Triple

T7288395
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Stargate Atlantis E163931 entity
Predicate portrayedBy P1507 FINISHED
Object Paul McGillion
Paul McGillion is a Scottish-Canadian actor best known for his role as Dr. Carson Beckett on the science fiction television series Stargate Atlantis.
E661843 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: Paul McGillion | Statement: [Stargate Atlantis, portrayedBy, Paul McGillion]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Paul McGillion
Context triple: [Stargate Atlantis, portrayedBy, Paul McGillion]
  • A. Paul McGinness
    Paul McGinness was an Australian aviator and World War I flying ace best known as one of the co-founders of Qantas Airways.
  • B. Patrick Cargill
    Patrick Cargill was a British actor best known for his comic roles on stage, film, and television, particularly in the sitcom "Father, Dear Father."
  • C. Pat O'Sullivan
    Pat O'Sullivan is one of the central schoolgirl protagonists in Enid Blyton’s "The Twins at St. Clare’s," known for her lively personality and adventures at the St. Clare’s boarding school.
  • D. Paul McDermott
    Paul McDermott is an Australian comedian, writer, television host, and singer best known for his work with the comedy group The Doug Anthony All Stars and as a longtime host on the satirical news quiz show "Good News Week."
  • E. Micheál Richardson
    Micheál Richardson is an Irish actor and the son of actors Liam Neeson and the late Natasha Richardson.
  • 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: Paul McGillion
Triple: [Stargate Atlantis, portrayedBy, Paul McGillion]
Generated description
Paul McGillion is a Scottish-Canadian actor best known for his role as Dr. Carson Beckett on the science fiction television series Stargate Atlantis.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Paul McGillion
Target entity description: Paul McGillion is a Scottish-Canadian actor best known for his role as Dr. Carson Beckett on the science fiction television series Stargate Atlantis.
  • A. Paul McGinness
    Paul McGinness was an Australian aviator and World War I flying ace best known as one of the co-founders of Qantas Airways.
  • B. Patrick Cargill
    Patrick Cargill was a British actor best known for his comic roles on stage, film, and television, particularly in the sitcom "Father, Dear Father."
  • C. Pat O'Sullivan
    Pat O'Sullivan is one of the central schoolgirl protagonists in Enid Blyton’s "The Twins at St. Clare’s," known for her lively personality and adventures at the St. Clare’s boarding school.
  • D. Paul McDermott
    Paul McDermott is an Australian comedian, writer, television host, and singer best known for his work with the comedy group The Doug Anthony All Stars and as a longtime host on the satirical news quiz show "Good News Week."
  • E. Micheál Richardson
    Micheál Richardson is an Irish actor and the son of actors Liam Neeson and the late Natasha Richardson.
  • 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_69c6886093b88190a254b1ce6db8bae7 completed March 27, 2026, 1:38 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69c6eb6a73fc8190ae5ce81fd3e46d87 completed March 27, 2026, 8:41 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69c810c167848190a70f4e43c19f5809 completed March 28, 2026, 5:32 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69c813960d548190a4797d3935b64cec completed March 28, 2026, 5:44 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69c813f87d388190ac49a036ea2acd1d completed March 28, 2026, 5:46 p.m.
Created at: March 27, 2026, 3 p.m.