Triple

T6152996
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject thirtysomething E137250 entity
Predicate featuresCharacter P626 FINISHED
Object Gary Shepherd
Gary Shepherd is a central character in the late-1980s TV drama "thirtysomething," known as a sensitive, idealistic academic and close friend within the show's core group.
E581387 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: Gary Shepherd | Statement: [thirtysomething, featuresCharacter, Gary Shepherd]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Gary Shepherd
Context triple: [thirtysomething, featuresCharacter, Gary Shepherd]
  • A. Scott Shepherd
    Scott Shepherd is an American actor known for his work in film, television, and theater, including a prominent role in the historical drama "Bridge of Spies."
  • B. Greg Shephard
    Greg Shephard is a television producer best known for his executive production work on the true-crime drama series "The Act."
  • C. Ben Shepherd
    Ben Shepherd is an American musician best known as the longtime bassist for the influential grunge band Soundgarden.
  • D. Jonathan Speirs
    Jonathan Speirs was a renowned Scottish architectural lighting designer known for co-founding influential lighting design practices and shaping the illumination of landmark buildings worldwide.
  • E. Stephen Langridge
    Stephen Langridge is a British opera and theatre director known for leading major European opera institutions and for his innovative, often socially engaged productions.
  • 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: Gary Shepherd
Triple: [thirtysomething, featuresCharacter, Gary Shepherd]
Generated description
Gary Shepherd is a central character in the late-1980s TV drama "thirtysomething," known as a sensitive, idealistic academic and close friend within the show's core group.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Gary Shepherd
Target entity description: Gary Shepherd is a central character in the late-1980s TV drama "thirtysomething," known as a sensitive, idealistic academic and close friend within the show's core group.
  • A. Scott Shepherd
    Scott Shepherd is an American actor known for his work in film, television, and theater, including a prominent role in the historical drama "Bridge of Spies."
  • B. Greg Shephard
    Greg Shephard is a television producer best known for his executive production work on the true-crime drama series "The Act."
  • C. Ben Shepherd
    Ben Shepherd is an American musician best known as the longtime bassist for the influential grunge band Soundgarden.
  • D. Jonathan Speirs
    Jonathan Speirs was a renowned Scottish architectural lighting designer known for co-founding influential lighting design practices and shaping the illumination of landmark buildings worldwide.
  • E. Stephen Langridge
    Stephen Langridge is a British opera and theatre director known for leading major European opera institutions and for his innovative, often socially engaged productions.
  • 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_69c008a45d008190832a9e19f5d63406 completed March 22, 2026, 3:20 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69c05cfe20408190b5ec9b987e1a4206 completed March 22, 2026, 9:19 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69c518e697088190b47a610783baa7ea completed March 26, 2026, 11:30 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69c51e1f031c819099eeec59da88bae9 completed March 26, 2026, 11:53 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69c51eacb37c819080f139b8f4f2f38c completed March 26, 2026, 11:55 a.m.
Created at: March 22, 2026, 4:16 p.m.