Triple

T1042007
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Falling Skies E22488 entity
Predicate mainCharacter P1183 FINISHED
Object Tom Mason
Tom Mason is the former history professor turned resistance leader who serves as the central protagonist in the post-apocalyptic alien invasion series "Falling Skies."
E179117 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: Tom Mason | Statement: [Falling Skies, mainCharacter, Tom Mason]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Tom Mason
Context triple: [Falling Skies, mainCharacter, Tom Mason]
  • A. John Evans
    John Evans was a 19th-century American physician, politician, and railroad developer who served as governor of the Colorado Territory and played a key role in the founding of Northwestern University.
  • B. Christopher Weaver
    Christopher Weaver is an American entrepreneur and video game industry pioneer best known as the founder of ZeniMax Media, the parent company of Bethesda Softworks.
  • C. Bill Marshall
    Bill Marshall was a Canadian film producer and cultural entrepreneur best known for co-founding and helping establish the Toronto International Film Festival as a major global cinema event.
  • D. Jim Tunney
    Jim Tunney is a former NFL official renowned as one of the league’s most respected referees, often called the “Dean of NFL Referees.”
  • E. John Sullivan
    John Sullivan was an American general and political leader who played a prominent role in the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War.
  • 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: Tom Mason
Triple: [Falling Skies, mainCharacter, Tom Mason]
Generated description
Tom Mason is the former history professor turned resistance leader who serves as the central protagonist in the post-apocalyptic alien invasion series "Falling Skies."
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Tom Mason
Target entity description: Tom Mason is the former history professor turned resistance leader who serves as the central protagonist in the post-apocalyptic alien invasion series "Falling Skies."
  • A. John Evans
    John Evans was a 19th-century American physician, politician, and railroad developer who served as governor of the Colorado Territory and played a key role in the founding of Northwestern University.
  • B. Christopher Weaver
    Christopher Weaver is an American entrepreneur and video game industry pioneer best known as the founder of ZeniMax Media, the parent company of Bethesda Softworks.
  • C. Bill Marshall
    Bill Marshall was a Canadian film producer and cultural entrepreneur best known for co-founding and helping establish the Toronto International Film Festival as a major global cinema event.
  • D. Jim Tunney
    Jim Tunney is a former NFL official renowned as one of the league’s most respected referees, often called the “Dean of NFL Referees.”
  • E. John Sullivan
    John Sullivan was an American general and political leader who played a prominent role in the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War.
  • 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_69a493d91478819094cc01fb65564bc1 completed March 1, 2026, 7:30 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69a4b82f6c14819080277443ea4722dd completed March 1, 2026, 10:05 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69ad4001bcd4819088f59e31e3ed79cf completed March 8, 2026, 9:23 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69ad4173cd4c8190be876a6e065d92f5 completed March 8, 2026, 9:29 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69ad41d249cc8190a2f445410f8494ac completed March 8, 2026, 9:30 a.m.
Created at: March 1, 2026, 7:42 p.m.