Triple

T6320616
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Dick Van Patten E141727 entity
Predicate birthName P65 FINISHED
Object Richard Vincent Van Patten
Richard Vincent Van Patten is the birth name of American actor Dick Van Patten, best known for his role as the father on the television series "Eight Is Enough."
E589305 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: Richard Vincent Van Patten | Statement: [Dick Van Patten, birthName, Richard Vincent Van Patten]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Richard Vincent Van Patten
Context triple: [Dick Van Patten, birthName, Richard Vincent Van Patten]
  • A. John C. McGinley
    John C. McGinley is an American character actor best known for his roles in films like "Platoon" and as Dr. Perry Cox on the television series "Scrubs."
  • B. Jeff Morrow
    Jeff Morrow was an American actor best known for his roles in mid-20th-century films and television, particularly in biblical epics and science fiction movies.
  • C. Maury Chaykin
    Maury Chaykin was a Canadian-American character actor known for his memorable supporting roles in film and television, including his acclaimed portrayal of detective Nero Wolfe in the TV series "A Nero Wolfe Mystery."
  • D. John Gibbon
    John Gibbon was a 19th-century United States Army officer and Civil War general who later played a key role in the Indian Wars, including campaigns against the Nez Perce.
  • E. William Katt
    William Katt is an American actor best known for starring in the 1980s television series "The Greatest American Hero" and appearing in films such as "Carrie."
  • 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: Richard Vincent Van Patten
Triple: [Dick Van Patten, birthName, Richard Vincent Van Patten]
Generated description
Richard Vincent Van Patten is the birth name of American actor Dick Van Patten, best known for his role as the father on the television series "Eight Is Enough."
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Richard Vincent Van Patten
Target entity description: Richard Vincent Van Patten is the birth name of American actor Dick Van Patten, best known for his role as the father on the television series "Eight Is Enough."
  • A. John C. McGinley
    John C. McGinley is an American character actor best known for his roles in films like "Platoon" and as Dr. Perry Cox on the television series "Scrubs."
  • B. Jeff Morrow
    Jeff Morrow was an American actor best known for his roles in mid-20th-century films and television, particularly in biblical epics and science fiction movies.
  • C. Maury Chaykin
    Maury Chaykin was a Canadian-American character actor known for his memorable supporting roles in film and television, including his acclaimed portrayal of detective Nero Wolfe in the TV series "A Nero Wolfe Mystery."
  • D. John Gibbon
    John Gibbon was a 19th-century United States Army officer and Civil War general who later played a key role in the Indian Wars, including campaigns against the Nez Perce.
  • E. William Katt
    William Katt is an American actor best known for starring in the 1980s television series "The Greatest American Hero" and appearing in films such as "Carrie."
  • 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_69c008d13b8c8190be47d896eb735605 completed March 22, 2026, 3:20 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69c064c61f008190b316b9ff1023b057 completed March 22, 2026, 9:53 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69c62d33d70c8190af6acdf5158f9067 completed March 27, 2026, 7:09 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69c62fa58174819097f44cb638184b63 completed March 27, 2026, 7:20 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69c6335f2e588190960713f994aa36eb completed March 27, 2026, 7:35 a.m.
Created at: March 22, 2026, 4:29 p.m.