Triple

T7257110
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Malcolm in the Middle E157748 entity
Predicate characterPortrayedBy P1507 FINISHED
Object Francis – Christopher Masterson
Francis, portrayed by Christopher Masterson, is the rebellious and troublemaking eldest brother in the television sitcom "Malcolm in the Middle."
E652221 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: Francis – Christopher Masterson | Statement: [Malcolm in the Middle, characterPortrayedBy, Francis – Christopher Masterson]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Francis – Christopher Masterson
Context triple: [Malcolm in the Middle, characterPortrayedBy, Francis – Christopher Masterson]
  • A. Francis
    Francis is the given first name of Daley Thompson, the celebrated British decathlete and double Olympic gold medalist.
  • B. Francis
    Francis is the given first name of British journalist and author Claud Cockburn.
  • C. Francis
    Francis was a German nobleman who served as Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld in the late 18th and early 19th centuries.
  • D. Francis
    Francis is the given name of Frank Sheeran, the American labor union official and alleged mob hitman whose life inspired the film "The Irishman."
  • E. Francis
    Francis is the given name of American singer and conductor Frank Sinatra Jr., son of legendary entertainer Frank Sinatra.
  • 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: Francis – Christopher Masterson
Triple: [Malcolm in the Middle, characterPortrayedBy, Francis – Christopher Masterson]
Generated description
Francis, portrayed by Christopher Masterson, is the rebellious and troublemaking eldest brother in the television sitcom "Malcolm in the Middle."
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Francis – Christopher Masterson
Target entity description: Francis, portrayed by Christopher Masterson, is the rebellious and troublemaking eldest brother in the television sitcom "Malcolm in the Middle."
  • A. Francis
    Francis is the given first name of Daley Thompson, the celebrated British decathlete and double Olympic gold medalist.
  • B. Francis
    Francis is the given first name of British journalist and author Claud Cockburn.
  • C. Francis
    Francis is the papal name of the current head of the Roman Catholic Church, known for his emphasis on humility, social justice, and interfaith dialogue.
  • D. Francis
    Francis is a masculine given name of Latin origin, commonly used in English-speaking countries and associated with figures such as Saint Francis of Assisi and numerous historical and contemporary personalities.
  • E. Francis
    Francis was a German nobleman who served as Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld in the late 18th and early 19th centuries.
  • 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_69c6882d81d4819085f7ff862951ee4f completed March 27, 2026, 1:37 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69c6eaa274bc8190b017b71583711453 completed March 27, 2026, 8:37 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69c7d3b541708190b66233813b167453 completed March 28, 2026, 1:12 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69c7d44e67848190ac52eca99ef18f28 completed March 28, 2026, 1:14 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69c7d4fc837c81909827352be19f64b4 completed March 28, 2026, 1:17 p.m.
Created at: March 27, 2026, 2:57 p.m.