Triple

T13268533
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Frederick Hitch E315988 entity
Predicate portrayedBy P1507 FINISHED
Object David Kernan
David Kernan is a British actor and singer best known for his work in musical theatre and for originating roles in notable West End productions.
E1111570 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: David Kernan | Statement: [Frederick Hitch, portrayedBy, David Kernan]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: David Kernan
Context triple: [Frederick Hitch, portrayedBy, David Kernan]
  • A. Michael O’Rourke
    Michael O’Rourke is best known as the father of the late child actress Heather O’Rourke, who starred in the "Poltergeist" film series.
  • B. Michael O’Rourke
    Michael O’Rourke is an Irish media entrepreneur best known as a co-founder of the international sports television network Setanta Sports.
  • C. Dan O'Herlihy
    Dan O'Herlihy was an Irish-born actor known for his distinguished character roles in film and television, including an Academy Award–nominated performance in "Adventures of Robinson Crusoe" and memorable parts in movies like "RoboCop" and "Halloween III: Season of the Witch."
  • D. Kevin Dowd
    Kevin Dowd is the brother of Pulitzer Prize–winning New York Times columnist Maureen Dowd.
  • E. Joe Keenan
    Joe Keenan is an American television writer, producer, and novelist best known for his work on the sitcom "Frasier" and other acclaimed comedy projects.
  • 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: David Kernan
Triple: [Frederick Hitch, portrayedBy, David Kernan]
Generated description
David Kernan is a British actor and singer best known for his work in musical theatre and for originating roles in notable West End productions.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: David Kernan
Target entity description: David Kernan is a British actor and singer best known for his work in musical theatre and for originating roles in notable West End productions.
  • A. Michael O’Rourke
    Michael O’Rourke is best known as the father of the late child actress Heather O’Rourke, who starred in the "Poltergeist" film series.
  • B. Michael O’Rourke
    Michael O’Rourke is an Irish media entrepreneur best known as a co-founder of the international sports television network Setanta Sports.
  • C. Dan O'Herlihy
    Dan O'Herlihy was an Irish-born actor known for his distinguished character roles in film and television, including an Academy Award–nominated performance in "Adventures of Robinson Crusoe" and memorable parts in movies like "RoboCop" and "Halloween III: Season of the Witch."
  • D. Kevin Dowd
    Kevin Dowd is the brother of Pulitzer Prize–winning New York Times columnist Maureen Dowd.
  • E. Joe Keenan
    Joe Keenan is an American television writer, producer, and novelist best known for his work on the sitcom "Frasier" and other acclaimed comedy projects.
  • 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_69d806b1d9ac8190852c5571d5bd5f0f completed April 9, 2026, 8:06 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69d9901f59888190b8147836d2fcac5e completed April 11, 2026, 12:04 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69fdd5b543308190a86e715106641484 completed May 8, 2026, 12:23 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69fdd6dd77e481908283b145acae2e9a completed May 8, 2026, 12:28 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69fdd771cb188190b44d6e4903fa8f6e completed May 8, 2026, 12:30 p.m.
Created at: April 9, 2026, 9:26 p.m.