Triple

T11289571
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Morgan Woodward E267287 entity
Predicate portrayed P1668 FINISHED
Object Dr. Simon Van Gelder in Star Trek: The Original Series
Dr. Simon Van Gelder is a Starfleet scientist in Star Trek: The Original Series whose mental breakdown and suffering under an experimental mind-altering device expose the brutal practices at the Tantalus Penal Colony.
E915552 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: Dr. Simon Van Gelder in Star Trek: The Original Series | Statement: [Morgan Woodward, portrayed, Dr. Simon Van Gelder in Star Trek: The Original Series]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Dr. Simon Van Gelder in Star Trek: The Original Series
Context triple: [Morgan Woodward, portrayed, Dr. Simon Van Gelder in Star Trek: The Original Series]
  • A. Captain Terrell in Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan
    Captain Terrell in Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan is the conflicted Starfleet commander of the USS Reliant who falls under Khan’s mind control, embodying the film’s themes of duty, manipulation, and sacrifice.
  • B. Commander John Koenig in "Space: 1999"
    Commander John Koenig is the steadfast and morally driven leader of Moonbase Alpha in the 1970s British science fiction television series "Space: 1999."
  • C. General Chang in Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country
    General Chang in Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country is a one-eyed, Shakespeare-quoting Klingon military leader who serves as the film’s principal antagonist and a key conspirator against peace between the Federation and the Klingon Empire.
  • D. Leonard McCoy
    Leonard McCoy is the cantankerous yet compassionate chief medical officer of the starship Enterprise in the Star Trek franchise, known for his sharp wit and deep loyalty to his crewmates.
  • E. Reginald Barclay
    Reginald Barclay is a socially awkward yet brilliant Starfleet engineer from the Star Trek universe, best known for his recurring appearances on Star Trek: The Next Generation and Voyager.
  • 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: Dr. Simon Van Gelder in Star Trek: The Original Series
Triple: [Morgan Woodward, portrayed, Dr. Simon Van Gelder in Star Trek: The Original Series]
Generated description
Dr. Simon Van Gelder is a Starfleet scientist in Star Trek: The Original Series whose mental breakdown and suffering under an experimental mind-altering device expose the brutal practices at the Tantalus Penal Colony.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Dr. Simon Van Gelder in Star Trek: The Original Series
Target entity description: Dr. Simon Van Gelder is a Starfleet scientist in Star Trek: The Original Series whose mental breakdown and suffering under an experimental mind-altering device expose the brutal practices at the Tantalus Penal Colony.
  • A. Captain Terrell in Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan
    Captain Terrell in Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan is the conflicted Starfleet commander of the USS Reliant who falls under Khan’s mind control, embodying the film’s themes of duty, manipulation, and sacrifice.
  • B. Commander John Koenig in "Space: 1999"
    Commander John Koenig is the steadfast and morally driven leader of Moonbase Alpha in the 1970s British science fiction television series "Space: 1999."
  • C. General Chang in Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country
    General Chang in Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country is a one-eyed, Shakespeare-quoting Klingon military leader who serves as the film’s principal antagonist and a key conspirator against peace between the Federation and the Klingon Empire.
  • D. Leonard McCoy
    Leonard McCoy is the cantankerous yet compassionate chief medical officer of the starship Enterprise in the Star Trek franchise, known for his sharp wit and deep loyalty to his crewmates.
  • E. Reginald Barclay
    Reginald Barclay is a socially awkward yet brilliant Starfleet engineer from the Star Trek universe, best known for his recurring appearances on Star Trek: The Next Generation and Voyager.
  • 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_69d6aac993a08190a6f36445ebaf9a43 completed April 8, 2026, 7:21 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69d7e98875a08190b8509fe55e49d52d completed April 9, 2026, 6:01 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69e4f49badc88190a3195e919900f0c3 completed April 19, 2026, 3:28 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69e4f95cbc7c819082e3d7c3c3266708 completed April 19, 2026, 3:48 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69e4ff6b7d248190b4dd885280e09a8e completed April 19, 2026, 4:14 p.m.
Created at: April 8, 2026, 9:32 p.m.