Triple

T9947021
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Salem's Lot (1979 miniseries) E195228 entity
Predicate castMember P1668 FINISHED
Object Lance Kerwin
Lance Kerwin was an American actor best known for his prominent roles in 1970s television dramas and horror projects, particularly as a teen protagonist.
E865228 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: Lance Kerwin | Statement: [Salem's Lot (1979 miniseries), castMember, Lance Kerwin]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Lance Kerwin
Context triple: [Salem's Lot (1979 miniseries), castMember, Lance Kerwin]
  • A. Glen Bateman
    Glen Bateman is a retired sociology professor and key survivor character in Stephen King's post-apocalyptic novel "The Stand," known for his analytical perspective on the collapse and rebuilding of society.
  • B. Doug McClure
    Doug McClure was an American actor best known for his roles in Western films and television series, particularly as Trampas on the long-running TV show "The Virginian."
  • C. Larry Lamb
    Larry Lamb is an English actor and radio presenter best known for his roles in television series such as Gavin & Stacey and EastEnders.
  • D. Fred Ward
    Fred Ward was an American character actor known for his rugged, everyman roles in films such as "Tremors," "The Right Stuff," and "Short Cuts."
  • E. Chris Hargensen
    Chris Hargensen is a central antagonist in Stephen King’s novel "Carrie," known as a cruel high school bully whose actions help trigger the story’s catastrophic climax.
  • 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: Lance Kerwin
Triple: [Salem's Lot (1979 miniseries), castMember, Lance Kerwin]
Generated description
Lance Kerwin was an American actor best known for his prominent roles in 1970s television dramas and horror projects, particularly as a teen protagonist.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Lance Kerwin
Target entity description: Lance Kerwin was an American actor best known for his prominent roles in 1970s television dramas and horror projects, particularly as a teen protagonist.
  • A. Glen Bateman
    Glen Bateman is a retired sociology professor and key survivor character in Stephen King's post-apocalyptic novel "The Stand," known for his analytical perspective on the collapse and rebuilding of society.
  • B. Doug McClure
    Doug McClure was an American actor best known for his roles in Western films and television series, particularly as Trampas on the long-running TV show "The Virginian."
  • C. Larry Lamb
    Larry Lamb is an English actor and radio presenter best known for his roles in television series such as Gavin & Stacey and EastEnders.
  • D. Fred Ward
    Fred Ward was an American character actor known for his rugged, everyman roles in films such as "Tremors," "The Right Stuff," and "Short Cuts."
  • E. Chris Hargensen
    Chris Hargensen is a central antagonist in Stephen King’s novel "Carrie," known as a cruel high school bully whose actions help trigger the story’s catastrophic climax.
  • 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_69ca82e96a108190932bd1fc4acd73a0 completed March 30, 2026, 2:04 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69cdb657b35c81909448e93999f6e77c completed April 2, 2026, 12:20 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69d89f0c0c588190870b2145be187908 completed April 10, 2026, 6:56 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69d8a11d04fc8190a448e7c846d21cb5 completed April 10, 2026, 7:05 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69d8a2b82bb48190899f37a967fef444 completed April 10, 2026, 7:11 a.m.
Created at: March 30, 2026, 8:45 p.m.