Triple
T671605
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Torchwood |
E12982
|
entity |
| Predicate | mainCharacter |
P1183
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Rex Matheson
Rex Matheson is a CIA agent and central protagonist introduced in the science fiction television series "Torchwood: Miracle Day."
|
E107812
|
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: Rex Matheson | Statement: [Torchwood, mainCharacter, Rex Matheson]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Rex Matheson Context triple: [Torchwood, mainCharacter, Rex Matheson]
-
A.
Roger D. Lapham
Roger D. Lapham was an American shipping executive and politician who served as mayor of San Francisco in the 1940s.
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B.
George L. Dahl
George L. Dahl was a prominent 20th-century American architect known for shaping much of Dallas’s skyline and major civic landmarks.
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C.
Kenneth Anderson
Kenneth Anderson was a British Army general best known for leading Allied ground forces in the North African campaign during World War II, including the early phases of the Tunisian campaign.
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D.
Johnston McCulley
Johnston McCulley was an American writer best known as the creator of the swashbuckling masked hero Zorro.
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E.
John McShain
John McShain was an American building contractor known for constructing major U.S. landmarks, including the Pentagon and significant parts of Washington, D.C.'s federal architecture.
- 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: Rex Matheson Triple: [Torchwood, mainCharacter, Rex Matheson]
Generated description
Rex Matheson is a CIA agent and central protagonist introduced in the science fiction television series "Torchwood: Miracle Day."
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Rex Matheson Target entity description: Rex Matheson is a CIA agent and central protagonist introduced in the science fiction television series "Torchwood: Miracle Day."
-
A.
Roger D. Lapham
Roger D. Lapham was an American shipping executive and politician who served as mayor of San Francisco in the 1940s.
-
B.
George L. Dahl
George L. Dahl was a prominent 20th-century American architect known for shaping much of Dallas’s skyline and major civic landmarks.
-
C.
Kenneth Anderson
Kenneth Anderson was a British Army general best known for leading Allied ground forces in the North African campaign during World War II, including the early phases of the Tunisian campaign.
-
D.
Johnston McCulley
Johnston McCulley was an American writer best known as the creator of the swashbuckling masked hero Zorro.
-
E.
John McShain
John McShain was an American building contractor known for constructing major U.S. landmarks, including the Pentagon and significant parts of Washington, D.C.'s federal architecture.
- 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_69a493355dec819098d4244b2fa34885 |
completed | March 1, 2026, 7:27 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69a4a021b908819086f7cfe65def4728 |
completed | March 1, 2026, 8:22 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69a7cf498af4819085d494f85adf0825 |
completed | March 4, 2026, 6:20 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69a7cfe2e6ac8190ad26947771829f86 |
completed | March 4, 2026, 6:23 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69a7d079234881908826bf24f3c2900a |
completed | March 4, 2026, 6:26 a.m. |
Created at: March 1, 2026, 7:36 p.m.