Triple

T6121957
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Judd Hirsch E136504 entity
Predicate portrayed P1668 FINISHED
Object John Lacey
John Lacey is the neurotic, recently divorced middle-aged father who serves as the central character in the sitcom "Dear John."
 E574856 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: John Lacey | Statement: [Judd Hirsch, portrayed, John Lacey]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: John Lacey
Context triple: [Judd Hirsch, portrayed, John Lacey]
  • A. John Doherty
    John Doherty is known as the husband of American actress Michael Learned, famed for her role as Olivia Walton on the television series "The Waltons."
  • B. Roger O'Connor
    Roger O'Connor was an Irish nationalist and writer known for his radical political views in the late 18th and early 19th centuries.
  • C. Michael O'Hara
    Michael O'Hara was an American attorney best known for being one of the later husbands of Hungarian-American socialite and actress Zsa Zsa Gabor.
  • D. Francis Keally
    Francis Keally was an American architect best known for his work on major public buildings in the early 20th century, particularly in New York City.
  • E. John McGlynn
    John McGlynn is a Scottish football manager best known for his successful spells in charge of Raith Rovers.
  • 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: John Lacey
Triple: [Judd Hirsch, portrayed, John Lacey]
Generated description
John Lacey is the neurotic, recently divorced middle-aged father who serves as the central character in the sitcom "Dear John."
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: John Lacey
Target entity description: John Lacey is the neurotic, recently divorced middle-aged father who serves as the central character in the sitcom "Dear John."
  • A. John Doherty
    John Doherty is known as the husband of American actress Michael Learned, famed for her role as Olivia Walton on the television series "The Waltons."
  • B. Roger O'Connor
    Roger O'Connor was an Irish nationalist and writer known for his radical political views in the late 18th and early 19th centuries.
  • C. Michael O'Hara
    Michael O'Hara was an American attorney best known for being one of the later husbands of Hungarian-American socialite and actress Zsa Zsa Gabor.
  • D. Francis Keally
    Francis Keally was an American architect best known for his work on major public buildings in the early 20th century, particularly in New York City.
  • E. John McGlynn
    John McGlynn is a Scottish football manager best known for his successful spells in charge of Raith Rovers.
  • 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_69c0089f851c81909e5e189a617dcff6 completed March 22, 2026, 3:19 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69c05bf16ad48190958cc46510e02bd3 completed March 22, 2026, 9:15 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69c16ebf33648190929d2e0b6b9faaec completed March 23, 2026, 4:47 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69c1c76da4c48190bddee933a89df5d8 completed March 23, 2026, 11:06 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69c1c84c8d0481909cff5f88fe57e29d completed March 23, 2026, 11:10 p.m.
Created at: March 22, 2026, 4:14 p.m.