Triple

T9795429
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject A Kind of Stopwatch E237704 entity
Predicate mainCharacter P1183 FINISHED
Object Patrick McNulty
Patrick McNulty is the central character in the Twilight Zone episode "A Kind of Stopwatch," a talkative and meddlesome man who acquires a magical stopwatch that can freeze time.
 E832517 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: Patrick McNulty | Statement: [A Kind of Stopwatch, mainCharacter, Patrick McNulty]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Patrick McNulty
Context triple: [A Kind of Stopwatch, mainCharacter, Patrick McNulty]
  • A. Peter McNulty
    Peter McNulty is a film editor known for his work on feature films including the military drama "Megan Leavey."
  • B. Tony McNulty
    Tony McNulty is a British Labour politician who served as Member of Parliament and held ministerial roles including Minister of State for Security, Counter-Terrorism, Crime and Policing.
  • C. Sean McNulty
    Sean McNulty is a minor character in the television series "The Wire," known primarily as one of detective Jimmy McNulty's sons.
  • D. Matthew McNulty
    Matthew McNulty is a British actor known for his work in film and television, including roles in series like "Misfits," "The Mill," and "Versailles."
  • E. John McCloskey
    John McCloskey was a 19th-century American Catholic prelate who became the first U.S. cardinal and a prominent Archbishop of New York.
  • 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: Patrick McNulty
Triple: [A Kind of Stopwatch, mainCharacter, Patrick McNulty]
Generated description
Patrick McNulty is the central character in the Twilight Zone episode "A Kind of Stopwatch," a talkative and meddlesome man who acquires a magical stopwatch that can freeze time.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Patrick McNulty
Target entity description: Patrick McNulty is the central character in the Twilight Zone episode "A Kind of Stopwatch," a talkative and meddlesome man who acquires a magical stopwatch that can freeze time.
  • A. Peter McNulty
    Peter McNulty is a film editor known for his work on feature films including the military drama "Megan Leavey."
  • B. Tony McNulty
    Tony McNulty is a British Labour politician who served as Member of Parliament and held ministerial roles including Minister of State for Security, Counter-Terrorism, Crime and Policing.
  • C. Sean McNulty
    Sean McNulty is a minor character in the television series "The Wire," known primarily as one of detective Jimmy McNulty's sons.
  • D. Matthew McNulty
    Matthew McNulty is a British actor known for his work in film and television, including roles in series like "Misfits," "The Mill," and "Versailles."
  • E. John McCloskey
    John McCloskey was a 19th-century American Catholic prelate who became the first U.S. cardinal and a prominent Archbishop of New York.
  • 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_69ca84dc04488190b9c91193976c0960 completed March 30, 2026, 2:12 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69cda34916dc8190acef2ba003e56a33 completed April 1, 2026, 10:59 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69d23ceca020819080f310f84669551a completed April 5, 2026, 10:43 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69d23e6ca3908190b7ad7b932ab35ad7 completed April 5, 2026, 10:50 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69d241020074819092bc2deea85a6ac0 completed April 5, 2026, 11:01 a.m.
Created at: March 30, 2026, 8:28 p.m.