979c11c8190bc5c3957d098d8d5 completed March 21, 2026, 9:11 p.m.
Created at: March 20, 2026, 1:51 p.m.