Triple

T7071743
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Jeffrey Donovan E164714 entity
Predicate characterPortrayed P1507 FINISHED
Object Michael Westen
Michael Westen is the resourceful former spy and main protagonist of the television series "Burn Notice," known for using his intelligence and tradecraft to help people while investigating why he was blacklisted.
E641338 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: Michael Westen | Statement: [Jeffrey Donovan, characterPortrayed, Michael Westen]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Michael Westen
Context triple: [Jeffrey Donovan, characterPortrayed, Michael Westen]
  • A. John Reese
    John Reese is a former CIA operative turned vigilante protagonist in the television series "Person of Interest," known for using his elite combat and surveillance skills to prevent violent crimes.
  • B. Jack Bauer
    Jack Bauer is the relentless and resourceful counterterrorism agent who serves as the central protagonist of the television series "24."
  • C. Clovis Cole
    Clovis Cole was a prominent 19th-century wheat farmer and landowner in California whose holdings and influence in the region led to the nearby city of Clovis being named in his honor.
  • D. John Clark
    John Clark is a jazz French horn player best known for his work in fusion and contemporary jazz ensembles, including his tenure with the Mahavishnu Orchestra.
  • E. Don Gately
    Don Gately is a central character in David Foster Wallace’s novel "Infinite Jest," a former Demerol addict and ex-burglar who works as a live-in staffer at a Boston halfway house and struggles toward sobriety and moral responsibility.
  • 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: Michael Westen
Triple: [Jeffrey Donovan, characterPortrayed, Michael Westen]
Generated description
Michael Westen is the resourceful former spy and main protagonist of the television series "Burn Notice," known for using his intelligence and tradecraft to help people while investigating why he was blacklisted.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Michael Westen
Target entity description: Michael Westen is the resourceful former spy and main protagonist of the television series "Burn Notice," known for using his intelligence and tradecraft to help people while investigating why he was blacklisted.
  • A. John Reese
    John Reese is a former CIA operative turned vigilante protagonist in the television series "Person of Interest," known for using his elite combat and surveillance skills to prevent violent crimes.
  • B. Jack Bauer
    Jack Bauer is the relentless and resourceful counterterrorism agent who serves as the central protagonist of the television series "24."
  • C. Clovis Cole
    Clovis Cole was a prominent 19th-century wheat farmer and landowner in California whose holdings and influence in the region led to the nearby city of Clovis being named in his honor.
  • D. John Clark
    John Clark is a jazz French horn player best known for his work in fusion and contemporary jazz ensembles, including his tenure with the Mahavishnu Orchestra.
  • E. Don Gately
    Don Gately is a central character in David Foster Wallace’s novel "Infinite Jest," a former Demerol addict and ex-burglar who works as a live-in staffer at a Boston halfway house and struggles toward sobriety and moral responsibility.
  • 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_69c6887b96548190a8a9b3ac8adf4119 completed March 27, 2026, 1:39 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69c6e4c9cdbc8190b91cd3b4eef58eb6 completed March 27, 2026, 8:12 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69c7945a98108190b982ad41222333e4 completed March 28, 2026, 8:42 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69c7987eb82c819097194f3b1a5ebfac completed March 28, 2026, 8:59 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69c79a9087508190b56f14e193d924ca completed March 28, 2026, 9:08 a.m.
Created at: March 27, 2026, 2:39 p.m.