Triple

T8845305
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Gary Dourdan E210489 entity
Predicate birthName P65 FINISHED
Object Gary Robert Durdin
Gary Robert Durdin, known professionally as Gary Dourdan, is an American actor and musician best known for his role as Warrick Brown on the television series "CSI: Crime Scene Investigation."
E770502 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: Gary Robert Durdin | Statement: [Gary Dourdan, birthName, Gary Robert Durdin]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Gary Robert Durdin
Context triple: [Gary Dourdan, birthName, Gary Robert Durdin]
  • A. David Durkan
    David Durkan is a person notable enough to be recognized as a bearer of the surname Durkan, though specific widely known public details about him are not clearly established.
  • B. William Ronald Durnan
    William Ronald Durnan was a Hall of Fame Canadian goaltender who starred for the Montreal Canadiens in the 1940s, winning multiple Vezina Trophies and Stanley Cups.
  • C. James Durkan
    James Durkan is a notable individual recognized as a prominent bearer of the Durkan surname.
  • D. Gary Grice
    Gary Grice, better known by his stage name GZA, is an American rapper, lyricist, and founding member of the influential hip hop group Wu-Tang Clan.
  • E. Gary Waldhorn
    Gary Waldhorn was a British actor best known for his comedic and character roles on television and stage, particularly in popular UK sitcoms.
  • 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: Gary Robert Durdin
Triple: [Gary Dourdan, birthName, Gary Robert Durdin]
Generated description
Gary Robert Durdin, known professionally as Gary Dourdan, is an American actor and musician best known for his role as Warrick Brown on the television series "CSI: Crime Scene Investigation."
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Gary Robert Durdin
Target entity description: Gary Robert Durdin, known professionally as Gary Dourdan, is an American actor and musician best known for his role as Warrick Brown on the television series "CSI: Crime Scene Investigation."
  • A. David Durkan
    David Durkan is a person notable enough to be recognized as a bearer of the surname Durkan, though specific widely known public details about him are not clearly established.
  • B. William Ronald Durnan
    William Ronald Durnan was a Hall of Fame Canadian goaltender who starred for the Montreal Canadiens in the 1940s, winning multiple Vezina Trophies and Stanley Cups.
  • C. James Durkan
    James Durkan is a notable individual recognized as a prominent bearer of the Durkan surname.
  • D. Gary Grice
    Gary Grice, better known by his stage name GZA, is an American rapper, lyricist, and founding member of the influential hip hop group Wu-Tang Clan.
  • E. Gary Waldhorn
    Gary Waldhorn was a British actor best known for his comedic and character roles on television and stage, particularly in popular UK sitcoms.
  • 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_69ca838967bc8190b46c3c80a2887ea4 completed March 30, 2026, 2:07 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69cc60a6623c8190ba43545544f58633 completed April 1, 2026, 12:02 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69cfd07d7214819083eb74a5a1a4af2a completed April 3, 2026, 2:36 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69cfd127272c81908584aefa699311bd completed April 3, 2026, 2:39 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69cfd194fee481908c7251a1c0ebece4 completed April 3, 2026, 2:41 p.m.
Created at: March 30, 2026, 6:48 p.m.