Triple
T6627812
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Two and a Half Men |
E149847
|
entity |
| Predicate | portrayedBy |
P1507
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Alan Harper – Jon Cryer
Alan Harper, portrayed by Jon Cryer, is the neurotic, financially struggling chiropractor and divorced father who serves as the uptight foil to his hedonistic brother on the sitcom "Two and a Half Men."
|
E600885
|
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: Alan Harper – Jon Cryer | Statement: [Two and a Half Men, portrayedBy, Alan Harper – Jon Cryer]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Alan Harper – Jon Cryer Context triple: [Two and a Half Men, portrayedBy, Alan Harper – Jon Cryer]
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A.
Chris Harper
Chris Harper is a theatre producer best known as the co-founder of the acclaimed London-based company Elliott & Harper Productions alongside director Marianne Elliott.
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B.
Joe Harper
Joe Harper is a minor character in Mark Twain's classic novel "The Adventures of Tom Sawyer," known as one of Tom's close friends and fellow mischief-makers in the fictional town of St. Petersburg.
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C.
James Michael Tyler
James Michael Tyler was an American actor best known for playing Gunther, the Central Perk barista, on the television sitcom "Friends."
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D.
Brendan Hines
Brendan Hines is an American actor and singer-songwriter best known for his television roles in series such as "Lie to Me," "Scandal," and "The Tick."
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E.
Andrew McCarthy
Andrew McCarthy is an American actor and director best known as a member of the 1980s "Brat Pack," with notable roles in films like "St. Elmo's Fire," "Pretty in Pink," and "Weekend at Bernie's."
- 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: Alan Harper – Jon Cryer Triple: [Two and a Half Men, portrayedBy, Alan Harper – Jon Cryer]
Generated description
Alan Harper, portrayed by Jon Cryer, is the neurotic, financially struggling chiropractor and divorced father who serves as the uptight foil to his hedonistic brother on the sitcom "Two and a Half Men."
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Alan Harper – Jon Cryer Target entity description: Alan Harper, portrayed by Jon Cryer, is the neurotic, financially struggling chiropractor and divorced father who serves as the uptight foil to his hedonistic brother on the sitcom "Two and a Half Men."
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A.
Chris Harper
Chris Harper is a theatre producer best known as the co-founder of the acclaimed London-based company Elliott & Harper Productions alongside director Marianne Elliott.
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B.
Joe Harper
Joe Harper is a minor character in Mark Twain's classic novel "The Adventures of Tom Sawyer," known as one of Tom's close friends and fellow mischief-makers in the fictional town of St. Petersburg.
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C.
James Michael Tyler
James Michael Tyler was an American actor best known for playing Gunther, the Central Perk barista, on the television sitcom "Friends."
-
D.
Brendan Hines
Brendan Hines is an American actor and singer-songwriter best known for his television roles in series such as "Lie to Me," "Scandal," and "The Tick."
-
E.
Andrew McCarthy
Andrew McCarthy is an American actor and director best known as a member of the 1980s "Brat Pack," with notable roles in films like "St. Elmo's Fire," "Pretty in Pink," and "Weekend at Bernie's."
- 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_69c687ee50048190aa151765bef16193 |
completed | March 27, 2026, 1:36 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69c6afa2e4a48190ba3c70013bab14f2 |
completed | March 27, 2026, 4:26 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69c6cbe690548190a771bb1ec8d3aacf |
completed | March 27, 2026, 6:26 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69c6cd0a98908190a5725c49bad7589d |
completed | March 27, 2026, 6:31 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69c6cdcf14508190876faa73f5eec884 |
completed | March 27, 2026, 6:34 p.m. |
Created at: March 27, 2026, 1:59 p.m.