Triple

T986061
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject The Big Operator E21282 entity
Predicate castMember P1668 FINISHED
Object Jim Backus
Jim Backus was an American actor and voice artist best known for voicing the cartoon character Mr. Magoo and portraying Thurston Howell III on the television series "Gilligan's Island."
E128316 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: Jim Backus | Statement: [The Big Operator, castMember, Jim Backus]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Jim Backus
Context triple: [The Big Operator, castMember, Jim Backus]
  • A. Don Knotts
    Don Knotts was an American comedic actor best known for his Emmy-winning portrayal of the bumbling deputy Barney Fife on the classic television sitcom "The Andy Griffith Show."
  • B. George Schlatter
    George Schlatter is an American television producer and director best known for creating and producing the groundbreaking sketch comedy series "Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In."
  • C. Tom Bosley
    Tom Bosley was an American actor best known for playing the warm, paternal Howard Cunningham on the classic television sitcom "Happy Days."
  • D. Donald O'Connor
    Donald O'Connor was an American actor, dancer, and singer best known for his energetic comedic performances in classic Hollywood musicals.
  • E. Donald Crisp
    Donald Crisp was a British-born American film actor and director best known for his prolific career in early Hollywood cinema, including roles in numerous silent and sound films.
  • 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: Jim Backus
Triple: [The Big Operator, castMember, Jim Backus]
Generated description
Jim Backus was an American actor and voice artist best known for voicing the cartoon character Mr. Magoo and portraying Thurston Howell III on the television series "Gilligan's Island."
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Jim Backus
Target entity description: Jim Backus was an American actor and voice artist best known for voicing the cartoon character Mr. Magoo and portraying Thurston Howell III on the television series "Gilligan's Island."
  • A. Don Knotts
    Don Knotts was an American comedic actor best known for his Emmy-winning portrayal of the bumbling deputy Barney Fife on the classic television sitcom "The Andy Griffith Show."
  • B. George Schlatter
    George Schlatter is an American television producer and director best known for creating and producing the groundbreaking sketch comedy series "Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In."
  • C. Tom Bosley
    Tom Bosley was an American actor best known for playing the warm, paternal Howard Cunningham on the classic television sitcom "Happy Days."
  • D. Donald O'Connor
    Donald O'Connor was an American actor, dancer, and singer best known for his energetic comedic performances in classic Hollywood musicals.
  • E. Donald Crisp
    Donald Crisp was a British-born American film actor and director best known for his prolific career in early Hollywood cinema, including roles in numerous silent and sound films.
  • 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_69a493c383dc8190a03257f22d4b4183 completed March 1, 2026, 7:30 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69a4b496b7308190a9c201244330b784 completed March 1, 2026, 9:50 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69ac537d788c81908d239f102626bdd6 completed March 7, 2026, 4:34 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69ac544fc41881908daff6b313622619 completed March 7, 2026, 4:37 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69ac5526679081909c9f7458bd316ff6 completed March 7, 2026, 4:41 p.m.
Created at: March 1, 2026, 7:41 p.m.